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Physical Activity & Physical

Fitness at the High School


Level

Physical Activity is the process.


Fitness is the product.
Healthy People 2020 national
health objectives designed to identify
the most significant preventable
threats to health and to establish
national goals to reduce these
threats.

Physical Activity on a
Continuum
Physical activity = any body movement
carried out by the skeletal muscles and
requiring energy.
Exercise = planned, structured, repetitive
movement of the body designed to
improve or maintain physical fitness.
Physical fitness = a set of physical
attributes that allows the body to
respond or adapt to the demands and
stress of physical effort .

Physical Activity Pyramid

Benefits of Different
Programs

Physical Fitness
Consists of:
5 health-related fitness
components
6 skill-related components

Health Related Fitness


Components
1. Cardiovascular endurance: the ability
of the body to perform prolonged,
large-muscle, dynamic exercise at
moderate-to-high levels of intensity.
2. Muscular strength: the amount of
force a muscle can produce with a
single maximum effort.
3. Muscular endurance : the ability of a
muscle or group of muscles to remain
contracted or to contract repeatedly.

Health-Related Fitness
Components
4. Flexibility: the ability to move joints
through their full range of motion.
5. Body composition: the proportion of
fat and fat-free mass (muscle, bone,
and water) in the body.

Skill-Related Fitness
1.Agility
2.Balance
3.Coordination
4.Speed
5.Power
6.Reaction time

Physical Fitness versus


Physical Activity

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Need for Fitness

Effective study & work


Good health
Face emergencies
Enjoyable leisure
Value of fitness
Look good
Feel good
Enjoy life
Be healthy

Purpose of Fitness Testing


1.
2.
3.
4.

Diagnosing
Proving feedback
Setting goals
Charting improvement

Testing Options:
Physical Best & Fitnessgram (
www.fitnessgram.net)
Presidents Challenge Tests (
www.presidentschallenge.org)

Fitnessgram vs Presidents Challenge


Tests
Both use criterion-referenced standards, which
examine scores against a particular health
criterion.
Benefit: possible that students from quality PE
programs can all reach a particular health
standard on a test.
A. Fitnessgram/Activitygram = A comprehensive,
educational and promotional tool for fitness
and activity assessment for children.
B. Presidents Challenge = A program that
encourages all Americans to make being active
part of their everyday lives. No matter what
your activity and fitness level, the President's
Challenge can help motivate you to improve.

Fitnessgram H.E.L.P.
HEALTH comes from regular physical activity and the
development of health related fitness.
Physical activity and fitness are for EVERYONE regardless
of age, gender, or ability.
Physical activity and physical fitness are for the LIFETIME.
Physical activity programs should be designed to meet
PERSONAL needs and interests.
Regular physical activity will improve a childs level of
health- and skill-related physical fitness.
The focus in the FITNESSGRAM program is on healthrelated fitness - -considered to be greater importance
than performance in sports. Important for children to
develop physical skills in order to perform physical
activity as adults. However, health related fitness is a
more important objective and is necessary for all people!

Fitness and health benefits obtained in


childhood will not be retained in
adulthood unless the person remains
physically active. The best way to
promote adult health is to promote adult
activity! Therefore, the goal in
Fitnessgram is to increase the likelihood
that children will become active adults.
The FITNESSGRAM report prints out an
individualized report that evaluates a
students personal level of fitness
compared against the established health
standard, the Healthy Fitness Zone.

Appropriate Uses for


Fitnessgram
Facilitating fitness education
Providing feedback
Teaching students about criterion-referenced
health standards and what types of activity
are needed to reach them
Helping students track fitness results over
time
Documenting that assessments are being
administered in the school and that student
results are being tracked over time
Institutional testing to allow teachers to view
group data (for curriculum development)

The Fitnessgram Assessment


Aerobic Capacity: PACER; One Mile Run-Walk; Walk
Test;
Body Composition: Percent Body Fat from Skinfold
Measurements; Percent Body Fat from Bioelectric
Impedance Analysis (BIA) Device; Body Mass Index
from height and weight;
Muscle Strength, Endurance & Flexibility: Abdominal
Curl-up; Trunk Extensor Trunk Lift; Flexibility Back
saver Sit and Reach or Shoulder Stretch; Upper Body
900 Push-Ups, Modified Pull-up, Flexed Arm Hang

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