9/29-10/3 2014: Fitness testing and training

Basketball, mile run pacing, push ups, flexibility...

These are all things that students did this week, but our emphasis was on setting a baseline for our yearly fitness testing.

This week Mrs. Russell's class was a bit like a 3 ring circus. Half her class played an aerobic game while the other half did stations.  Of those stations, one stop was the push ups test... testing muscular strength of their upper body.  Here students did their best to match their performance from last year.  

Mr. Brissey's class played basketball while students were tested one at a time at the sit and reach box.  Here we are testing students overall flexibility through their hip, low back and hamstrings.  

All students had the opportunity to work on pacing this week.  After choosing their mile goal for this fall, the students then used a chart to figure how fast they needed to run each lap to be successful in achieving that goal.  Most students were right on the money, but some decided to change their goals based on their pacing laps.  I look forward to seeing how they do on their mile run the week of October 13th through the 17th.


Daily family workout

1. Warm up
     Steady pace 2 laps around the track
     Stretch
     Steady pace 1 lap round the track

2. Workout (always time it)
    a. 3 laps as fast as you can (4 minutes rest)
    b. 2 laps as fast as you can (4 minutes rest)
    c. 1 lap as fast as you can