Month

Concepts

Idea Titles

August

Review major fitness concepts.

Remember?

September

Promote an active lifestyle. "Fitness is fun with friends and family."

Fitness Is Fun

October

Different types of exercise activities.

Variety if Fun

November

The value of exercise: Exercising is important to growth and development.

Exercise Is Important

December

Sensitivity for all people. Inclusion.

Everyone Plays

January

The Heart.

Pump It Up

February

Major body parts identification.

Bone Up

March

Rest, exercise, safety precautions. (i.e. hydrations, appropriate attire)

Safety First

April

Healthy foods. Making good food choices, eating healthy snacks, weight control.

Fuel for Fitness

May

Feeling good about yourself and your body.

Mirror, Mirror

June

Summer fitness ideas: swimming, biking, hiking, and water sports.

Summer Fitness Fun

Month

Concept

Idea Title

August

Warming-up, stretching, and flexibility exercises.

Start Right

September

Muscle identification and corresponding exercises.

Muscle Mania

October

Dangerous exercises and safe techniques.

Back to Basics

November

Critical components of exercise movements, proper body alignment, and positioning.

Exercise Techniques

December

Exercise impacts the different body systems: skeletal, muscular, nervous, circulatory, digestives, and respiratory.

Body Systems

January

Basic anatomy of the body systems.

Just the Facts

February

Healthy Heart: healthy food choices and regular exercise.

Healthy Heart Habits

March

Effects of exercise.

What Happens?

April

Decision making and responsibility for own physical activity level.

Being Responsible

May

Choosing own fitness activity.

My Choice

June

Recreational activities that promote an active lifestyle.

Rec-Time

Month

Concept

Idea Title

August

Wellness Concepts: physical, mental, social, emotional, and spiritual.

Wellness

September

Exercise techniques, include interval training techniques. Logging exercise patterns.

Patterns

October

Personal fitness education portfolio-individualized exercise program.

My Plan

November

FIT (frequency, intensity, time, and type of exercise). Include: heart rate, training heart rate zone, recovery stages, and resting heart rate.

FIT

December

Healthy Heart: nutrition (good/bad cholesterol), Food Pyramid, making good food choices (logging eating patterns), and Risk Factors (Heart Disease).

Heart Smart

January

Anatomy and Physiology: exercise foundations, specificity, progression, overload, reversibility, train, and maintain.

Exercise Science

February

Goal setting. Monitoring fitness levels.

Fitness Forever

March

Fitness levels, score improvement techniques

Personal Best

April

Identifying, preventing, and treating injuries.

Athletic training

May

Family Fitness Activities.

Family Fitness

June

Summer Fitness Planning. Making responsible lifestyle choices.

Fitness Madness