It is a legitimate fact that people relate Physical Education classes to the practice of physical activity, most likely because it is the discipline that has the body in motion as its guiding principle. We live today, in big cities, a time when children and teenagers spend hours trapped indoors due to urban violence, and that's why Physical Education gains new social importance: encourage the practice of physical activity to fight the sedentary lifestyle of the times modern.
As a result, one of the most relevant roles of Physical Education is, therefore, to encourage the student to practice regular physical activity, including outside school. Thus, this discipline achieves one of its main objectives when, at the end of high school, the student leaves prepared to continue practicing physical activity alone. This we call “autonomy”.
This factor is so relevant that the main document of the Ministry of Education, with regard to our discipline, thus describes autonomy as an objective:
"To assume an active posture, in the practice of physical activities, and aware of their importance in the citizen's life."
Continuing the line of reasoning, being prepared for autonomous practice means doing the practice consciously. For this, there are some elements that are important for this practice to be done properly:
The first step is to understand what physical activity is: it is any bodily practice, that done regularly, provides a feeling of well-being and allows the improvement and/or maintenance of the health.
The second is to understand that physical activities are classified into two groups: aerobic activities and anaerobic ones. Anaerobic activities are characterized by being of short duration and of high intensity, such as weight training, sprints and 50m and 100m swimming events. On the other hand, aerobics are those in which the intensity is not as strong and have a longer duration. Walking, long-distance running and water marathon are examples of this type of activity. Both types of activities are important for the individual because aerobic activities improve the cardiac and respiratory capacities, while anaerobic activities promote increased strength and mass muscle.
Another factor is that the student must be aware that before doing a physical activity, he must warm up and, after the end, an activity back to calm. The function of the warm-up is to “warn” your body that it will move beyond normal, and this should be done through moderate activities, which should combine stretching and walking and/or running low. intensity. These activities make the student “get hot”, as they promote a slight acceleration of their heartbeat. The return to calm, in turn, has the opposite function: to slow down the heart rate that was increased during physical exercise. Light walking, relaxing and/or stretching activities should be done.
Now that you know how to behave with exercise, there are no more excuses for sedentary lifestyle: take the Physical Education, go to a park on weekends to play ball with your friends and take your girlfriend for a walk by your district. You will have a very healthy and pleasurable life.
By Paula Rondinelli
Brazil School Collaborator
Graduated in Physical Education from the São Paulo State University “Júlio de Mesquita Filho” – UNESP
Master in Motricity Sciences from the São Paulo State University “Júlio de Mesquita Filho” – UNESP
PhD student in Latin American Integration at the University of São Paulo - USP
PE - Brazil School
Source: Brazil School - https://brasilescola.uol.com.br/educacao-fisica/autonomia-para-um-estilo-vida-ativo.htm
