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Physical and Physiological Aspects of Physical Education MODULE-2
Dimension of Physical
Education and Yog

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PHYSICAL AND PHYSIOLOGICAL

ASPECTS OF PHYSICAL EDUCATION Note

Anand is an athlete and is the medal winner in the 100 mt race in School annual
sports meet. He is aspiring to compete in inter school and district athletic
competition, for which he has to improve his performance through training from
athlete experts. He consulted his school Physical Education teacher, who
accompanied him to the district stadium of his locality and met the athletic coach
of the stadium. The stadium coach listened to Anand and his school Physical
Education Teacher and started suggesting Anand. The suggestions focused around
essentials required to improve performance, benefits of exercise, type of exercise
and training required to improve physiological and physical aspects of Anand.
Anand could not understand the suggestions and was expecting his Physical
Education Teacher to make him understand as to how physical activity can affect
cardiovascular system, respiratory system and muscular system through exercises
and training. On returning from the district stadium, school Physical Education
Teacher started to explain the concepts discussed by the athletic coach to Anand,
which are included in this chapter.

OBJECTIVES

After studying this lesson, you will be able to:
explain the concept, types and components of
physical activity;
explain the concept and effects of exercise on the muscular system;
learn the effects of exercise on the respiratory system;
count the effects of exercise on the circulatory system and
explain the concept of Yog Physiology.

5.1 CONCEPT OF PHYSICAL ACTIVITY

Exercise can be defined as “the collective efforts done by the body to perform a
specific task” or any body movement done by the muscles, regulated by brain
that results in energy expenditure. Here we are talking about physical activities
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