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	The President's Council on Physical Fitness and Sports - You're it. Get fit!
		The President's Council on Physical Fitness and Sports - You're it.
		is the health, physical activity, fitness and sports information website of the President's Council on Physical Fitness and Sports.
		To find out how you can start a physical activity program today and stay active and fit for life while earning Presidential awards,visit our free, interactive physical activity and fitness website at www.presidentschallenge.org.
	www.fitness.gov (299 words)

	Physical Fitness - MSN Encarta
		Physical Fitness, ability of the human body to function with vigor and alertness, without undue fatigue, and with ample energy to engage in leisure activities, and to meet physical stresses.
		Physical fitness is usually measured in relation to functional expectations—that is, typically, by periodic tests measuring strength, endurance, agility, coordination, and flexibility.
		The attainment and maintenance of physical fitness, coupled with nutritious diet and reasonable rest patterns, require dedication to a long-term, systematic investment in an active life.
	encarta.msn.com /encyclopedia_761561844/Physical_Fitness.html (513 words)

	Physical fitness - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Physical fitness is an attribute required for service in virtually all militaries.
		A person with a physical impairment may be physically fit and healthy, though their performance on tasks requiring full bodily function in the area of impairment will be affected.
		Physical fitness is a result of regular physical activity, proper diet and nutrition, and proper rest for physical recovery within the parameters allowed by the genome.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Physical_fitness (362 words)

	physical fitness
		The reason most frequently stated for perceived level of physical fitness was the level of habitual physical activity (43%); significantly less frequently (P less than 0.01-0.0001) cited were reasons related to health (23%), physical performance (12%), and obesity (3%).
		The variation in perceived level of physical fitness was best explained by the variation in imagined regular exercise and fatness (r2 = 0.66, P less than 0.0001) with no significant additional contribution from imagined performance in remaining fitness tests.
		These results, taken together with evidence of the physical and psychological health benefits of regular exercise, imply that the most appropriate measure of physical fitness for the average person is an assessment of the habitual physical activity level.
	www.uhealthy.com /english/topics/fitness.htm (148 words)

	Physical Fitness
		Mental fitness means the ability to use the brainpower you were born with.
		Encourage physical fitness among Scouters by enhancing their awareness and understanding of fitness parameters, health risks, and personal circumstances.
		This award is a national program of emphasis designed to heighten fitness awareness and to help change the lifestyles of American youth and adults regarding exercise and a healthy diet to improve the quality of their lives.
	www.troop125bsa.com /fitness.htm (1686 words)

	Training: Physical Fitness Program
		The physical fitness program is established for all personnel to maintain a level of fitness in order to safely perform their assigned functions and to reduce the probability and severity of occupational injuries and illnesses.
		Members who are unable to meet the fitness standards shall enter a rehabilitation program to facilitate progress in attaining a level of fitness commensurate with the individual's assigned functions and activities.
		The rationale for adoption is that the occupation of firefighting requires physical activities that exceed those of the general population.
	www.sccfd.org /physical_fitness.html (1988 words)

	Physical Fitness and Exercise - Components of Physical Fitness, Physical Fitness Health
		Your fitness activity needs to address the 5 components of physical fitness which include strength endurance resistance and metabolic rate as some of the Key components.
		At these levels of fitness exercise you are in effect protecting yourself from risks of heart and coronary disease and improving your mental health while burning fat and building your muscle mass.
		You can simply build physical activity into your daily routine, replacing mechanical means of locomotion and transport with the human power such as walking an extra tube subway station to the subway and using the stairs rather than escalator or elevator.
	www.fuelthemind.com /health/fitness/fitness.html (573 words)

	Beginning exercisers physical fitness equipment
		Child obesity physical fitness may be difficult because overweight kids may be too shy or embarrassed to work out in public.
		Promoting exercise and physical fitness in adolescent girls is very important because it helps ensure complete and correct development.
		Physical fitness for teens is very important, even if exercising isn't even on their radar screens.
	www.heartflex.com /02_WhoItWorksFor/Newcomers.html (872 words)

	Physical Fitness
		Physical exercise and activity is a pre-requisite for a healthy life.
		Physical activity is good for your heart, mood, and confidence.
		Physical activity of any kind from heavy-duty exercises such as jogging or bicycling to easier efforts like walking is good for you.
	www.seniorindian.com /physical_fitness.htm (1246 words)

	Osteoarthritis and Exercise: Physical Fitness (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Physical fitness is defined as a set of attributes that relate to one's ability to perform physical activity.
		The major components of physical fitness are physical activity, health and exercise.
		Physical activity can be any body movement that results in energy expenditure, whereas exercise is physical activity that is planned, structured, repetitive, and purposeful.
	www.vhct.org /case2100/physical_fitness.htm (211 words)

	Fitness Fundamentals
		Physical fitness is to the human body what fine tuning is to an engine.
		Physical fitness involves the performance of the heart and lungs, and the muscles of the body.
		Physical fitness is most easily understood by examining its components, or "parts." There is widespread agreement that these four components are basic.
	www.hoptechno.com /book11.htm (3478 words)

	Dixie Physical Fitness (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Each spring, the Dixie School District (DSD) is required to administer the state-mandated physical fitness test to all students in grades 5 and 7 during the months of March, April, or May. In 2000-01, Physical Fitness Testing Results will be collected and reported to the California Department of Education (CDE), for each school and student.
		The CDE requires that students with special needs who are unable to take all of the physical fitness test shall be given as much of the test as conditions permit.
		Physical fitness and pre- and post-assessments are ongoing components of the Miller Creek physical education program.
	dixiesd.marin.k12.ca.us /dixie_physical_fitness.htm (232 words)

	::OIS: Physical Fitness:: (Site not responding. Last check: )
		The University of Rhode Island physical training program is based on the fundamental philosophy that a fit and physically capable officer will discharge his/hers duties in a more effective manner.
		In addition to this basic philosophy is the realization that today’s officers must in addition to maintaining their own physical well-being, must develop and provide for the physical training of their troops.
		The APFT is not the only standard by which an officer's physical fitness is judged, therfore cadets must strive to excel in all things athletic.
	autocrat.uri.edu /888.html (210 words)

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		The Physical Fitness Program is intended to provide Coast Guard personnel with education and evaluation of fitness status, and the use of tools to improve this component of a healthy lifestyle.
		Optimal Physical Fitness: The condition resulting from a lifestyle that leads to the development of an optimal level of cardiovascular endurance, muscle strength and flexibility, as well as the achievement and maintenance of ideal body weight.
		HPMs unit, Health Promotion Coordinators, and fitness instructors at training units are available to assist with guidance on physical fitness, fitness standards, and the administration of PWP assessments.
	www.uscg.mil /hq/g-w/g-wk/wkw/HP/physical_fitness_program.htm (509 words)

	Physical Fitness
		In this position he was responsible for the physical fitness and wellness of more than 4,000 troopers and the wellness of more than 1,500 civilian personnel.
		While physical performance testing and physical education programming was once viewed as an “extra” for police departments, it is now recognized as proactive risk management.
		Over the past two decades, the science and technology of physical performance management has advanced to a point where we can predict with an 80-85% degree of accuracy whether an officer will be able to perform the essential job functions, at a minimal level, based on a series of basic physical tests.
	www.pachiefs.org /physical_fitness.htm (376 words)

	Physical Activity for Everyone: Components of Physical Fitness \| DNPAO \| CDC
		What does it mean to be physically "fit?" Physical fitness is defined as "a set of attributes that people have or achieve that relates to the ability to perform physical activity" (USDHHS, 1996).
		Being fit is not defined only by what kind of activity you do, how long you do it, or at what level of intensity.
		State-Based Nutrition and Physical Activity Program to Prevent Obesity and Other Chronic Diseases is designed to help states prevent obesity and other chronic diseases by addressing two closely related factors — poor nutrition and inadequate physical activity.
	www.cdc.gov /nccdphp/dnpa/physical/components/index.htm (728 words)

	Health: Physical Fitness (Site not responding. Last check: )
		It is important for people to realize that being physically fit and being thin are not always inclusive.
		If your heart and lungs are accustomed to physical activity, it is not going to seem like the end of the world when you need to go up a flight of stairs, walk more than a mile, or lift a few heavy boxes.
		If there are students who are genuinely interested in starting a strength program, a trainer may want to contact a fitness trainer in the area to see if she would be willing to provide additional instruction.
	www.workshopsinc.com /manual/Ch6L1.html (1307 words)

	AAP - Better Health and Fitness Through Physical Activity
		Being fit means you have more energy to do daily tasks, can be more active, and do not tire as easily during the day.
		A lack of physical activity is one of the major risk factors influencing heart disease, such as high blood pressure, and other medical illnesses.
		Physical activity is just one important part of preventive health care, which should be a part of your daily lifestyle.
	www.aap.org /family/fitness.htm (1538 words)

	Physical Activity, Physical Fitness, Fitness
		There is still a tried and true standard for achieving physical fitness.
		Sports were designed to be fun but the purpose of physical activity is to improve your health profile and self-image, not necessarily to be fun.
		There's no evidence that the human body is any less capable of the same level of physical activity at age 65 than it was at age 25; especially if that level was maintained for the 40 years in between.
	www.vahealth.org /fitness/index.htm (367 words)

	Physical Fitness
		It requires that physical culture departments at all levels study people's varied choices of time, types and ways of fitness activities, and create more popular fitness programs in line with what people want.
		By 2010, the goal is to have 40 percent of the population exercising regularly.
		The physical fitness of Chinese citizens in a more affluent society worsens considerably after they turn 40, and obesity is common among adults and is getting to be a problem among young people.
	www.china.org.cn /english/features/China2004/107193.htm (745 words)

	Texas Governor Rick Perry - Governor's Advisory Council on Physical Fitness
		Because physical activity and proper nutrition are at the core of maintaining good health and preventing disease, Governor Perry established the Governor’s Advisory Council on Physical Fitness.
		The 15-member council is charged with promoting physical activity and good nutrition to all Texans, advising the Governor on matters relating to health and nutrition education, physical fitness and sports, and encouraging local community efforts to increase opportunities for physical activity.
		Diabetes is a disease in which the body does not produce or properly use insulin, a hormone that converts sugar, starches and other food into energy needed for daily life.
	www.governor.state.tx.us /divisions/press/initiatives/fitness (472 words)

	Physical Fitness Badge
		The stylized human figure emphasizes the significance of achieving personnel fitness and physical ability in today's Army.
		The Physical Fitness Badge was established by the Secretary of the Army on 25 June 1986 and awarded effective 1 October 1986. The criteria for award and wearing of the badge was changed on 1 February 1999.
		The Physical Fitness Badge is authorized only as a cloth badge and will only be worn on the physical fitness uniform. It will be worn centered on the left side, above the breast, of the physical training T-shirt or sweatshirt.
	www.tioh.hqda.pentagon.mil /badges/PhysicalFitnessBadge.htm (162 words)

	Physical fitness
		Physical fitness is a necessity for everyone regardless of race, culture, or sex in order to live a long healthy life.
		In order to achieve physical fitness, you must be able to perform daily tasks vigorously, while avoiding diseases related to a lack of activity.
		There are many benefits of physical fitness like endurance, good figure, muscular strength, and flexibility.
	www.radessays.com /link.php?site=re&aff=r2c2&dest=viewpaper.php?request=44050 (234 words)

	Riverview Physical Education Fitness (Site not responding. Last check: )
		We use a variety of activities to improve fitness.
		Each lesson should be adjusted to take into account the wide range of skill and fitness levels that characterizes children of each age level.
		Important to fitness; lack of flexibility can cause a risk for injury, low back pain, and poor posture.
	www.riv.egreen.wednet.edu /RiverviewPE_site/pages/fitnesspage.htm (392 words)

	NAAFA Policy on PHYSICAL FITNESS
		The President's Council on Physical Fitness defines five components of fitness: cardio-respiratory or aerobic endurance; muscular strength; muscular endurance; flexibility; and body composition, or the ratio of fat-to-lean body mass.
		Fat people are thus set up for failure in their attempts to achieve fitness and are discouraged from pursuing exercise to improve health, increase self-esteem, and reach higher levels of cardio-respiratory endurance, muscular strength, muscular endurance, and flexibility.
		That fitness professionals become better educated on the psychological, physiological, and sociological factors affecting weight and health so that they can develop optimum fitness programs tailored specifically for fat people, with goals unrelated to weight loss.
	www.naafa.org /documents/policies/fitness.html (444 words)

	HHS - Office on Disability - Physical Fitness and Health: I Can Do It - You Can Do It
		Physical Fitness and Health: (I Can Do It, You Can Do It) ensuring access to health care, and access to physical fitness and wellness opportunities for persons with disabilities
		The OD sought and obtained the collaboration of the President's Council on Physical Fitness and Sports as well as that of more than fifty disability-based national organizations dedicated to improving the lives of Americans with disabilities (see page 3).
		You contact the Office on Disability and tell them that you are a physically fit adult who wants to mentor a child with disabilities.
	www.hhs.gov /od/physicalfitness.html (1177 words)

	Flexibility – Physical Fitness Training – FM 21-20
		Good flexibility can help a soldier accomplish such physical tasks as lifting, loading, climbing, parachuting, running, and rappelling with greater efficiency and less risk of injury.
		Flexibility is the range of movement of a joint or series of joints and their associated muscles.
		The warm-up and cool-down are very important parts of a physical training session, and stretching exercises should be a major part of both.
	www.physicallytrained.com /fm21-20/physical-fitness-training/flexibility.shtml (1477 words)

	Physical Fitness at Holistic Junction
		Physical fitness maintains functions of our heart, lungs and muscles of our body.
		Physical fitness incompasses many aspects, from muscular endurance, to increased flexibility.
		Increased heart and lung efficiency, cholesterol level reduction, increased muscle strength and coordination, blood pressure reduction, diabetes and heart disease reduction risks, weight loss and an overall improved sense of better health and well-being are all attributes of physical fitness.
	www.holisticjunction.com /categories/HPD/physical-fitness.html (283 words)

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