Muscular Fitness

2-4.3 Participate in physical activity to increase muscular
strength and endurance.

Muscular strength and muscular endurance are 2 of the health-related fitness components. Gyms are popular places to improve muscular fitness with all of the machines that are easy to use. But, since, this blog also focuses on safety, there are some exercise machines that should be avoided as this article explains as well as provides alternatives that are more healthy.

http://health.yahoo.net/articles/fitness/photos/10-exercise-machines-avoid#0

Warming Up

Warming up is the first part of exercise students need to learn in order to maximize participation and reduce injuries. For this post, I have created a podcast episode that can be downloaded and subscribed to. http://podcastmachine.com/podcasts/12898/episodes/65000

Purpose

This blog is intended for provide ideas, resources, and discussions on health-related fitness strategies and activities for elementary students. My intentions are to attach the South Carolina Academic Standard for Physical Education that relates to each post so that it can be used by other educators or those invested in childhood fitness. He is a link to the PE standards. http://teachers.greenville.k12.sc.us/sites/kgaines/Shared%20Documents/SC%20PE%20Standards.pdf