Question

There are different amounts of activity necessary for health, fitness, and performance. Also, there are different types of activity necessary for health (cardio, muscular strength/endurance, and flexibility).

How much physical activity is enough for you to behealthy?

• What types of activities? (6 points)

• What amounts of exercise? (6 points)

• Indicating references (3 points)

Answer 1

Atleast 150 minutes of moderate aerobic activity or 76 minutes of vigerous aerobic activity a week, or a combination of moderate and vigerous activity is needed for a healthy adult. Greater amounts of exercise will provide even greater health benefits but even small amounts of physical activity are helpful.

Strength training exercises for all major muscle groups atleast two times a week.

Moderate aerobic exercises are brisk walking, mowing the lawn and swimming. Vigerous aerobic exercises are running and aerobic dancing. Strength training include weight machines, your own body weight, resistance tubing or resistance paddles in water or activities such as rock climbing.

Types of activities are,

1. Individual activity : activity performed by one person.

2. Team activity : activity involves you working with other people.

3. Competitive activity : activity is a contest involving two or more rivals.

4. Non-competitive activity : activity involves performers who take part for self satisfaction and enjoyment i.e. Aerobics and jogging

5. Subjective activity : based on how the performance looks. They can also be described as aesthetic. The result depends on the openion of the judges. Performers competing in a subjective activity need to use their imagination and be creative.

6. Objective activity : perfomers achieve a definite score that can be measured in some way. This could be the number of goals scored in a game, the distance achieved, the fastest time or the number of points won in a match.

Amount of exercise needed,

* Get 60 minutes or more of physical activity every day.

* Moderate - intensity aerobic activities including walking, running, skipping, playing on playground, playing basketball and biking atleast three days.

* Minimum amount of 2 and half hours of moderate to intensity aerobic exercise every week.

* Children and teenagers exercise one hour every day and adults get a weekly minimum of two hours and 30 minutes of moderate intensity physical activity.

* For adult, pregnant women and people with chronic health problems needs should check with their health care provider on how much physical activity they should get and what types of activities they should do.