Fitness for Life

DESCRIPTION

This course will give students a comprehensive and practical view of the importance of fitness in their lives. They will learn the underlying fundamentals of a fit for life attitude. In addition to reading in the textbook, students are required to complete a Portfolio of Fitness, which includes Self-assessments and Activities; this provides them with the opportunity to get active and build fitness. Students are also required to learn about, practice, and report on two lifetime sports of their choosing, from a group of additional materials provided by Keystone. The group of sports to choose from include Volleyball, Golf, Tennis, Soccer, Swimming, and Bowling. Students are required to select two sports from this list when they enroll in the course.

OBJECTIVES

After completing the course, students will be able to:

• Utilize your acquired knowledge about the benefits of physical activity to health and wellness.
• Understand the biomechanical movement concepts that apply to fitness activities.
• Know from personal experience the principles that define fitness.
• Pursue fitness goals through physical activity.
• Make independent decisions about planning a healthy personal fitness program.
• Understand the fundamental skills of two lifetime sports.

Course Outline, First Semester

1. FITNESS AND WELLNESS FOR ALL
   
   
   1. Physical Activity: a Lifestyle
   2. Fitness Through Activity
      
      
2. SAFE AND SMART PHYSICAL ACTIVITY
   
   
   1. Getting Ready
   2. Physical Activity and Injury
      
      
3. HOW MUCH IS ENOUGH?
   
   
   1. How Much Physical Activity?
   2. How Much Fitness?
      
      
4. GETTING STARTED IN PHYSICAL ACTIVITY
   
   
   1. Exercise Stages
   2. Attitudes
      
      
5. BENEFITS OF PHYSICAL ACTIVITY
   
   
   1. Health and Wellness Benefits
   2. A Healthy Back and Good Posture
      
      
6. CARDIOVASCULAR FITNESS
   
   
   1. Activity and Cardiovascular Fitness
   2. Activity for Health and Wellness
      
      
7. PHYSICAL ACTIVITY AND FAT CONTROL
   
   
   1. The Facts About Body Fatness
   2. Controlling Body Fatness
      
      
8. MUSCULAR ENDURANCE
   
   
   1. Muscular Endurance Basics
   2. Improving Muscular Endurance
      
      
9. STRENGTH
   
   
   1. Strength Basics
   2. Improving Your Strength
      
      
10. FLEXIBILITY
    
    
    1. Nature and Purpose of Flexibility
    2. Improving Flexibility

Course Outline Second Semester

11. SKILLS AND SKILL-RELATED FITNESS
    
    
    1. Skills and Skill-related Fitness
    2. Choosing a Lifetime Activity
       
       
12. ACTIVITIES FOR HEALTH-RELATED FITNESS
    
    
    1. Choices from the Pyramid
    2. Active Sports
       
       
13. MANKING CONSUMER CHOICES
    
    
    1. Health and Fitness Quackery
    2. Evaluating Health Clubs, Equipment, and Media Materials
       
       
14. PERSONAL PROGRAM PLANNING
    
    
    1. Goal Setting
    2. Program Planning
       
       
15. FITNESS AND YOUR FUTURE
    
    
    1. Staying Fit and Active
    2. Time Management
       
       
16. A WELLNESS PERSPECTIVE
    
    
    1. All About Health and Wellness
    2. Healthy Lifestyles
       
       
17. CHOOSING NUTRITIOUS FOOD
    
    
    1. A Healthful Diet
    2. Making Food Choices
       
       
18. MANAGING STRESS
    
    
    1. Facts About Stress
    2. Dealing with Stress

TEXTBOOK: Fitness for Life, Charles B. Corbin, Ruth Lindsey