Keeping Kids in Motion
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January’s BUILD A BETTER PUSH-UP – 30-Day Challenge PERFECT for Everyone!
Whether you’re a child or an adult, a fundamentally sound push-up can be difficult. After all, many of us simply haven’t developed the necessary muscle strength to successfully push our body weight from a down position up into a high plank. We need to realize that this is absolutely fine. We can’t run before we learn to walk. There are several simple exercises that I refer to as the evolution of the push-up, that can assist us in developing the necessary strength, allowing us to eventually perform a perfect traditional push-up.
The Build a Better Push-up 30-Day Challenge allows you to take ownership of your workout. You can select a level that fits your ability. Remember! A good fit doesn’t mean an easy fit. A good fit means while focusing on proper form, you are challenged to accomplish each repetition. You want the final few repetitions of each set to be a grind. This is where you develop the strength for your push-up to evolve.
To conclude, the BUILD A BETTER PUSH-UP CHALLENGE serves as a tool for us to develop the necessary strength to complete one, or even several push-ups with precise form.
Certificate of Completion included.
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FITNESS BLAST – It’s Time to Have a Blast Getting FIT!
It’s time to HAVE A BLAST GETTING FIT!
- Run a Lap
- Complete 10 repetitions of exercise number 1
- Run a Lap
- Complete 10 repetitions of exercise number 2
- Run a Lap
- Complete 10 repetitions of exercise number 3
- Run a Lap
- Complete 10 repetitions of exercise number 4
- REPEAT if time allows
Depending on the grade level, I will usually “play” Fitness Blast for 4-7 minutes. Prior to the workout, I remind the students to look at the GIFS in order to assist them in using proper pace and form.
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AROUND the HORN DICE Fitness and AROUND the HORN MUSIC Fitness – 2 games, 2 times the fun!
I recently created over 30 exercise GIFS for our PE classes and online learners. I added many of those GIFS to two different fitness warm-ups called AROUND THE HORN DICE FITNESS and AROUND THE HORN MUSIC FITNESS! Each warm-up has 4 different versions. Each version includes 4 different exercises focusing on strength and endurance.
See the video below for an explanation of AROUND THE HORN DICE FITNESS!
In the nutshell, here’s how you play:
- Place four cones numbered 1-4 in each of the four corners
- Partners begin at one of the 4 corners
- Partner one rolls the dice
- Partners run around that number of corners (cones)
- Perform 10 repetitions of the exercise assigned to the corner
- Partner two rolls the dice
- Repeat steps 4 and 5
- Continue for 3-5 minutes
- How many times can partners run AROUND THE HORN?
The music version of the game, AROUND THE HORN MUSIC FITNESS, uses the same 4 game boards but instead of dice, the teacher controls the movement by playing and stopping music.
Here’s how to play:
- Place four cones numbered 1-4 in the 4 corners of the gym
- Students begin at one of the 4 corners
- Teacher plays the music
- While music is playing, students run around the 4 cones
- When the music stops, students go the closest corner
- Students perform the exercise assigned to the corner
- After 20-30 seconds, teacher plays the music again
- Repeat steps 4 and 5 for 3-5 minutes
- How many times can students run AROUND THE HORN?
Each game comes with 4 separate game boards for a total of 16 different GIFS!