Defense Mechanisms (To help protect people from things they do not want to deal with or talk about)
Mental Wellness: Being comfortable with the people around you, your surroundings, and yourself. Social: The ability to understand and meet the needs of others as well as the ability to interact and listen to one another! Emotional Wellness: How you react to events that occur in your life.
How can you manage stress? Set appropriate goals for yourself Think positively! Be open-minded Focus on your strengths and recognize your limitations!
Physical Wellness and Setting Goals
Muscular Strength: Exercising at a high weight for a short period of time
Muscular Endurance: Exercising at a low weight for a long period of time
SMART goals help to manage, keep track, and set goals for yourself; whether if it's for your body, or just your daily lifestyle to fit what you want!
Body Fat Composition: Amount of fat in a body
Physical Wellness is finding a balance of physical activity, proper nutrition and mental well being!
These include:WeightResting Heart RateBody Mass IndexCircumference Measurements
Flexibility: The degree of extensions (Range of Motion) your joints and surrounding muscles are able to perform!
Examples:
I will lose 2 pounds a week for a month!
I will drink water, instead of Soda, everyday this week!
Here are just a few questions you should ask yourself when choosing a program!
Cardiovascular Endurance: Exercising at a low weight for a long period of time using your heart, lungs, and blood vessels.
Resistance Training-Exercising a specific muscle or group of muscles against an external force
Which components of physical activity do you want/need to improve in?
Considerations when choosing a physical activity:
Reason for Participation
*Your target heart rate is between 60-80% of your MHR
Assessing Health and Fitness
Subjective Assessments identify, eating habits, health conditions, and the amount of physical activity currently performed
What types of activities help you manage stress?
Objective Assessments are unbiased information about physical aspects of one's health
Your weight is very important in this because, for example, if you eat more than you burn, you will gain weight, and so on!
The second way calories are burned is through ANY type of physical activity!
T-Time
T-Type
I-Intensity
F-Frequency
Principle of Overload
Placing a greater demand/stress on your body to improve your fitness level!
Weather is also a consideration!
Caloric Balance-Comparison between how many calories you burn, and how many you consume daily
Important Fitness Principles
Wear the appropriate, comfortable gear!
Principle of Progression
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Hypothermia
Frostbite
Cold Weather
Principles of Specificity
The first way calories are burned is by maintaining your heart beat, digesting your food, creating new cells, and more!
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Gradually increasing your workout to improve your fitness level
Your body will adapt to meet the specific demands you place on it
Mesomorph-Body type with a solid, muscular, and large-boned physique; muscular
Ectomorph-Body type with a slender, slight build; skinny
Endomorph-Body type with a large, soft, bulging body; overweight/fat carrier
Body Types
Healthy
Unhealthy
"Empty Calorie"
Aerobic Sport
Muscular Activity
Nutrient Dense Foods
Lifestyle Activity
High Fructose Corn Syrup
Rest
Fat: 20-35% of total caloric intake
Carbohydrates: 45-65% of total caloric intake
Proteins: 10-35% of total caloric intake
It is important to have the following amounts in a diet:
Foods with high amounts of trans-fats/saturated fats
Flexibility Activity
Aerobic Activity
A healthy body composition is one that includes a lower percentage of body fat and a higher percentage of fat-free mass
Lower risk of cardiovascular disease
Stronger bones
Body composition describes the percentage of fat, bone, muscle, and water in your body
Higher Metabolism
Lifestyle Guidelines
Benefits of having a lower body percentage:
Obesity-A condition by an excessive accumulation and storage of fat in the body
If a person's body weight is at least 20% higher, than it should be, they are considered obese
These include:
High Blood Pressure
Excess Cholesterol
Type 2 Diabetes
Many of the issues associated with overeating are also associated with obesity
Many more!
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Injuries can happen at any time, anywhere!
Switching to healthy
According to BMJ Opens' study from 2000-2011, for a person on a 2,000 calorie diet, the cost of food is only $1.50 more per day, compared to choosing unhealthy options
Watching prices and buying these healthy protein choices, like chicken and beef, when they are on sale, can help you eat healthy at an affordable cost
Marketing companies have very strategic ways to get people to buy their product, which can have serious consequences, both physically and mentally when it comes to food choices!
Other protein sources, such as dry beans and soy foods, can be used to keep you eating healthy while on a budget
Food Advertisements
Preventative Measures Prior to physical activity, perform a warmup! Drink one cup of water every 20 minutes Take breaks! Perform a cooldown, with something like running/cycling!
High fructose corn syrup contained in fruit flavored drinks
Common Injuries:
Muscle Strains
Shin Splints
Blisters
Muscle Sprains
Atkins
A FAD diet promises quick weight loss that requires no exercise! This is usually an unhealthy and unbalanced diet.
Some examples of FAD diets are:
Paleo
FAD Diets
High Sugar Cereal Products
Nutrition
Some of the worst food products that are advertised the most are:
High fructose corn syrup contained in most fruit flavored drinks