Self-Management 5.1 - Fitness For Life
skinfold testing
uses subcutaneous fat to estimate the proportion of your body mass that is body fat
essentials to good self-management skills
- define priorities - consider all parts of fitness - personalize their goals - time management - self asses and re-evaluate their goals periodically
benefits of self-management skills
- help a couch potatoes get starter - people to be more active - active people to be more active
skill
ability to perform a specific action
activator
beginning an activity program
couch potato
doing little of no physical activity
teenagers
girls are less active than boys in all types of activity other than flexibility activity levels tend to decrease as teens get older
body mass index
height and weight to determine
inactive thinker
is thinking about becoming active
sit and reach test
measures the flexibility of the lower back
activity levels
people from low economic groups are less active unfit people are less active then fit people older people are less active then younger people
planner
planning to be active
active exerciser
regularly active most days of the week
changing a behavior.......
self -assesment goal setting self-monitoring self- planning social support
motor skills
skills in physical activity
sports skills
success in a sport or game
self management skills
the ability to perform an action that helps you change your behavior