TED video of the week!

Hi PE students: each week I will be adding 1 or more TED videos to the blog for you to review. 

You have the option of Choosing one (or both) and write about it in your course journal responses.  

I will also be adding a discussion board feature to the course so that students can share/review other student comments...these  talks can be very thought provoking!  I am interested in how these ideas of inspiration may influence our own ideas and approaches to a healthy life / physical activity!  
* there are also many interesting comments on the TED page by other TED watchers that you can review to give you more perspective.

Matt Cutts: Try Something New for 30 Days   link: http://go.ted.com/ryC

Matt Cutts, an engineer at Google, explains how trying just one new thing every day for a month was a fun, rewarding, and eye-opening experience for him. Have you always wanted to try yoga, kickboxing, or maybe golf? Cutts says 30 days is long enough to form a habit and stick with it, but short enough that you won’t go crazy if you eventually dislike it.

Ben Saunders: Why Bother Leaving the House?    link: http://go.ted.com/ryD

Ben Saunders is an extreme polar explorer — in fact, he was the youngest person ever to ski to the North Pole. And this year, he’s going to attempt to walk from the coast of Antarctica to the South Pole (and back again). In this talk, he explains why apps and living room workouts deprive us of the “meat of life,” found only in the great outdoors. No need to live by yourself in the arctic like Saunders, but his talk might inspire you to rediscover the joy in exercising outdoors.

Why The Pushup Is The World's Greatest Exercise

Sarah Klein sarah.klein@huffingtonpost.com

Why The Push up Is The World's Greatest Exercise 

If I could only do one exercise for the rest of my life, it would be the pushup.

Maybe you hate them or you think you can't complete a single rep or you think being a runner (or a cyclist or a walker) means you only need to focus on your lower body. But it's time to stop considering the pushup an arm workout and start accepting it for the body-altering, core-strengthening move it truly is. You don't have to drop and give me 50; simply incorporating more pushups into your regular routine can help you reach all sorts of fitness goals, by helping you improve everything from your posture on your bike to your balance to your arm swing.

The Perfect Pushup So how do you do the move of all moves correctly? 

MORE...click the link below to review the entire article, see modifications, proper techniques(video demos) and other variations.

more-pushup_info and video techniques

PE students: The push up is a great exercise and anyone can do it!  It is also really important to have good form though.  Excellent form in the modified version is the key before you do regular push ups. Review the info above and write in your reflection journal about your perspective of the push up and you :)  How can you challenge yourself to gradually improve?  If you don't do them regularly,where and how can you start?  This info should help!  I am interested to see how you can improve over time.

Mr. Avery