Republic of the Philippines

Department of Education
Region VII, Central Visayas
BOHOL DIVISION

HEALTH OPTIMIZING PHYSICAL EDUCATION 1

(Quarter 1)

Learning Module No. 7

Activity Title/Content: Exercise for fitness: Events that promotes health issues and concerns.
Learning Competency/ies: Participates in an organized event that addresses health/fitness issues and concerns.
Code: PEH11FH-Ik-o-13

Objectives:
1. Describe how participation in health and fitness events addresses health/fitness issues and concerns.
2. Recognize individual’s participation in the healtth and fitness related events in local, provincial and national events.
3. Motivate oneself the interest of participating heatlh and fitness events.

Concept Notes:

As you become more involved in physical activities, you can elevate your participation by joining events that
promote health and fitness as well as address health issues like diabetes, obesity, nutrition, smoking, and many more. By
joining events like these, you can learn more about these health concerns, what is being done to handle these concerns,
and at the same time, you also get to increase your physical activity.

 Fun Run - These are usually 1 day events that focus on running various distances (i.e., 3k, 5k, 10k, or longer). It
caters to a wide variety of participants – competitive or recreational runners, and even families.
Benefits of Joining Fun Run:
• Fitness benefits Help out certain causes
• Meeting new friends Enjoying the outdoor
• Bringing home participant race kit Gauge of your physical fitness
• Family bonding, etc.
 Dance events, competitions, or marathons - These events focus on dance as the main activity, whether as
competition (e.g. street dance, dance sport) or as recreation (e.g. aerobic dance marathons, Zumba events).

 Sports tournaments - These are the most common type of health- and fitness-related organized events. They
mainly focus on sports in a tournament type of play where individual players and/or teams compete. These are
usually organized for school teams (e.g. CVIRAA Meet, UAAP). Through sport tournaments, athletes and
competitors are actually good role models of health and fitness.

You can join sports tournaments of varying levels of competition and different sports like the following:

1. Local Government Unit sponsored sports tournament - Inter – Barangay sports competition, especially during
fiesta; Sangguniang Kabataan – sponsored Palarong Pambarangay; National Youth Games; Batang Pinoy;
and Philippines National Games Open.

2. School Sports - Intramural or inter – color meet; District / Zone Athletic meet; Municipal/City Athletic meet; Sub
– congressional Athletic meet, Congressional Athletic Meet; Provincial Athletic Meet; Regional Athletic Meet;
and Palarong Pambansa.

3. Other institutions / Establishments - Milo Marathon; Iron Man; Sports clinic, Seminars, Clubs,

Reference: Department of Education - Physical Education and Health Teacher’s Guide/Learner’s Manual
Task 1: Name them!
Directions: Complete the table below with the list of your participation in any categories of health and fitness related events.
Show proof of your participation (example: picture during the event, race bib, registration form etc.) and paste it in your
activity notebook.

Date Event Name Type/Categories of Organizers Proof of Participation

Event

Task 2: Answer the following questions.

1. Describe how participation in health and fitness events addresses health/fitness issues and concerns.
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1. What actions did you take to motivate yourself?

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Reference: Department of Education - Physical Education and Health Teacher’s Guide/Learner’s Manual