1. The document discusses how body weight can affect sporting performance and defines optimum weight as a person's most favorable weight. 2. It explains that factors like height, gender, bone structure, muscle girth, and genetics can influence a person's optimum weight and provides examples of how each factor impacts it. 3. The document also explains how optimum weights may vary between sports, providing examples like rugby players needing a higher weight while jockeys need a lower weight.

1. 1.2.1. - Optimum weight and1.2.1. - Optimum weight and
weight-related conditionsweight-related conditions

2. By the end of this
lesson students
should be able to:
Understand the
links between
body weight and
sporting
performance.
Keywords:
Optimum
Anorexic
Obese
Overfat
Overweight
Underweight
ObjectivesObjectives
Understand the links between body weight and sporting
performance.
• All (D): State the factors that can affect optimum
body weight.
• Most (C): Describe how these factors affect body
weight.
• Some (B/A): Explain why people competing in
different sports may have different optimum
weights.
A* A B C D

3. By the end of this
lesson students
should be able to:
Understand the
links between
body weight and
sporting
performance.
Keywords:
Optimum
Anorexic
Obese
Overfat
Overweight
Underweight
Optimum WeightOptimum Weight
• Is a person’s ‘most favourable’ weight.
• Body weight affects sporting performance.
• In some sports it is favourable to be heavier,
in others, lighter.
• More generally, people can find out their
optimum weight by calculating their BMI or
by measuring their wrist girth.

4. By the end of this
lesson students
should be able to:
Understand the
links between
body weight and
sporting
performance.
Keywords:
Optimum
Anorexic
Obese
Overfat
Overweight
Underweight
Task 1Task 1
1 minute - to talk to the person closest to you
and see if you can name the 5 physiological
factors that can affect optimum body weight.

5. By the end of this
lesson students
should be able to:
Understand the
links between
body weight and
sporting
performance.
Keywords:
Optimum
Anorexic
Obese
Overfat
Overweight
Underweight
Task 1Task 1
1 minute - to talk to the person closest to you
and see if you can name the 5 physiological
factors that can affect optimum body weight.
•Height
•Gender
•Bone Structure
•Muscle Girth
•Genetics

6. HeightHeight
How would height affect optimum weight?

7. HeightHeight
 Taller people are usually,
although not always,
heavier than shorter people

8. GenderGender
How would gender affect optimum weight?

9. GenderGender
 Men and women have a different
body composition
 Men tend to have more muscles
and larger bones
 Therefore males and females
have different charts to find their
optimum weight

10. Bone StructureBone Structure
How would bone structure affect optimum weight?

11. Bone StructureBone Structure
 Everybody has a different bone
structure, sometimes referred to as
frame size
 Height cannot determine a persons
bone structure
 Comments such as ‘broad shoulders’
and ‘thick wrists’ refer to the bone
structure of a person

12. Muscle GirthMuscle Girth
How would muscle girth affect optimum weight?

13. Muscle GirthMuscle Girth
 As with bone structure, people
naturally have different muscle girth
 In most cases, muscle girth increases
with training
 Because muscle weighs more than fat,
some BMI index charts will show a
performer with a large muscle girth
as being overweight

14. GeneticsGenetics
How would genetics affect optimum weight?

15. GeneticsGenetics
 Body weight and shape are
largely passed on through the
genes from parent to child
 The body composition of a
performer is bound by genetics,
but with training, can be changed

16. By the end of this
lesson students
should be able to:
Understand the
links between
body weight and
sporting
performance.
Keywords:
Optimum
Anorexic
Obese
Overfat
Overweight
Underweight
Task 2Task 2
Draw a table like the one below and complete
it by explaining how each factor can affect
optimum body weight.
Factor Explanation
Height
Gender
Bone
Structure
Muscle Girth
Genetics

17. By the end of this
lesson students
should be able to:
Understand the
links between
body weight and
sporting
performance.
Keywords:
Optimum
Anorexic
Obese
Overfat
Overweight
Underweight
Task 3Task 3
1.Explain why a Rugby forward might have a higher
optimum weight than average.
2.What other sports performers might need a higher than
average optimum weight? Explain why. (think of 1 – 3
examples)
3.Explain why it is beneficial for a jockey to have a lower
than average optimum weight.
4.What other sports performers might need a lower than
average optimum weight? Explain why. (think of 1 – 3
examples)

18. By the end of this
lesson students
should be able to:
Understand the
links between
body weight and
sporting
performance.
Keywords:
Optimum
Anorexic
Obese
Overfat
Overweight
Underweight
Losing WeightLosing Weight
In some sports it may be necessary to lose weight rapidly.
1.Can you think of any examples?
2.How would they go about losing weight?

19. By the end of this
lesson students
should be able to:
Understand the
links between
body weight and
sporting
performance.
Keywords:
Optimum
Anorexic
Obese
Overfat
Overweight
Underweight
Task 4Task 4
1. Using the terms to do with weight sheet, match up
the the statements to the name of the condition.
2. Pick one of the conditions and research it. Then write
5 key bullet points about the condition on your paper.

20. By the end of this
lesson students
should be able to:
Understand the
links between
body weight and
sporting
performance.
Keywords:
Optimum
Anorexic
Obese
Overfat
Overweight
Underweight
PlenaryPlenary
Do you…
Understand the links between body weight and sporting
performance.
1.What 5 factors can affect optimum weight?
2.Why might optimum weight vary in different sports?
3.In what ways can someone lose weight?
4.Name 5 weight-related conditions.
A* A B C D