he FITT principles are an exercise prescription to help participants understand how long
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and how hard they should exercise or engage in physical activity.
What is the purpose of the FITT principle?
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How can the FITT principle improve physical fitness?
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How can the FITT principle be used to influence planning an exercise regime?
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ead the following text aboutModels of Physical Activity,Fitness and Exercise
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and answer the questions:
'Physical Skill-Related Components
activity' eaction Time- how quickly you react to an
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is a external stimulus.
phrase oordination- how well your brain
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that has is able to change messages from
come your senses into movement.
about as Balance- keeping control of the body while
experts put emphasis on the health performing skills.
benefits associated with increasing
peed-moving a body part or the entire
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the amount of activity that the
body rapidly.
average person completes.
Previously, the emphasis was very gility-changing the position or direction of
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much on terms such as 'fitness' the body rapidly.
and 'exercise' and these formed the uscular Power- changing strength and
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basis of most programs that speed into an explosive body movement.
individuals started if they put on
weight and wanted to start a fitness Health-Related Components
program, or sporting teams started uscular strength-the amount of force that
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if they wanted to get 'fit' before the can be applied against a resistance.
start of, and during, competition.
uscular endurance- the muscles
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So what is physical activity? In
working for long periods without tiring.
simple terms, it is any type of
Cardiovascular endurance- the
movement that expends energy.
heart and blood vessels supplying
The important factor is movement
working muscles with oxygen for
does not necessarily have to be
extended periods.
sport related to be effective. It is not
Flexibility-moving body joints through a full
essential to work hard to achieve
range of motion.
benefits that will lead to improved
health. There are many different ody composition- the amount of body fat
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ways in which the average person in relation to lean body tissue.
can be active, which means that
there is more potential for success. sing this model to encourage individuals to
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It is important to look at physical be active, the average person focuses on
activity in relation to both fitness and health-related fitness components to be active
exercise so that the three concepts while the athlete should focus on both health
can be compared. Fitness usually and skill-related fitness components that are
refers to the eleven fitness important in their chosen sport. For example, a
components that, together, allow sprinter in athletics would have a major focus
individuals to participate in a range on reaction time and speed, while an alpine
of activities that require movement to racer would include balance and coordination
complete. This can range from in their training regime.
participating in practical classes at
school, such as gymnastics or inally, exercise is an important concept and is
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athletics, weekend team sports, related more to the concept of fitness rather
such as football and hockey, and than to the concept of physical activity.
leisure activities, such as surfing or Exercise is the name given to activities that
golf. attempt to develop one or more of the eleven
skill or health-related fitness components. For
It is generally acknowledged that example, you might jog for thirty minutes to
fitness has six skill-related develop your aerobic endurance, or do sets of
components and five health related sit-ups to develop muscular endurance in the
components. abdominal muscles.
The concepts of exercise and fitness are
important in promoting physical activity for
ealth benefits. All can be used by individuals
h hysical activity as the preferred option for the
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to improve their health. Increasingly though, majority of individuals to gain health benefits.
experts are looking towards the notion of
What is physical activity?
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What is the difference between skill and health related components to health?
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Compare the physical activity model with the physical fitness model:
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Explain why the physical activity model was introduced:
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Explain the relationship between exercise and fitness:
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Why should an athlete focus on skill-related components of health?
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Choose a sport and create 6 skill-related activities for that sport:
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