Fitness and Aerobic Exercise

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Fitness and Aerobic Exercise
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National Health Education Standards and
Technology Standards For Students

• National Standards
• 1.0 Students will comprehend concepts related to
  health promotion and disease prevention.
• 3.0 Students will demonstrate the ability to
  practice health-enhancing behaviors and reduce
  health risks.
• 6.0 Students will demonstrate the ability to use
  goal-setting and decision-making skills to
  enhance health.
• Technology Standards
• 2.3 Students develop positive attitudes toward
  technology uses that support lifelong learning,
  collaboration, personal pursuits, and
  productivity.
• 5.1 Students use technology to locate, evaluate,
  and collect information from a variety of sources.

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The Difference between Fitness and Exercise

• Fitness is the physical status of an individual.
• Exercise is the expenditure of daily calories by
  performing a physical activity.
• To increase fitness, one must increase exercise.

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Aerobic Exercise

• Aerobic exercise consists of the following
  components
• Warm-up
• Workout
• Cool Down

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Warm-Up

• Consists of a low intensity physical
  activity/exercise
• 5 to 10 minutes in length.
• Helps prepare body for exercise by increasing
  blood flow.

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Workout

• Consists of moderate to high intensity physical
  activity/exercise.
• 20-60 minutes in length.
• Intensity depends on training goals.
• Heart rate should be 60-90 of age predicted
  maximum.

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Cool Down

• Consists of a low intensity physical
  activity/exercise.
• 5 to 10 minutes in length.
• Helps in the removal of lactic acid.

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Factors of an Exercise Program

• The following three factors may be manipulated in
  order to challenge oneself or change the outcome
  of their exercise program
• Intensity-amount of effort put into an exercise.
• Duration-time spend performing exercise/activity.
• Frequency-number of occasions per week individual
  participated in exercise/activity.

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Benefits of Aerobic Exercise

• Build strong muscles, bones, and joints.
• Reduces the occurrence of
• Type 2 Diabetes
• Hypertension
• Cholesterol
• Heart Disease
• Colon Cancer
• Helps maintain and control weight loss.
• Improves mood and sense of well being.

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Aerobic Exercises

• Aerobic exercise may be performed in the a
  variety of ways, the following are different
  ideas for aerobic exercise
• Brisk walking or Jogging
• Bicycling
• Step Aerobics
• Kick Boxing
• Sports basketball, tennis, soccer, football,
  baseball/softball, etc.

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Tips for a Successful Exercise Program

• Start slow and gradually increase duration.
• Set short-term and long-term goals.
• Track progress in an activity log or journal.
• Listen to your body.
• Eat a variety of nutritious foods.

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Statistics

• The following chart represents the number of
  people affected by chronic health diseases in the
  United States.

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Marzano StrategyAnalogies

• Example
• _exercise_ is to _health____
• as
• _water___ is to _flowers___
• Your turn
• _health__ is to ___disease___ as
• ________ is to ____________

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For Educational Purposes

• http//www.mayoclinic.com
• http//www.nutristrategy.com/health.htm
• http//cnets.iste.org/
• http//www.healthedcocurriculum.com/nhes.html
• Images and Clip Art found at the following
• ClipArt Gallery
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• http//www.dundee.ac.uk/sharp/exercise.htm
• http//www.nutritionclassroom.com/images/bd08128.g
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• http//www.allfree-clipart.com
• Scholastic Coach and Athletic Director. May/June
  2005. Vol. 7, No. 10. Back coverpage.