Physical Activity and Exercise

Physical Activity

• Physical activity is a bodily movement produced by skeletal muscles that requires energy expenditures and produces progressive health benefits.
• It only requires a low to moderate intensity of effort.

Exercise

• Exercise is a type of physical activity that requires planned, structured, and repetitive bodily movement to improve or maintain one or more components of physical fitness.

Exercise Program

• An exercise program is a planned activity detailing a range of physical exercise and the amount of time each exercise should be performed, typically tailored to individuals' needs.

Festival Dances

• Festival dances are cultural dances performed with the strong beat of percussion instruments by people in the community sharing the same culture.
• They are usually done in honor of a Patron Saint as thanksgiving for a bountiful harvest.

Fundamental Skills

• Fundamental skills are movements that are fairly simple and serve as the foundation for more complex physical activities.
• These include three categories: locomotor, non-locomotor, and manipulative skills.

Locomotor Skills

• Locomotor skills are physical actions that allow an individual to move from one place to another.
• Examples of locomotor skills include:
  • Walking: shifting weight from one foot to the other
  • Running: moving with longer strides and at a faster speed than walking
  • Hopping: springing of one foot and landing on the same foot
  • Jumping: having both feet lose contact with the ground
  • Skipping: stepping and hopping using the same foot
  • Leaping: springing on one foot and landing on the other foot with a wider step
  • Sliding: gliding on the floor, sideward or forward, by using the right and left foot alternately
  • Galloping: stepping on one foot and cutting the other, either sideward or forward

Non-Locomotor Skills

• Non-locomotor skills include:
  • Bending/Flexing: moving the muscles around a joint where two body parts meet
  • Stretching/Extending: straightening or extending any part of the body from the joints
  • Lifting/Raising: elevating a part of the body, usually the arms and legs
  • Twisting: moving a part of the body around a long axis (usually done for the head and body)
  • Rotating/Encircling: moving a part of the body in a circle around an axis or center
  • Swinging: moving perpendicularly below an axis
  • Swaying: moving perpendicularly above an axis