This course will offer and provide opportunities for our students to incorporate a more focused and directed strength-training program.  Students who enroll in this course will be introduced to exercise physiology terminology, proper anaerobic exercise prescription, and appropriate exercise protocol.  Students will experience a higher level and more rigorous strength training experience in this course.  Students will create individual exercise programs and will log their workout minutes as an on-going document to learn from.  This course will also offer students the opportunity to practice goal setting and meeting achievable goals through program refinements and modifications.  Ultimately this course is designed for the student who is more interested in, and more serious about learning and improving their application and knowledge of strength training.  Students in this course will spend much of their in-class time in focused workouts designed to help them reach their strength goals. 

Unit

Timeframe

Big Ideas (Statements or Essential Questions)

Major Learning Experiences from Unit (what do you want kids to know and be able to do)

Pre-assessment

1-2 lessons

What academic language words do I need to know and

understand in order to communicate effectively

about my personal fitness?

Students will be aware of what they know, what they need to know and how to filter information. 

Fitness Concepts

2 lessons

Can I apply my understanding of fitness

academic language in order to complete all activities and assessments?

Students develop short- and long-term fitness goals based on their Fitness Pre-Test results from Lesson 1. 

Cardiovascular 

Training

2 lessons

What is my target heart rate zone?

Students will be able to experience different levels of cardiovascular respiratory fitness

Cardiovascular 

Training

2 lessons

Can I utilize heart rate monitor technology to support

my understanding of personal fitness?

Students will have the experience of using cardio-respitory heart rate monitor and be able to compare it to RPE

Fitness Logging and Flexiblity 

8 lessons

Do I understand the importance of flexibility and mobility for overall fitness and injury prevention

(SMFR, Static, Dynamic Stretch)?

Analysis of different types of stretching and mobility  and core exercises