KP231 Lecture Notes - Lecture 11: Water Aerobics, Mental Chronometry, Body Composition
27 Oct 2018
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Physical activity and exercise for health and fitness. Physical activity levels of canadians are still too low. According to the 2009 statistics canada"s health reports, only 52. 5% of canadian adults are moderately active during their leisure time. Physical activity: any body movement carried out by the skeletal muscles and requiring energy. Exercise: planned, structures, repetitive movement of the body designed to improve or maintain physical tness. Physical tness: a set of physical attributes that allows the body to respond or adapt to the demands and stress of physical e ort. Children aged 5-11 and youth 12-17 should accumulate at least 60 minutes to moderate to vigorous intensity of physical activity/day. Adults aged 18+ should accumulate at least 150 minutes of moderate to vigorous intensity of physical activity/week. Csep recommedns to participate in muscle and bone strengthening activities. Brisk walking, biking, raking leaves, swimming, dancing, water aerobics. Aerobics, jogging, hockey, basketball, fast swimming, fast dancing.
