This document defines and discusses various aspects of physical fitness. It describes motor-skill fitness and divides physical fitness into three types: agility, balance, coordination, power, reaction time, speed, cardiovascular fitness, flexibility, muscular endurance, muscular strength, and body leanness. It outlines the benefits of regular exercise, including improved strength, coordination, flexibility, energy, and cardiovascular health as well as prevention of diseases. Exercise is also believed to reduce stress and tension, improve sleep, attitude, and self-confidence. The document concludes by discussing the need for well-planned exercises and outlining three principles of exercise: overload, specificity, and progressive principles.

1. Motor-skill fitness
– refers to the ability of all
body parts to work with
coordination and strength
while performing physical
activities.
Physical Fitness is
subdivided into three
types:

2. “Physical Fitness is a factor
that contributes to the learning
capacity of the individual.” It is
important in order to cope with
the busy pace of life.

3. Physical Fitness’ Division of
Parameters
 Agility
refers to the ability of
the person to change
positions or directions
easily and quickly,
while under control.

4.  Balance
refers to the ability
to maintain body
stability while
moving or
standing.
Physical Fitness’ Division of
Parameters

5.  Coordination
refers to the teaming
together of muscles and
nerves in order to
accomplish an accurate
and well-timed body
movement.
Physical Fitness’ Division of
Parameters

6. Physical Fitness’ Division
of Parameters
Power
refers to the ability
to perform strong
movements
quickly’

7. ReactionTime
refers to the
amount of time it
takes to move
once a person
decides to start
moving.
Physical Fitness’ Division
of Parameters

8. Speed
refers to the ability of
the individual to
perform a particular
movement while
covering a
distance at the shortest
possible time.
Physical Fitness’ Division
of Parameters

9. Health Related
Parameters:Cardiovascular fitness
refers to the efficiency
by which oxygen is
taken into the lungs
and into the
bloodstream and
carried to the various
parts of the body where
it is needed. Oxygen is
much needed to sustain
physical activity.

10. Flexibility
refers to the ability
to move the body or
bend any part
without breaking
any joint.
Health Related
Parameters:

11. Muscular Endurance
refers to the ability to
use the skeletal
muscles many times
in succession without
getting tired.
Skeletal muscles are
highly involved in all
physical movements.
Health Related
Parameters:

12. Muscular Strength
refers to the ability of the
muscles to sustain an
amount of force while
doing a heavy and long
activity. Strong muscles
developed through
exercise lead to fewer
backaches and more
efficient performance of
daily activities.
Health Related
Parameters:

13. Body Leanness
refers to the amount of
muscle and bone tissue your
body possesses. Ideally,
your lean tissues (muscles
and bones) should be about
75% to 80% of your body
weight and fat, 20 to 25%.
This quality of physique
developed through exercise
makes a person healthier
and have a longer life than a
very fat person.
Health Related
Parameters:

14. Benefits of Regular
Exercise to the Physical
Well-Being
Exercise is the key to physical
fitness. It stimulates all our
body-systems, most
particularly the muscular,
circulatory, and respiratory
systems, to work a high
level of efficiency.

15. Sum up the Benefits of
Exercise:
 Improve strength and
muscular endurance
 Better coordination of all
forms of physical activity
 Improved flexibility resulting
in better performance
 Improved posture and
appearance

16.  Additional energy for both
mental and physical tasks
 Improved cardiovascular fitness
 Quicker recovery after hard work
 Contributory factor to the
prevention and control of some
diseases
Sum up the Benefits of
Exercise:

17. Benefits of Exercise to
Psychological Well – Being
It is believed that exercise:
 reduces tension and relieves stress.
 Sleep better,
 work with more efficiency,
 have better and positive attitude
towards work,

18. It is believed that exercise:
 do not suffer from boredom,
 have more energy,
 feel more relaxed
 and self-confident.

19. Become more mentally
alert
 Persons – enjoy leisure-time
activities
 Improved the sense of well-being
 Improved self-esteem

20. NEED FOR WELL – PLANNED
EXERCISES:
Health authorities say the young boys and
girls are not as strong as they were fifty
years ago.
 Our youth today is made easy by computers
and other mechanical devices.
 They spend 1 hour to 25 hours a week
watching television and only one hour a week
in organized play and exercise.They are too
physically soft.

21. 3 PRINCIPLES OF EXERCISE
 Overload Principle
States that in order for muscles to become
stronger, it must work against a greater than
normal load. In other words, it must be
overloaded. Once the muscle has become strong
on that specific overload, an additional increase
in load should be applied for further
improvement. A progressive overloading can
increase the strength and flexibility of the
muscles.

22.  Specificity Principle
Means that in order to develop a specific
parameter of fitness, specific exercise to
develop the strength of your biceps, use
barbells to execute movements in flexed
position. If you want to develop
cardiovascular endurance, jogging will be
most appropriate.
3 PRINCIPLES OF EXERCISE

23.  Progressive Principle
Determine first your fitness level. Begin with
an exercise on your current level of fitness.
Then, gradually and progressively increase
your exercise load until you reach the level of
fitness you want to achieve.
3 PRINCIPLES OF EXERCISE