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EXERCISE

• Exercise refers to a particular kind of physical activity.


• Although all exercise is physical activity, not all physical activity
would be considered exercise. For example, walking from your car to
class is physical activity, whereas going for a brisk 30-minute walk or
jog is considered exercise.
• Exercise is defined as planned, structured, and repetitive bodily
movements done most often to improve or maintain one or more
components of physical fitness, such as cardiorespiratory endurance,
muscular strength or endurance, or flexibility
Physical activity
• Physical activity refers to all body movements produced by skeletal
muscles resulting in substantial increases in energy expenditure.
• Walking, swimming, strength training, dancing, and doing yoga are
examples of physical activity.
• Physical activities can vary by intensity.
• For example, walking to class typically requires little effort, while
walking to class uphill is more intense and harder to do.
THREE GENERAL CATEGORY OF PHYSICAL
ACTIVITY
• There are three general categories of physical activity defined by the
purpose for which they are done:

• physical activity for health,


• physical activity to develop or maintain physical fitness,
• and physical activity for optimal performance.
• The latter two types of physical activity are most often referred to as
exercise.
Physical activity for health
• From a major review of research on physical activity and health,
researchers concluded that there is irrefutable evidence of the
effectiveness of regular physical activity in the primary and secondary
prevention of several chronic diseases (e.g., cardiovascular disease,
diabetes, cancer, hypertension, obesity, depression, and
osteoporosis).
Physical Activity for Physical
Fitness
• Physical fitness refers to a set of attributes that are either health or
performance related.
• The health-related attributes cardiorespiratory fitness, muscular
strength and endurance, flexibility, and body composition allow you
to perform moderate- to vigorous-intensity physical activities on a
regular basis without getting too tired and with energy left over to
handle physical or mental emergencies.
COMPONENTS OF PHYSICAL FITNESS
• Cardiorespiratory Fitness :Cardiorespiratory fitness refers to the
ability of the heart, lungs, and blood vessels to function efficiently.
• The primary category of physical activity known to improve
cardiorespiratory fitness is aerobic exercise.
• The word aerobic means with oxygen and describes any type of
exercise that increases your heart rate.
• Aerobic activities such as swimming, cycling, and jogging are excellent
exercises for improving or maintaining cardiorespiratory fitness.
Muscular Strength

• Muscular Strength
• Muscular strength refers to the amount of force a muscle or group of
muscles can generate in one contraction.
• The most common way to assess the strength of a particular muscle
or muscle group is to measure the maximum amount of weight you
can move one time (and no more) or your one repetition maximum
• Muscular Endurance :Muscular endurance is the ability of a muscle or
group of muscles to exert force repeatedly with out fatigue or the
ability to sustain a muscular contraction.
• Flexibility:Flexibility refers to the range of motion, or the amount of
movement possible, at a particular joint or series of joints: the greater
the range of motion, the greater the flexibility.
• Body Composition :Body composition is the fifth and final health-
related component of physical fitness. Body composition describes
the relative proportions and distribution of fat and lean (muscle,
bone, water, organs) tissues in the body.
What Are the Health BenefIts o
Regular Physical Activity?
• Reduced Risk of Cardiovascular Diseases
• Reduced Risk of Metabolic Syndrome and Type 2 Diabetes.
• Improved Bone Mass and Reduced Risk of Osteoporosis.
• Improved Weight Management .
• Improved Immunity
• Improved Mental Health
• Improved Stress Management
• Longer Life Span.

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