FITNESS
It's a very big ask in our culture expecting
to stay healthy without keeping yourself fit.
There are any number of
compelling reasons to keep yourself fit. For starters aerobic fitness
under pins the healthy function of most body systems. The metabolic and
psychological dysfunctions are all driven by a lack of regular vigorous
physical activity.
The musculo-skeletal
dysfunctions are driven by a lack of strength and flexibility.
Knowing how fit you are is
critical to establishing how healthy you are.
SCORING
The pass-mark on each item is 7/10. It is
readily achievable by people of working age who keep themselves in
reasonable shape.
Add the appropriate co-efficient (based on the
rating of importance of the item in an health and fitness profile) to your
raw score.
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Are you keeping yourself fit and
healthy to the best of your ability?
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Mind and Body
profile
The body is an ecosystem; all parts
are connected, particularly the mind and the body. The body doesn't
lie! What was your score on the Mind and
Body Profile?
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Body composition
Are you carrying extra fat around your
body? Scores based on percent body fat - measurable on Taniti
scales.
Weight
Kg ...... Percent body fat ...... |
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Men >40 |
<35 |
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<18 |
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Women >45 |
<45 |
>40 |
<38 |
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Lower body strength
How many situps can you do in 30 seconds. Lie down on
your back with feet flat, knees bent at 90 degrees and arms
outstretched on your thighs. Sit up to touch the bottom of
your knee caps. Don’t count those situps where your fingers
can’t reach over your knees to touch the bottom of your knee
caps or your feet lift off the ground. No.
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Flexibility
In a sitting position, with legs outstretched in front of you, see
how far down past your toes you can reach with your fingers. Keep
your knees straight. Score 4 if you can get your fingers to your
toes (T), 5 for the first knuckle, 6 for the second and 7 if you can
get to the palms (P). Score 10 if you can get your wrists past your
toes (W) and 8 and 9 is between start of palm and wrist. |
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Upper body strength
How many pressups can you do in 30 seconds; women on the knees and
men on the toes. For women make sure your knees, bottom and
shoulders are in a straight line; ie your backside shouldn’t be
sticking up in the air. Don’t count those pressups where the body
flops onto the floor. No. ....
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Functional mobility
How many times can you sit down and stand up in 30 seconds. Start standing
up with legs straight. Sit down on the floor (legs straight out) and stand
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Aerobic fitness
20m run. How many laps can you run in 5
minute? (20m equals one lap. Down and back is 2 laps.) Not having an aerobic exercise program is
inconsistent with good health behaviour. No. ....
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9. |
Aerobic training:
Aerabytes
per week
Aerabytes = time in minutes multiplied
by effort on a scale from 1 (easy) to 5 (hard). e.g. score 5 for
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Have
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Attained more than 7/10 on all items Yes
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Attained more than 70/100
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YOUR
HEALTH AND FITNESS IS ASSESSED AS: -
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Excellent if you scored over 90 |
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Very good if you scored over
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Very good if you scored over
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Good if you scored over 70 |
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Not bad 60 - 70 |
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Not good 50 - 60 |
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Poor 40 - 50
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Dreadful 30 - 40 |
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However, the good news is that at any score you're
redeemable, providing you do the things that fit and healthy people do
to keep themselves fit and healthy.
Keep in mind that very few people ever got fit and
healthy in a surgery or a pharmacy and very few people ever got fit and
healthy by someone doing something to them; sooner or later they had to
do something to themselves.
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