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Fitness - Week 8

The 8th lesson in Physical Education focused on fitness.

The definition of FITNESS is the quality of being suitable to fulfil a particular role or task.
The components of health related or skill related do not include flexibility.

Health is the social, metal-emotional and physical wellbeing of a person.

When we compare ourselves against athletes fitness is relative to the task, to the person.

Skill related fitness - tasks
Health related fitness - how many tasks or jobs at hand.

Factors affecting fitness:


  • Poor Nutrition
  • Lack of sleep
  • Stress/Anxiety
  • Excessive smoking
  • Excessive Alcohol
  • Excessive use of drugs
Somatyping is the categorisation of body types into: Ectomorphs, Endomorphs, Mesomorphs.
All systems work together Cardio-Vascular, Cardio-respiratory, Muscular Skeletal, Digestive, Nervous.


Practical Lesson:

Working in groups of 4 to demonstrate in 4 different balances.

  1. Holding wrists squatting in chair balance
  2. Hands and feet support balance
  3. Wheel barrow walk in pairs
  4. Counter balance leaning back in pairs.
This was a challenging exercise especially using a larger group to balance, in our group we had mixed somatypes. 



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