Numbers
CCEA A-Level Sports Science and the Active Leisure Industry 7210
Components of Fitness
Training Methods
Fitness Testing
Topic overviewPurpose, protocol, validity and reliability of testsChoosing tests: maximal, sub-maximal and technologyTests of aerobic enduranceTests of strength, muscular endurance and powerSpeed, agility, flexibility, balance, co-ordination and reaction testsSupervising, recording and evaluating test results
Fitness Programmes and Exercise Sessions
Topic overviewAssessing a client and designing a programmeHeart rate training zones and the Karvonen methodResistance loads, work to recovery ratios and the Borg scalePlanning and leading circuits, exercise to music and spinningInstructing, motivating and observing participantsEvaluating a session or programme
Safety and Risk Assessment in Training
The Active Leisure Industry
Lifestyle and Health
Nutrition for Health and Exercise
Enhancing Fitness
Safety in the Active Leisure Industry
Barriers to Participation
Health of the Nation
Components of the Leisure Industry
Planning an Active Leisure Event
Teamwork and Running an Event
Evaluating an Active Leisure Event
The Respiratory System
The Cardiovascular System
The Skeletal System
The Muscular System
Effects of Exercise on Body Systems
Ethics in Sports Performance
Skill Acquisition
Lifestyle and Health
- 7 subtopics
- 21 things to know
- AS 2
What Lifestyle and Health covers
Lifestyle and Health is examined in Unit AS 2, The Active Leisure Industry: Health, Fitness and Lifestyle. It covers health, fitness and health-related exercise, benefits of an active lifestyle, legal and illegal substances, weight, age and the effects of ageing, preventing hypokinetic disease, stress, work-life balance and life coaches and lifestyle analysis and research methods.
Where it is assessed
AS 2
The Active Leisure Industry: Health, Fitness and Lifestyle — a written examination.
Check the CCEA specification ↗The 7 subtopics
Each one has its own page.
- Health, fitness and health-related exerciseHealth, fitness, lifestyle and wellbeing, physical and psychological health, health-related exercise against performance training, walking, swimming and resistance exercise, and hygiene in sport.Open →
- Benefits of an active lifestylePhysical, psychological and social benefits of activity, energy balance, metabolic rate and BMR, EPOC, sleep and recovery, sports clubs, cross-community relations and loneliness.Open →
- Legal and illegal substancesAlcohol and units with a worked pint, binge drinking, nicotine and smoking, caffeine, prescription drug misuse, cannabis, cocaine and heroin, UK drug classes, and physical and psychological dependence.Open →
- Weight, age and the effects of ageingThe effects of excess weight and being underweight, activity across age groups, physical maturation, training children, peak performance, and how ageing affects the heart, muscles, bones and reactions.Open →
- Preventing hypokinetic diseaseHypokinetic disease, the Chief Medical Officers' activity guidelines, coronary heart disease, type 2 diabetes, osteoporosis, high blood pressure, LDL and HDL cholesterol, stress, obesity and sitting time.Open →
- Stress, work-life balance and life coachesStress and work–life balance, time management, coping strategies, emotional wellbeing, employers and staff wellbeing, life coaches against counsellors, and physical challenges for mental health.Open →
- Lifestyle analysis and research methodsLifestyle analysis, questionnaires, interviews and food diaries, primary and secondary research, quantitative and qualitative data, ethics, worked lifestyle analyses and realistic recommendations.Open →
What you need to know
Answer each one before you reveal it.
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A 17-year-old plays hockey three times a week, drinks energy drinks daily and sleeps six hours. Analyse this lifestyle.
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Define health.
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Outline the main physical health benefits of an active lifestyle.
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What is the difference between a legal and an illegal substance?
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What are the physical effects of carrying excess weight on an active lifestyle?
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What is stress?
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Define fitness.
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What are the psychological benefits of an active lifestyle?
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What type of drug is alcohol, and what are its short-term effects?
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What are the social effects of weight on health and wellbeing?
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What is a hypokinetic disease?
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What is work–life balance?
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What is a lifestyle analysis?
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Define lifestyle.
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How does regular exercise affect body composition?
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How does alcohol affect fitness and recovery?
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What are the health risks of being underweight?
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How much physical activity do the UK Chief Medical Officers recommend for adults?
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How can a poor work–life balance affect health?
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What information should a lifestyle analysis collect?
Take Lifestyle and Health further
The same content, four other ways.
Commonly confused
Pairs that lose marks when they are blurred together.
Health vs Fitness
Health: a state of complete physical, mental and social wellbeing. Fitness: the ability to meet the physical demands of the environment.
Physical dependence vs Psychological dependence
Physical dependence: a bodily need for a drug, shown by withdrawal symptoms. Psychological dependence: a mental craving for a drug to cope or feel normal.
Stimulant vs Depressant
Stimulant: a drug that speeds up the central nervous system. Depressant: a drug that slows down the central nervous system.
Questions from this topic
Each one with the model answer underneath.
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Define health.
Model answer
Health is complete physical, mental and social wellbeing, and more than simply being free from disease or illness. The definition comes from the World Health Organization (1948).
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Define fitness.
Model answer
Fitness is the ability to meet the physical demands of the environment, from daily tasks to sport. A fit person copes with these demands without undue fatigue.
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Define lifestyle.
Model answer
Lifestyle is the way a person lives, including diet, activity, sleep, stress and use of substances. Lifestyle factors strongly affect health, wellbeing and fitness.
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What is wellbeing?
Model answer
Wellbeing is how well a person feels and functions physically, mentally and socially. Good wellbeing includes feeling content, capable and connected to others.
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What are the physical aspects of health?
Model answer
Physical health means the body works well and is free from illness and injury. Physical health includes a healthy weight, fitness, good sleep and a strong immune system.
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What are the psychological aspects of health?
Model answer
Psychological health covers mental and emotional wellbeing, such as managing stress and having good self-esteem. A psychologically healthy person copes with everyday pressures.
What is inside Levo
Six ways to work the same material.
Lifestyle and Health revision questions
- What does Lifestyle and Health cover in CCEA A-Level Sports Science and the Active Leisure Industry?
- 7 subtopics: health, fitness and health-related exercise, benefits of an active lifestyle, legal and illegal substances, weight, age and the effects of ageing, preventing hypokinetic disease, stress, work-life balance and life coaches and lifestyle analysis and research methods. Each one has its own page with questions and model answers.
- How is Lifestyle and Health organised?
- By the CCEA 7210 specification, subtopic by subtopic, so it matches the order you are taught it in.
Every question in Lifestyle and Health, on a schedule.
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