HEALTH & FITNESS
“YOUR BODY IS A TEMPLE OF THE HOLY SPIRIT WHICH IS IN YOU” 1 COR 6:19
at home:
□ DAILY DIET FOR 7 DAYS (DOES NOT NEED TO BE CONSECUTIVE)
□ Create an exercise routine
□ Perform exercise routine 3 times a week for 2 weeks
□ stretch before each exercise routine
at meeting:
□ why health & fitness
□ importance of vitamins and minerals
□ name 5 common vitamins and minerals
□ name 10 health foods that we should have in our diets to keep us healthy and strong
□ name 10 common unhealthy foods that we should limit in our diets
□ discuss how physical exercise can improve your health
□ name 10 different exercises you can do on a regular basis
□ how does each benefit the body
□ discuss benefit of stretching before and after you exercise
□ name 5 different stretches you can do before exercising
□ name 3 recreational activities that provide a good workout.
Meeting Notes:
Why exercise?-Take care of body to serve God, family better-be a good example-stronger muscles, bones-leaner body-less disease such as high blood pressure and diabetes-happier-sleep better- handle life better such as easier to run for a bus, you are more fit to handle life situations
3 Fitness- endurance-running away from a kid that’s “it”
Strength- crossing monkey bars
Flexibility - bending down to tie shoes
How to know which exercise is which- endurance ex makes you breathe fast and heart rate is faster - bike, swim, jogging
Strength is push ups, pull ups, stomach crunches, wrestling, climbing and hand stands.
Flexibility is stretching exercises.
Goal of exercise is 30mins-60mins per day.
How do Vitamins (in food or supplements) help the body?
Helps the body work properly. Some examples are
vitamin d-good for bones
vitamin a helps with night vision and color vision. Found in carrots
vitamin c-helps body heal a cut, resist infection. Found in oranges
vitamin b- helps your body make protein and gives energy, makes red blood cells which carry oxygen. Found in leafy green veggies
vitamin e-helps body tissues, skin, eyes, liver, protects lungs from pollution.
Vitamin k-clotmaster
10 exercises you may do-crunches, diagonal curls which is a sit up and turn to one side or the other with elbow to opposite knee, push ups while leaning with palms on the wall, push ups on your knees, jumping jacks, cotton pickers.
Stretches- neck, reach to sky, side bends, sit and twist, hurdler stretch, v sit and reach.
