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1. PHYSICAL FITNESS
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2. Health
■ Traditional view – absence of disease, pain or disability
■ Contemporary view (WHO) – achievement of
– Physical well-being
– Mental well-being
– Social well-being

3. Benefits of aWellness Lifestyle
■ To the Nation
– Reduction in health care costs
– Maintenance of productive work force
■ To the individual
– Reduced health care costs
– Increased longevity
– Increased quality of life

4. Impaired life
11.5 years
Life expectancy
76.9 years
Healthy life
65.4 years

5. Factors Affecting Health

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7. Is Change Necessary?
■ In order to adopt a wellness lifestyle, most individuals have to change a number of
behaviors.
■ Changing behaviors is the most difficult aspect of living a wellness lifestyle.
■ The barriers to change must be overcome.

8. Common Barriers to Change
■ Procrastination
■ Preconditioned cultural beliefs
■ Gratification
■ Risk complacency
■ Complexity
■ Indifference and Helplessness
■ Rationalization
■ Invincibility

9. Trans theoretical Model of Change
■ Pre-contemplation
■ Contemplation
■ Preparation
■ Action
■ Maintenance
■ Termination

10. Model of progression and relapse

11. Physical Activity vs Exercise
■ PhysicalActivity – bodily movement produced by skeletal muscles that requires
energy expenditure and produces progressive health benefits
■ Exercise – a type of physical activity that is planned and structured with the intent of
improving or maintaining physical fitness.

12. Fitness vs Health
■ To produce health benefits, the intensity, duration, and frequency of activity is less
than that required to produce improved fitness.
■ Improved fitness is measured by how much exercise you can do. Improved health is
measured by improved physiologic function of body systems.

13. Principles of PhysicalTraining
■ Specificity
■ Progressive Overload
■ Reversibility
■ Individual Differences