Calisthenics Explained - Are Bodyweight Exercises Good For Building Muscle?

PE STUDENTS: Strength is an important part of any exercise program and we all should add strength exercises into our daily/weekly life!  Click the link below to learn more about Bodyweight/Calisthenics and why they are a great way to improve your strength in a functional way. There are also two levels of strength workouts below.  Try one of them(or both!) and comment on the experience.  Reminder that you can modify/pause the video anytime!

Calisthenics Explained - Are Bodyweight Exercises Good For Building Muscle?

10 Minute Total Body Strength Workout for Beginners

Advanced Body Weight Intensity

63 Must-Read Food, Fitness, and Happiness Blogs for 2016

link: 63 Must-Read Food, Fitness, and Happiness Blogs for 2016  

FROM GREATIST:  They're keeping it real (no #fitspo here), using science to back up claims, always staying positive and inspiring, and delivering content we can't stop reading and sharing.  We went after blogs that address interesting and timely issues and feature useful, upbeat (but never in an annoying way) posts that reflect Greatist's mission of making healthy living a little bit easier and a lot more fun.

Note: Blogs are arranged in no particular order. The first entry in each section is no better than the last entry.

SAIL P.E. STUDENTS:  Do you currently follow/read any specific health and fitness blogs? Browse through the link(s) above or below to see if there are any blogs that look interesting to you.  Explore one or more blogs and write about what you came across.  Are there some that you would lie to explore further and why?  Are there any specific blogs that you are going to follow?  What tool will you use to follow?  Did you find any specific blog post that is an example of some new info or perspective that you can apply to your heathy living plan?

http://www.kristendukephotography.com/how-to-follow-your-favorite-blogs/

FEBRUARY 2, 2016 | BY THE GREATIST TEAM 16 Must-Follow Fitness Blogs

FEBRUARY 13, 2016 | BY THE GREATIST TEAM 15 Must-Follow Health and Happiness Blogs

http://greatist.com/discover/must-read-health-fitness-blogs-2014

Exercise as Punishment in Sport/ Physical Education

The coach of an elite peewee team in Montreal was suspended for punitive training after a loss, something that goes against the Canadian Centre for Ethics in Sport.

The coach of an elite AAA peewee team in Montreal has been suspended by one of the most successful and prestigious hockey organizations in Quebec for allegedly forcing his 11- and 12-year-old players to do anywhere between 100 and 500 pushups in full equipment after a recent loss.

 read the article:
 .thehockeynews.com/news/article/kids-coach-suspended-for-forcing-pushups-after-defeat

interview: with-the-coach-louis-isabella

PE STUDENTS: open the links above to find out more about the story.  Do you have anything to share about your experiences with exercise being used as punishment?  Or perhaps something you witnessed or know about through friends and family? What is your opinion of this tactic in sports and education/PE classes?  Should this be allowed in schools and community sports?  Why or why not?  Should there be limits or a total ban? Why do you think it is used and what would you say to adults that choose to use this as leaders in sport and education? ...for some other viewpoints, look at the comment section in the hockey news article.


further research/opinions
position_statement_on_use_of_physical_punishment_english.pdf

Physical punishment of children in sport and recreation

How to Interval Train at Every Level

Pick Your HIIT Plan

Three trainers suggested HIIT routines at varying levels of difficulty. One of the workouts requires no equipment, and the other two only require a set of dumbbells or kettlebells. All of them make it easy to get started—now!

The Moves

Here's a detailed breakdown of all of the moves http://greatist.com/fitness/interval-training-beginners

SAIL PE STUDENTS:

High Intensity Interval Training (HIIT) can be modified for all levels of fitness. The idea is to introduce shorter, more intense intervals to your exercise time.

How can you apply this idea to your exercise plan/program/activity? Be specific with the names of moves and times and reps that you tried.

REMINDER: anyone can add intensity intervals! Create a routine with a variety of total body moves that you can repeat ( see the instructions) Using these moves and/or others.

How to Create Your Own Full-Body Workout Plan

How to Create Your Own
Full-Body Workout Plan

MARCH 28, 2016 |

BY AMY EISINGER

Walk into the gym, head to the dumbbells or gym machines, do the same few moves you've been doing for a while, and then call it a day. Sound familiar? Us too.

 

Building your own workout is not only straightforward, but it's also important. "Programming gives you a purpose," says Noam Tamir, owner of TS Fitness in New York City. "Otherwise it's like going on a road trip without a map."

The easiest way to get started is to learn your basic movement patterns. The ones we'll include here are:

• Lower-body push, Hip hinge, Single-leg movement, Vertical push, Vertical pull H, Horizontal push, Horizontal pull

Once you get the hang of it, you'll realize there's a near endless number of exercises that fall into these patterns—and that's the beauty of designing your own workout. Sayonara, boredom.

How to use this list: Below we've provided a brief explanation of each movement followed by beginner and advanced exercise examples. Do at least 1 exercise from each section for a well-rounded workout.  HERE'S the link

PE STUDENTS:Each of the movements have a range of difficulty. Learn more about why certain exercises are recommended to create a balanced total body strength program.  Many of them can be done with no (or little ) weight so be sure to focus on the proper technique.  You might be already doing some ...try some out and/or comment on how your current strength activities match up.