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PHYSICAL FITNESS AND WELLNESS PROGRAM OF SCHOOL PERSONNEL OF
HIGHER EDUCATION INSTITUTIONS IN RELATION TO WORK PERFORMANCE:
BASIS FOR REALISTIC FITNESS TRAINING PROGRAM

Cesar B. Geronimo, Annielyn Guzman, and Maria Theresa C. See

University of Makati
Makati City, Philippines
research@umak.edu.ph

ABSTRACT

The study investigated the physical fitness and wellness program of school personnel in selected
Higher Education Institutions (HEIs). It involves the school administrators and faculty members
as respondents from the eight (8) government and private colleges and universities in Makati
City. Likewise, the study employed quantitative descriptive-exploratory research design and
purposive sampling procedure as part of the methodology. Sets of researcher-made survey tools
were used to collect the necessary data and appropriate statistical tools were used to determine
the findings of the study. The level of fitness program of the administrators and faculty members
on the basis of their physiological and fitness activities, administrators and faculty members have
both agreed that they are able to maintain an average level of physiological wellness, see
themselves doing just enough in maintaining their body free from any disease, and that faculty
members have higher level of wellbeing as compared to the administrators in terms of physical
activities. The physical fitness program implemented by the different HEI’s for their
administrators and faculty members reveal that most of the enumerated physical fitness and
wellness programs were “never” implemented in their institutions. The level of perceived
effectiveness of the physical fitness and wellness program if to be implemented by the different
HEI’s in relation to physiological and mental wellbeing show that administrators view is within
the “Average Level” while faculty members have a “High Level” of perceived effectiveness. For
mental wellbeing, administrators have “Low Level” while faculty members have an “Average
Level” perceived effectiveness. The level of work performance of administrators and faculty
members as attributed to the wellness activities that they engaged into shows that both groups of
respondents have a “High Level” of attribution of the work performance to their wellness
activities. The problems encountered by the administrators and faculty members in pursuing
wellness activities show that there is a high level of problems encountered in pursuing wellness
activities for both administrators and faculty members. The top most problem respondents
encountered is that they “have no time to exercise because of their workloads.”
For the conclusion, administrators and faculty members share the same views on the way they
should keep healthy and physiologically well as well as being free from disease though they
differ in their views on fitness activities where faculty members engage more in doing physical
exercises and activities than the administrators.

KEYWORDS
Physical Fitness, Wellness Program, Fitness Training Program, Physiological, Mental, emotional
wellbeing.