Fitness What is fitness ?
Your fitness depends entirely on you: it is a personal matter,. You yourself need to learn a variety of physical skills and activities and to participate in them regularly.
Long ago human beings’ survival depended on their physical fitness, their strength and stamina to hunt and trap and explore, their ability to fight, and if necessary escape. Primitive people spent most of their time in physical activity, so they automatically had a high level of fitness.
Health is closely related to physical fitness, but keep in mind that the presence of certain diseased does not necessarily preclude fitness. Many famous sports people have diabetics, suffer from asthma, or been survivors of polio. Their sporting achievements show that not all diseases are barriers to physical fitness.
Too many people spend their lives sitting down, and the number of people depending on physical work for a living is becoming smaller every day. While machines do the work, modern people pay the penalty for soft living several ways: they develop flabby muscles, are overweight, and have tension and heard disorders. To survive we have to make up for our lack of physical work by using our leisure time in a more active way, participating in exercises , games and sport.
Good habits include eating proper food, personal hygiene, having regular exercise and having adequate sleep. Regular check-ups by your doctor and twice yearly visits to the dentist re important. ……… large quantities of sweets, biscuits, potato chips and soft drinks: these supply useless calories and cause tooth decay. Keep in mind that what you eat must provide fuel for energy and growth
Our physical strength and stamina allows is to function close to our peak for a particular age. We can work or study efficiently, participate in games and sport, enjoy our leisure, and never theless have enough reserves for an emergency. 160
