3.  Which should be the focus?
 Depends on each student’s needs and desire
 Fitness testing is not the answer
 Most students want to enjoy moderate to vigorous activity
 Don’t care about achieving a high fitness level

4.  Physical activity
 Process of moving
 Can be exercise, sports, or leisure activity
 Works toward health-related outcomes
 Physical fitness
 Focus on the product
 Genetics can be a significant factor
 Most students are nonathletic

5.  Moderate activity
 walking briskly (about 3½ miles per hour)
 hiking, gardening/yard work
 dancing, golf (walking and carrying clubs)
 bicycling (less than 10 miles per hour)
 weight training (a general light workout)
 Vigorous activity
 running/jogging (5 miles per hour)
 bicycling (more than 10 miles per hour)
 swimming (freestyle laps)
 aerobics
 fast walking (4½ miles per hour)
 weight lifting (vigorous effort)
 competitive basketball
 and heavy yard work such as chopping wood
 60 minutes of moderate to vigorous activity each day

10.  A visual representation demonstrating how to increase
physical activity until it becomes a part of daily routine.
 Visual representation with daily recommended activity at
the base and proceeding to less beneficial activity at the
peak.
 Prescription model for good health
 Helps students understand the different categories of
activity

11.  6 categories and 4 levels
 Each category required for good health and total body
fitness
 Location related to frequency
 Derived from the Food Guide Pyramid
 The Physical Activity Pyramid provides suggestions about
how to divide your time when doing various types of
physical activity

13.  Factors that may affect your decision making include:
• Cost: Think about what you can afford.
• Where you live: Choose activities that you can do locally.
• Your level of health: Consider health conditions.
• Time and place: Build your program into your daily routine.
• Personal safety: Avoid going through unsafe areas.
• Comprehensive planning: Address all five areas of fitness

14.  Everyday lifestyles can contribute significantly to good health, fitness,
and wellness
 Can be done as part of everyday work or routines
 Reduced risk of diseases
 Help control body fat
 Wellness benefits
 Performed daily
Get at least 30 minutes a day of
level one activities

15.  Level 1: Lifestyle
 Every day
 Comes from lifestyle activities
 Play and games involving large muscles
 Climbing, tumbling
 Intermittent rather than continuous
 Little formal organization
 Walking to school, chores at home = appropriate

16.  Active sports and aerobics
 Offer additional health and fitness benefits
 Offer broad general health benefits similar to Level 1
 Performed fewer days per week
Activities that can be performed for a relatively long period of time and
elevates the heart rate significantly
Aerobics

17.  Level 2
 Active Aerobics
 Lifestyle activities meet the demands
 Brisk walking, jogging, biking
 Appropriate as long as not continuous for a long period
 Intermittent more appropriate

18.  Level 2
 Active Sports and Recreational Activities
 Involve vigorous bursts
 Modify to fit children
 Age-appropriate recreational activities with lifetime
emphasis encouraged

19.  Contributes to improved performance
 Associated with reduced risk of osteoporosis
 Contribute to reduced rate of injury
 Fewer back problems
 Performed fewer days per week
These activities are important to promote flexibility and muscle strength
and endurance.

20.  Level 3
 Strength and Muscular Exercises
 Increase strength and endurance
 Children do not need to spend much in routines if they
are accumulating adequate daily amounts of activity

21.  Level 3
 Done specifically to build flexibility
 Minimal for Developmental Level I and II
 Developmental Level III more time learning and
performing

22.  Some types of inactivity are necessary (e.g., sleep)
 Increases in Level 4 result in decreased physical activity
 Limited on all days per week PlayStation
Watching TV
Listen to music
Reading
Some time to relax is important to all of us as well as 8 hours of uninterrupted
sleep

23.  Level 4
 Sedentary living not typical of children
 Reduce watching TV and video games
 Long periods during the day limited

24. MORE PHYSICAL ACTIVITY PYRAMID FACTS
• No single activity provides all of the benefits
•In some cases, some activities can be substituted for another
•Some activity is better than no activity
•Plan ahead
•Level 3 activity is beneficial even if you limited in activities from other levels

26. • Before beginning a strength program, a teen
should have a physical exam.
• Teens should follow directions of coach or P.E.
teacher.
• Student-teacher ration should be no greater than
10 to 1.
• Strength training should be less than 20% of
overall training