Lesson 5.1: Learning Self-Management Skills

Self-Assessment 5: FITNESSGRAM 2—Body Composition and Flexibility

Chapter 5: Learning Self-Management Skills

Lesson 5.1: Learning Self-Management Skills

Lesson Objectives:• Describe the stages of physical activity change.• Describe several different self-management skills.• Explain how you can use self-management skills for

living a healthy life.

Lesson 5.1: Learning Self-Management Skills

Question

What is a determinant?

Lesson 5.1: Learning Self-Management Skills

Answer

A determinant is a term used to describe a reason why a person is physically active.

Lesson 5.1: Learning Self-Management Skills

Question

What is meant by the term skill?

Lesson 5.1: Learning Self-Management Skills

Answer

• Skill is a term used to describe an ability to perform a specific action directed by the brain and nervous system and carried out by the muscles.

• Skills in physical activity are also called motor skills.

Lesson 5.1: Learning Self-Management Skills

Question

What is a sport skill?

Lesson 5.1: Learning Self-Management Skills

Answer• A sport skill leads to success in a

sport or a game.• For example, hitting a ball is a skill

needed to play softball successfully.

Lesson 5.1: Learning Self-Management Skills

Question

What is meant by self-management, and what are some self-management skills?

Lesson 5.1: Learning Self-Management Skills

Answer

• Self-management describes the ability to perform an action that helps you change a behavior, such as becoming active for a lifetime.

• Some examples include self-assessment, goal setting, self-monitoring, and self-planning.

Lesson 5.1: Learning Self-Management Skills

Question

What are the stages of physical activity?

Lesson 5.1: Learning Self-Management Skills

Answer

The Stages of Physical Activity are:• Couch potato – doing little or no activity• Inactive thinker – thinking about beginning activity• Planner – planning to be active• Activator – beginning an activity program• Active exerciser – the ultimate goal: doing regular

activity

Lesson 5.1: Learning Self-Management Skills

Question

How active are teenagers?

Lesson 5.1: Learning Self-Management Skills

Answer

• Many teens are not active exercisers. • Girls are less active than boys in all types of

activity other than flexibility exercises. • Activity levels decrease as teens

get older.

Lesson 5.1: Learning Self-Management Skills

Question

What groups of people are inactive?

Lesson 5.1: Learning Self-Management Skills

Answer

• People from lower economic groups are less active.

• More safe play areas and good equipment are available to people with higher incomes.

• Unfit people are less active than fit people.• Older people are less active than young people.

Lesson 5.1: Learning Self-Management Skills

Question

What are some essential things people with good self-management skills do?

Lesson 5.1: Learning Self-Management Skills

Answer

People with good self-management skills• speak with others about helping define priorities.• personalize their goals.• consider goals for all parts

of fitness.• learn principles of time

management.• self-assess and re-evaluate

their goals periodically.

Lesson 5.1: Learning Self-Management Skills

Question

One self-management skill is performance skill. What are performance skills?

Lesson 5.1: Learning Self-Management Skills

Answer

• Sport skills• Skills used in a job

Lesson 5.1: Learning Self-Management Skills

Question

How can good self-management skills enable you to move to a higher stage of physical activity behavior?

Lesson 5.1: Learning Self-Management Skills

Answer

Self-management skills can help • couch potatoes get started.• people to be more active.• active people to be more active.

Self-Assessment 5: FITNESSGRAM 2—Body Composition and Flexibility

Question

What does body mass index measure?

Answer

Body mass index is an indicator of your body composition—specifically, how heavy you are.

Self-Assessment 5: FITNESSGRAM 2—Body Composition and Flexibility

Question

What is the difference between body mass index (BMI) and skinfold testing?

Self-Assessment 5: FITNESSGRAM 2—Body Composition and Flexibility

Answer

• The BMI indicates how heavy you are.

• Skinfold testing uses your subcutaneous fat to estimate the proportion of your body mass that is body fat.

Self-Assessment 5: FITNESSGRAM 2—Body Composition and Flexibility

Question

What does the back-saver sit and reach measure?

Self-Assessment 5: FITNESSGRAM 2—Body Composition and Flexibility

Answer

• It measures the flexibility of the lower back and the muscles on the back of the thigh (hamstrings).

• See your workbook for information on how to conduct this test.

Self-Assessment 5: FITNESSGRAM 2—Body Composition and Flexibility

Question

How do you measure your body mass index?

Self-Assessment 5: FITNESSGRAM 2—Body Composition and Flexibility

Answer

• Measure your height in inches without shoes. • Measure your weight without shoes. If you are

wearing street clothes (as opposed to lightweight gym clothing), you can subtract 2 pounds from your weight.

• Use the body mass index chart in your textbook (p. 81) to determine your body mass index (BMI).

Self-Assessment 5: FITNESSGRAM 2—Body Composition and Flexibility