Friday, February 27, 2009

~~~The Stairway to Lifetime Fitness~~~

sTEp 1: Doing physical activity
=>Think about the various physical activities you are involved in. If you are like many people your age, much of your activity results from community or school activities.You also have other opportunities to do physical activity, such as in physical aducation classes.

StEp 2:Getting Fit
=>Because geting fit depends on physical activity and exercise patterns, fitness is something that people often planned for you when you were young.For example, coaches prescribe exercises to get kids fit for sports, and physical education teachers plan activities to get or keep fit.

stEP 3: Self-Assessment
=>Before you can make good decisions about your own personal fitness and activities, you need to know your own personal fitness level.No doubt you have had your fitness tested before, but probably it was something someone else did for you, rather than something you did for yourself.When you learn you will have reached the third step on the stairway to lifetime fitness.

sTep 4: Self-Planning
=>When you have learned to self-assess your own fitness, you are ready to progress to self-planning.You use your own fitness results (a personal fitness profile) to help plan your own fitness and activity program.

Step 5: Lifetime Activity
=>When you are climb to step 5, you will have moved from the level of decision making and problem solving to the level of lifetime activity.This means you have learned WHY activity is important, WHAT your fitness needs are, and HOW to plan for a lifetime. You will be a lifetime activity participant.

step 6: Lifetime Fitness
=>You'l have moved from dependence on others to keep you fit. Thoughout your life, you will use the skills you learn to reevaluate your fitness needed to maintain your fitness.

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