Are You Fit to Be Fit?

Physical fitness is generally achieved through proper nutrition, moderate-vigorous physical exercise, and sufficient rest along with a formal recovery plan.

Before the Industrial Revolution, fitness was defined as the capacity to carry out the day's activities without undue fatigue or lethargy.

Fitness is now considered a measure of the body's ability to function efficiently and effectively in work and leisure activities, to be healthy, to resist hypokinetic diseases, improve immune system and to meet emergency situations.

<p>Around 1950, perhaps consistent with the Industrial Revolution and the treatise of World War II, the term 'fitness' increased in western vernacular by a factor of ten.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Fitness is defined as the quality or state of being fit and healthy.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The Canada Fitness Award Program was a national fitness test and evaluation program operated by the Government of Canada from 1970 to 1992.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The Canada Fitness Award Program started operating in September 1970.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The program was discontinued in part because it discouraged those it was intended to motivate.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The program was developed by Sport and Recreation Canada, a division of Health and Welfare Canada.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The objectives of the program were to promote health and fitness in Canadian youth, encourage youth to achieve higher levels of fitness, and provide an opportunity to participate in a continuing award plan.</p> Signup and view all the answers