B7.2
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- B7.2
- Exercise and Fitness
- How does Exercise improve Fitness?
- Being fit is a measure of how well you can do physical activity
- Exercise increases fitness, and it is most effective when it is done in a structured way by following a regime
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- Health Problems
- Current Medication
- Previous Fitness treatments
- Other lifestyle factors
- Family medical history
- Physical Activity
- Heart Rate and Blood Pressure
- 1. When you are not exercising your heart rate and blood pressure are said to be at resting level
- 2. During your blood pressure and heart rate increases
- 3. When you stop exercising your blood pressure and heart rate return to their resting levels. The time it takes for this to happen is the recovery period
- 4. The fitter you are the shorter your recovery period
- How to measure fitness
- 1. Your body mass index is based on your mass and height. It can be used as an indicator of your fitness BMI = Body Mass / Height^2
- 2. BMI is not always the most accurate indicator of fitness
- An alternative method is proportion of body fat. As your fitness increases your percentage lowers
- 4. You can measure your fitness during an exercise regime to see if your improving. Any assessment of progress always depends on the accuracy and repeatabilility of the monitoring procedures
- Accuracy: The results should be close to what is actually happening as possible
- Repeatability: The procedure should give reliable results
- How does Exercise improve Fitness?
- Injury
- Examples
- Sprains: Damage to a ligament
- Dislocations: Bone comes out of socket
- Torn Ligament
- Torn Tendons: muscle tears it occurs when a muscle contracts in one direction
- How to treat sprains
- RICE
- Rest: To avoid any further damage
- Ice: To help reduce swelling
- Compression: A firm bandage is placed around the injured part to help reduce swelling and prevent further damage
- Elevation: Raising an injured limb to reduce swelling
- Physio- Therapy
- 1. Standing up and tensing the muscles without moving the knee
- To reduce pain and swelling and to speed up healing
- 2. Sitting with the lower leg handing loose, then slowly raising and lowering the leg
- 3. Stepping up and down, onto and off of a box
- Examples
- Exercise and Fitness
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