Understanding Physical Fitness: Warm-up, Endurance, Strength, Flexibility and More
What Does Warm-Up Mean?
Exercises are always performed before physical activity or sports to adapt the body progressively to further effort.
Benefits of Warming Up:
- Avoids muscle injuries
- Delays fatigue
- Facilitates mental preparation and cardiorespiratory adaptation
- Increases joint movement and helps reduce stiffness
General Warm-Up
A general warm-up can be broken down into two stages: general and specific. The purpose of the first stage is to get all the parts of the body moving for the following activity.
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What Does Warm-Up Mean?
Exercises are always performed before physical activity or sports to adapt the body progressively to further effort.
Benefits of Warming Up:
- Avoids muscle injuries
- Delays fatigue
- Facilitates mental preparation and cardiorespiratory adaptation
- Increases joint movement and helps reduce stiffness
General Warm-Up
Can be broken down into a general stage and a specific one. The purpose of the first stage is to get all parts of the body moving for the following activity. In general warm-
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Corporal Expression in Science and Art
Psychology
Psychology utilizes corporal expression to assist individuals facing difficulties. This is achieved through psychodrama, a technique aimed at fostering a coherent personality and providing effective therapy for patients with emotional problems.
Pedagogy
Pedagogy addresses corporal expression within Physical Education, recognizing the body not only as a series of interconnected systems requiring balance but also as a means of communication with others.
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Physical Activity
1. Benefits of Physical Exercise
The main reason why many people exercise is to keep fit, as this is the way to maintain the physical abilities of the body in an optimum state throughout life.
The human body is designed to move and a sedentary life usually leads to diseases and even premature death.
There are many health benefits in performing regular physical activity and its impact can be seen at many levels:
1. Cardiac
Reduces the risk of coronary heart disease because it increases
Game Methodology in Physical Education
Game Methodology
Teach Through Playing
Playing games can foster a variety of positive attributes, including:
- Creativity
- Critical Thinking
- Collaboration
- Socialization
- Comprehension
- Freedom
- Honesty
- Autonomy
Game Methodology Cycle
Planning (competences, objectives) → Execution (game development, active participation) → Evaluation (reflection process, verification of learning)
Methodology Steps
- Choosing the type of game
- Design and preparation of the game
- Presentation of the game
- Grouping
- Intervention during the game
- Game
Elements of the Curriculum and Assessment in Primary Education
Elements of the Curriculum
Objectives
These are the intentions that govern an educational project and the set of goals and purposes that these intentions realize. They define what we want to achieve – the “why” of educational action.
Competencies
The development of curriculum objectives in terms of skills is a necessity dictated by the demands of current society formation processes.
Contents
Thinking in terms of training, a process oriented towards the development of abilities or skills, the contents
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