SHAPE America

AUGUST 12, 2024

Every Monday, we bring in yoga instructors, cross-trainers, fitness instructors, etc., on a rotating schedule to lead staff in 40 minutes of exercise. Lasa Baxter from Wilde Holistic Nutrition and Fitness leads staff through a strength training workout that doesn’t require equipment.

Wellness

SHAPE America

APRIL 18, 2023

The week also serves as the kickoff to National Physical Fitness and Sports Month. Include Strengthening Exercises in Your Classes and Practices Increase the connection between confidence and competence and lifetime physical activity by providing opportunities for youth of all ages to increase their strength.

Motor Skills

SHAPE America

AUGUST 11, 2022

As the clock ticks toward graduation, those innocent, every-once-in-a-while thoughts gain strength. While no one-size-fits-all solutions exist, employing some common strategies may help increase the odds of success in your career as a health and physical educator. We don’t become the best versions of our. change — for the better.

Physical Education

PLT4M

AUGUST 9, 2024

Physical education classes offer unique opportunities for students to explore fitness, health, and wellness. Many PE classes at the high school level look to take essential steps to transition students from school to an adult life that still values and prioritizes personal fitness and wellness.

Fitness

PLT4M

NOVEMBER 2, 2022

Let’s take a look at in season strength training and break down the why, what, and how! At the same time, the absence of resistance training will always equal substantial losses of strength and power. Let’s take a quick look at exactly why consistent strength training during the season puts your team in the best position to win.

Strength

PLT4M

AUGUST 25, 2022

Exercise and fitness should not be a one size fits all approach. Modified exercises allow every individual to succeed in fitness. In this blog, we will explore 5 exercise modification examples that are an excellent addition to any physical education class or workout. Free Fitness Lessons For P.E.

Exercise

Keeping Kids in Motion

FEBRUARY 16, 2023

Lucky Leprechaun’s March Fitness Challenge consists of three different workouts (white, yellow, purple) focusing on endurance, upper body, and lower body strength. As the month progresses, the time and/or number of repetitions for each exercise gradually increases. Lucky is back and looking better than ever!

Fitness

Physical Education Update

AUGUST 12, 2022

It uses a fitness program called CrossFit to make special classes more difficult and challenging. For those of you not aware of CrossFit, it’s a strength and conditioning program that employs a mix of aerobic, gymnastics, body weight and Olympic lifting exercises. So here’s a concept that bucks that trend.

Physical Education

The Sporting

MARCH 24, 2023

The Top 10 Fitness Influencers on Instagram In recent years, the fitness craze has taken the world by storm and Influencers on social media have played a major role. These are the models, influencers and celebrities who share their fitness plans and goals to promote a healthy lifestyle to all of their followers. Jen Selter : 13.7m

Fitness

PLT4M

MAY 3, 2023

As the world continues to grapple with the effects of the pandemic and tumultuous times, it is becoming increasingly evident that fitness and mental health are essential components of a healthy lifestyle. So how do fitness and mental health overlap for students? Fitness and mental health are undoubtedly connected.

Fitness

The Sporting

JUNE 16, 2023

Efficient Hamstring Movements: The 7 Best Exercises For Hamstring Strength Hamstring exercises can help you make the most of your lower-body workout. Maintain a healthy balance in your routine with these 7 efficient strengthening exercises! The 7 Most Efficient Hamstring Exercises 1.

Exercise

The Sporting

MAY 21, 2023

These types of workouts can improve strength, balance, flexibility, and agility. The Best Calisthenics Chest Workout Calisthenics exercises involve using all of our larger muscles, so you cannot isolate one specific part of the body while you work out, as the whole body is in motion.

Exercise

PLT4M

MAY 10, 2023

Exercise and self esteem go hand in hand. Regular exercise can help boost your confidence and self-esteem while improving your overall physical and mental health. This article will explore the relationship between exercise and self esteem and how schools utilize exercise to increase confidence and self-esteem via physical education.

Exercise

Physical Education Ideas

JUNE 15, 2019

When it comes to exercise, this is all language you probably don’t need to tell your students. In a world where technology is taking over and “Fortniting” is more popular than bike riding, it is important we all send the same consistent message about the importance of exercise to our students. How much exercise do children need?

Exercise

PLT4M

JANUARY 12, 2024

A well-structured strength and conditioning program can enhance strength, power, speed, agility, capacity, and endurance while reducing the risk of injury. This is where strength and conditioning templates come into play. With Excel, coaches could write training programs with exercises, sets, reps, and percentages.

Strength

PLT4M

JUNE 13, 2023

Functional fitness is any exercise or workout that improves your body’s natural movement patterns. This type of exercise emphasizes functional movements that can be used in everyday life. It is designed to increase strength, power, mobility, and balance, while improving overall health and wellbeing.

Fitness

The Sporting

AUGUST 12, 2022

Pilates is easy to learn, and you can do these exercises in a short amount of time. Pilates is a combination of low-intensity exercises and poses. The main aim of Pilates is to pump up your muscles and enhance your body’s strength. Some stunts and acrobatic exercises may seem overwhelming. What is Pilates?

Flexibility

PLT4M

MARCH 15, 2023

What is the right workout app for high school strength and conditioning? We break down the 5 keys for a high school strength and conditioning app. In addition, we highlight schools across the country using a strength and conditioning app for PE and athletics.

High School

The Sporting

SEPTEMBER 29, 2023

The Top 8 Sports for Fitness: Your Full Guide to The Best Sports To Improve Fitness While some people thrive in the structured environment of a gym, not everyone feels like they are cut out for the gym grind. Gym or sports, as long as you’re engaged, you will feel better for exercising - and your body will thank you for it.

Fitness

PLT4M

APRIL 17, 2023

Therefore, high school strength and conditioning curriculum plays a pivotal role in students’ long-term development in physical education. This article explores specific programs and approaches for the different levels of students in a high school strength and conditioning program.

High School

The Sporting

FEBRUARY 9, 2023

Why Fitness Accountability is Essential for Long-Term Success: Fitness Experts share their Tips We are all prioritising our health and fitness far more than we used to, and our hearts and minds are thanking us for it. How can you hold yourself accountable for your fitness and stop blaming others or making excuses?

Fitness

PLT4M

JUNE 14, 2023

Strength and conditioning software is a powerful tool. But finding the right fit for your use case can be challenging. In this article, we will discuss the benefits of strength and conditioning software for high schools and how to choose the right software for your needs.

High School

The Sporting

MARCH 12, 2023

However, studies show that a six-week weight-training plan can help people even in their eighties gain functionally significant strength. Gymnastics has a number of health advantages and it may be the best sport to do if you want to get fit and active, even in your advancing years. Will You Add Gymnastics To Your Fitness Routine?

Flexibility

Carly's P.E. Games

OCTOBER 5, 2019

Daily Dozen Warm-Up Routine - The students begin class by participating in a choreographed, fun mix of 12 exercises. Check out the pictures, videos and descriptions below to find out about some things the students have learned this fall. I have many videos of our routines. Check them out below!

Schooling

The Sporting

AUGUST 12, 2022

Boost your metabolism with these simple exercises Metabolism is your body’s ability to convert food into energy. To stay fit, you need a fast metabolism. To stay fit, you need a fast metabolism. The good news is that exercising helps to boost your metabolism. You can do this exercise almost anywhere with some space.

Exercise

PLT4M

APRIL 2, 2024

Physical education plays a crucial role in shaping the health and fitness habits of individuals from an early age. Lifetime fitness activities are workouts, exercises, and sports that people can continue to enjoy and benefit from at any stage of their lives, regardless of their age or fitness level.

Fitness

AASP

JANUARY 18, 2022

<p>From AASP Members and Authors: Gabrielle Salvatore, MS, Sheila Alicea, PhD, CMPC, Cynthia Clarke, EdD, CMPC, and Michael Sachs, PhD, CMPC</p> <p>The benefits of exercise are well-known, but in order for people to reap the most benefits from exercise they need to adhere to a program.

Exercise

First Beat

MARCH 7, 2023

Instead a short Sub-Maximal Fitness Test (SMFT) can be performed in as little as 4-minutes, providing you with reliable data upon which to base your assessment of current performance levels (Scott, et al., HRR essentially reflects parasympathetic reactivation following exercise, i.e., recovery. 2017; Veugelers, et al., Rabbani, A.,

Coaching

The Sporting

JULY 6, 2023

The Best Pull-Up Bar Exercises For Strong Abs and Your Ultimate Ab Workout If you want strong, toned abs that are the envy of your friends, why not try adding pull-up bar ab exercises to your routine? We’ve put together a list of great pull-up bar exercises, including a simple workout sample routine to use at your next gym session!

Exercise

PLT4M

NOVEMBER 30, 2023

This includes capacities to recognize one’s strengths and limitations with a well-grounded sense of confidence and purpose. Explicit – Emotions Activity In this lesson, high schoolers practice labeling and experiencing different emotions during a meditation exercise.

High School

PLT4M

JANUARY 18, 2023

Strength & conditioning classes are becoming a popular physical education offering. We take stories and insights from schools across the country to highlight 7 keys to successful strength and conditioning classes. Adam Hughes, high school PE teacher and strength coach, works with students in the wieght room during class time.

Strength

The Sporting

MAY 17, 2023

Hiking Delivers a Great Cardio Workout You get sustained cardiovascular exercise from hiking, which means it can increase your cardio-respiratory health and should become a semi-regular part of your fitness training. When you hike, you're exercising your muscles. A hike is considered to be a form of low-intensity exercise.

Cardio

The Sporting

JANUARY 1, 2023

The Best 15 Resistance Band Exercises for building muscle in your Chest Many of us want to have a bigger, more muscular chest and we'd like to have defined pecs that really enhance our self-esteem, but can we do it with resistance bands? Chest exercise , however, is not as easy as it appears.

Exercise

Heartzones

AUGUST 10, 2023

Applying the principles for intense exercise requires immediate feedback. These principles of individualized instruction, in group settings, become impossible to implement for intense exercise, when there is no immediate feedback. What individual exercise intensity records are documented from physical education or sport?

Physical Education

Teen Health 101

MAY 17, 2022

However, there is more to exercise than just losing weight. Firstly, with the increased blood flow exercise provides throughout your body and brain, the development and growth of new neurons, blood vessels, and blood cells occur. Your cardiovascular system’s strength and capabilities increase.

Exercise

PLT4M

APRIL 22, 2024

Students can practice and develop body control, balance, mobility, strength, and more through the fun and exciting sport of gymnastics. From here, teachers can create stations where students can spread out into smaller groups and practice different types of exercises. Each exercise has written and video instruction.

PE Teacher

The Sporting

MAY 7, 2023

The Many Benefits of Cold Water Swimming Cold water swimming has recently gained popularity as a form of therapy and exercise. Studies have demonstrated that submerging yourself in icy water after exercising can alleviate inflammation, swelling and pain. Check out our fitness blog for more training tips!

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