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SupplenessStrengthSpeedStamina

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FIT AND HEALTHYContents of Presentation

• Being Fit –Starter Questions• Being fit-Definition• Getting Fit-things that are important• Basic components of fitness• Understanding the S-Factors of fitness• THE HUMAN BODY AND FITNESS• STAMINA - WHAT IS STAMINA?• Quick Quiz on Stamina• LEAST AND MOST STAMINA – activity• ORGAN SYSTEMS AND ACTIVITIES• AEROBIC RESPIRATION• Smoking Problems – Research Homework

FIT AND HEALTHY

Copy and answer questions

1. What does it mean to be fit?

2. What does it mean to be healthy?

3. What is Stamina

BEING FIT?• There is a sense of "fit"-ness

when your body is well able to actively do the activities that your lifestyle demands without putting it at risk - Ivan Ukiwah

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What do we mean by fitness?

• Aristotle about 2,500 years ago. Quite simply said “something that is well suited to its purpose is fit.”

• However, there is an "appealing" match or sense of "fit"-ness when we look at activities that our lifestyle demands and being able to do them. There is a correlation between them.

GETTING FIT

•Write down five things you think are important about being fit.

FIT AND HEALTHY

Discuss the 4 basic components of fitness

Understanding the S-Factors

• Explain the following

•Suppleness•Strength•Speed•Stamina

S-FACTORS

What is the correlation between Being fit and S-factors?

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THE HUMAN BODY AND FITNESS

• Take a good look at the human body and examine its:

• skeleton,

• muscles,

• lungs,

• cardiovascular system and

• endocrine system

Is it suited to its purpose?

WHAT IS STAMINA?• Resisting fatigue and tiredness in sports.

Case Study -Using FOOTBALL • David plays 90 minutes in every match• Mike plays an average of 45 minutes• J. Cole plays an average of 60 minutes

•Which of them do you think has STAMINA and Why?

WHAT IS STAMINA?YOUR TASK

Define or explain STAMINA using the keywords provided below. Write down your definition in your book and check with your teacher to

see if you are correct.

• Physical Strength• Mental strength to • Resist• Fatigue and tiredness. • Someone• Endurance• Ability

CLASS DISCUSSION

• YOUR TASK: Which of the options below best explains the concept of STAMINA. Copy and colour code options using Green=Best option, Red=Least option and Yellow=An option that is in-between.

• Strength or power to endure fatigue • Enduring strength and energy• Energy and strength sustained while performing

an activity over a long time.• Physical or moral strength to resist or withstand

illness, fatigue, or hardship; endurance.

LEAST AND MOST STAMINA

LEAST STAMINA MOST STAMINA

Make a list of activities (e.g. fishing, football, basketball, hill-walking, table tennis etc) that requires stamina and copy them in the table in the order of least and most.

Copy the spider diagram below, use it make a list of organ systems.

Organ Systems in your

Body

Which organ systems are involved in the following activities: Playing football, basketball, volleyball, weight-lifting, dancing, singing, hill-

walking, fishing, wall-painting

Organ Systems in your

Body

AEROBIC RESPIRATION• Why are the following organ systems

(Circulatory, digestive and respiratory or breathing systems) particularly important?

• Circulatory system,

• digestive system and

• respiratory or breathing system

AEROBIC RESPIRATION• Define Aerobic Respiration

Aerobic respiration requires oxygen intake, in order to generate energy for our body.

• Aerobic respiration is the release of energy from glucose in the presence of Oxygen.

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FITNESS TEST

Method• 1 Gently pinch your partner’s skin between your• thumb and finger in the position shown.• 2 Place the callipers around the skinfold at a depth of• about 1cm and measure the thickness in millimetres.• 3 Repeat the measurement twice more, leaving 15• seconds between each reading. Calculate the mean• (average) thickness by adding the three numbers• together and dividing the answer by 3.

Learning Outcomes

• L Identify aspects of fitness.

• I Describe how fitness might differ in different individuals (males vs. females, athlete vs. lawyer) and list some body systems affected by fitness.

• H Explain the relationship between fitness and some of the body systems.

SMOKING PROBLEMS

• Research on the effects of smoking on the respiratory and circulatory systems.

• Your write up must include the following [reasons people smoke, types of smoking-i.e. active and passive smoking, chemicals in cigarettes, tar, how it affects the ciliated cells in the lungs, respiratory and circulatory systems.]

• Draw diagrams of i) a healthy cilia ii) unhealthy cilia. Explaining the difference.

HOMEWORK

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