Elective Physical Education-Physical Conditioning

ELECTIVE PHYSICAL EDUCATION - PHYSICAL CONDITIONING: 

Physical Conditioning is designed to enhance the physical fitness of the student and provide the framework for lifelong understanding of fitness concepts. Students will experience training techniques and a program design that will improve the fundamental elements of physical fitness. Students will utilize a wide variety of training equipment that will improve their capacity to perform physical exercises and movement in a variety of ways by enhancing their strength, flexibility, and cardiovascular health. Students will track and analyze their progress and set appropriate, yet challenging goals that will improve physical fitness levels. 

 

Methods of Training: 

 

For our Core Lifts: Bench Press and Back Squat, we will use a professionally designed strength development program. Students will be trained on how to use this to improve performance at the beginning of the semester and will use this program and progression as the semester progresses. 

-Students will train to develop muscular strength using the exercises below. This list is not comprehensive. 
                        Lower Body: Back Squat, Front Squat, Split Squat, Calf Raises, Romanian Deadlifts
                        Upper Body: Bench Press, Incline Press, Various Dumbbell presses, Curls, and Rows

-Students will train to develop cardiovascular strength using the exercises below. This list is not comprehensive.
                        Distance runs of various intensity and duration, Pacer Test, Distance walks of various intensity
                        and duration. Various sports are chosen by the instructor.

We will track student performance throughout the school year through testing students in the listed below. We will test the lifts three times during the first semester (beginning, middle, and end) and twice in the second semester. (Middle and end)

Lift Tests:
            Bench Press
            Back/Front Squat

Cardiovascular Tests:
            Mile run
            Step Test

Students will also be evaluated on their lift testing using a Coefficient that is designed to use their physical make up (body weight) and their lift performance (max test) to give them a score that allows them to compare their lifting ability with their relative physical stature. This gives a more accurate evaluation of progress than simply testing the maximum amount of weight they can lift. 

 

 

Length: Semester

Offered: Fall/Spring

Number of Periods per Semester: One

 

Grade Level: 9-10-11-12 

 

Course Prerequisites: 

Application: None

Tryout : None

Counselor Approval Required: None

 

Dual Credit:  No

Weighted: No

 

Diploma Path: Directed Elective or Elective for All Diploma Paths

Quantitative Reasoning: No

 

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