PED 117: Physical Fitness For Law Enforcement
My Physical Fitness Assessment
PED 117- Physical Fitness for Law Enforcement
Carlos Canizales
Professor Gotay
April 05, 2012
Physical fitness is defined as, “The ability to perform moderate to vigorous physical activity on a regular basis without excessive fatigue.”(Donatelle, P.296) There are two parts of physical fitness made up of eleven components, known as skill and health. The skill part of physical fitness contains six components and the health section contains five components, which makes up the eleven most important components to live a physically fit life. The skill related components consist of agility, balance, speed, power, reaction time and coordination. People also find these components to be called motor fitness skills …show more content…
Body composition is the percentage of body fat in relation to the remaining parts of the body. A fit person has relatively low, but not too low, percentage of body fat. (Corbin, P. 274) one of the methods done in class was called the skin-fold method. It determines the fat in your body by pinching you and reading how much skin it pinches. It mainly consists of three parts of the body such as triceps, abdominal area, and quadriceps. After getting your score you will be compared using a chart. This will let you know if you are too high or too low on body composition. Body composition could be easily achieved by a healthy eating and always working …show more content…
I got fifty percent or above on my entire percentile scores but one which compared to some classmates wasn’t bad. My only issue was my flexibility that I received a ten percent. This scared me because I have always been a very athletic guy and never thought this would be my issue. I have committed myself after seeing my scored to eat a less fat diet to help my body composition. Also getting in the gym more and doing more callisthenic exercises to improve my muscular endurance and strength. Try to run two miles at least twice a week or run a mile every other day. When it comes to my flexibility, I feel my percentile was low do to not warming up or stretching prior to the exam, regardless I will always try to stretch prior exerting and definitely after every activity. Lastly, the most important things health related action is no smoking or alcoholic
PED 117- Physical Fitness for Law Enforcement
Carlos Canizales
Professor Gotay
April 05, 2012
Physical fitness is defined as, “The ability to perform moderate to vigorous physical activity on a regular basis without excessive fatigue.”(Donatelle, P.296) There are two parts of physical fitness made up of eleven components, known as skill and health. The skill part of physical fitness contains six components and the health section contains five components, which makes up the eleven most important components to live a physically fit life. The skill related components consist of agility, balance, speed, power, reaction time and coordination. People also find these components to be called motor fitness skills …show more content…
Body composition is the percentage of body fat in relation to the remaining parts of the body. A fit person has relatively low, but not too low, percentage of body fat. (Corbin, P. 274) one of the methods done in class was called the skin-fold method. It determines the fat in your body by pinching you and reading how much skin it pinches. It mainly consists of three parts of the body such as triceps, abdominal area, and quadriceps. After getting your score you will be compared using a chart. This will let you know if you are too high or too low on body composition. Body composition could be easily achieved by a healthy eating and always working …show more content…
I got fifty percent or above on my entire percentile scores but one which compared to some classmates wasn’t bad. My only issue was my flexibility that I received a ten percent. This scared me because I have always been a very athletic guy and never thought this would be my issue. I have committed myself after seeing my scored to eat a less fat diet to help my body composition. Also getting in the gym more and doing more callisthenic exercises to improve my muscular endurance and strength. Try to run two miles at least twice a week or run a mile every other day. When it comes to my flexibility, I feel my percentile was low do to not warming up or stretching prior to the exam, regardless I will always try to stretch prior exerting and definitely after every activity. Lastly, the most important things health related action is no smoking or alcoholic