Module 4: Selecting Physical Activities
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- Getting to select your own physical activities for your own workout plan can be somewhat hard. You need to make sure that you are having a good time. If you are not having fun with your workout you might not keep up with it. To fix this you want to think about things that you enjoy doing. If you do something that you like you are more likely to keep going with this workout plan. When making a plan you need to keep in mind of the weather and how many calories you consume and then burn. We will be going over how to choose different activities, learn about how the weather can negatively affect you, and finally about caloric balance.
- Selecting Physical Activities
- When you are selecting different physical activities, you want to answer some questions about yourself and what you would like to do right now. Some of the questions are, what type of activities do you enjoy, what activities help manage your stress, what sports skills do you have, and do you want to do these activities with someone else or by yourself. Those are just a few, but there are many more. You should be truthful in answering these questions. This will make sure that you will enjoy whatever it is that you are dong. keep in mind that you want to pick activities that will best fit you and your needs. Also, note that not every activity will meet everyone's needs.
- How To Select Activities For Yourself
- There are many different things that can affect the choosing of your physical activity. This different factors are environmental considerations, health conditions, attitude and personality, and reasons for participation. There are also other ones like cost and availability to different facilities. Keeping these in mind, another thing is that if you are enjoying what you are doing you will more likely still to that fitness plan.
- What To Consider When Choosing Different Activities
- Other Things To consider Before Exercising
- Weather has a grave impact in choosing your activity. You should be looking at the weather on the day when you are going to workout to see what clothes you should wear. When the weather is really hot you can suffer from many different things. When you are dealing with heat exhaustion you may feel dizzy, exhausted, have a difficult time breathing, or having a headache. When you are feeling like this you need to slowly drink water and move to a cool area. You also need to remove damp clothes and take a cold shower or bath. Another affect of the heat are heat cramps. When you have heat cramps your heart rate will increase, your skin is clammy, you are not thirsty, and/or you are feeling nauseous. When dealing with heat cramps you should keep drinking water and taking breaks in a colder area. You should reduce layers as well. Finally, the last factor to hot weather is heat stroke. You will know if you have heat stroke when your skin is warm to the touch, you are unable to stay balanced, you are having troubles seeing and hearing, and/or you are getting angry. When you are dealing with heat stroke you want to all 911 immediately to get help, cool down with ice packs, and remove any damp clothes. There are also some concerns about cold weather. These factors are frostbite and hypothermia. When you are doing something in the cold it is vital to wear many layers that do not trap in moisture and prevent the loss of body heat. When affected by hypothermia or frostbite you need to get indoors and seek medical help.
- Physical Activity and Caloric Balance
- Caloric balance is when you consume an mount of calories and then you burn the same amount of calories that you just consumed. There are do different ways that calories are burned. The first way is by maintaining your body heat. Also by, digesting your food or creating new cells. This is called the metabolic rate. The second way is through physical activity. This means that you can workout or do other things like cleaning or doing a fun activity. When we eat and drink we are consuming calories. When our body consumes calories our body then makes it into energy which is called metabolism. The seed of metabolism is different from every person. If you want to maintain your weight you should consume and burn the same amount of calories. When you gain weight you are consuming more calories than you burn. A pound is 3,500 calories. If you consume more than that and you don't burn the calories off you will gain weight. the other way around is that if you consume less than 3,500 calories you you will lose weight. This could be bad for you because your body needs a certain amount of calories to preform everyday functions.
- In conclusion, in it important to make sure your workout plan is full of things and activities that you love to do. Also, be careful of what the weather is like on the day when you are working out. Remember that there are many activities that you can do to burn calories. Also, not every activity is for everyone.
- Conclusion
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