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Having Trouble Sticking to Your Exercise Program? Stay Motivated With These 13 Exercise Adherence Strategies

AASP

Initially, many people are motivated to begin an exercise program, but as much as 80% of people do not stick with exercise once they have started (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 2013). So, what does it take to get/stay motivated and how can you increase the likelihood that you will continue exercising?

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Power-Up Rhythm and Timing in Physical Education Activities

Gopher PE

This connection between rhythm timing and motor coordination has been studied across various fields, including kinesiology, neuroscience, auditory neuroscience, developmental psychology, and education. We walk in 4/4 time, we dance in 4/4 time, and we even learn languages in 4/4 time. How: Teach your students how to move in 4/4 time.

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Power-Up Rhythm and Timing in Physical Education Activities

Gopher PE

This connection between rhythm timing and motor coordination has been studied across various fields, including kinesiology, neuroscience, auditory neuroscience, developmental psychology, and education. We walk in 4/4 time, we dance in 4/4 time, and we even learn languages in 4/4 time. How: Teach your students how to move in 4/4 time.

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Evidence Based Practices In Education

PLT4M

Internal motivation and the creation of positive attitudes are thus important. Acute illness is not prevented by vigorous exercise, but it has a favorable effect on the course of many chronic diseases. Long term health benefits depend on a continuation of the physical activity.

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Student Centered Learning Examples Using Technology

PLT4M

Teachers should create motivating environments that accommodate diverse learning abilities. Autonomy, relatedness , and competence are the three psychological needs that make a person more self-determined (Ryan & Deci, 2000). Intrinsic and extrinsic motivations: Classic definitions and new directions. Pritchard, T.,

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Mental Health Benefits of Exercise

Teen Health 101

After treatment, it was observed that patients in the exercise and antidepressant groups had higher rates of remission than did the patients on the placebo, signifying that physical activity was generally comparable to antidepressants for patients with major depressive disorder ( , American Psychological Association ).

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5 Tips To Technology Use In Physical Education

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2015), motivation (Melton et al., Autonomy refers to doing a task or activity under one’s own volition or choice, and when this psychological need is not met, intrinsic motivation can be hindered. For example, students could be provided the choice of which workout program to access within PLT4M. link] Gu, X., Jackson, A.