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Sixth Grade “Get Fit” Curriculum
What is Exercise Physiology?
What happens inside the human body during exercise?
What are the components of fitness?
Why are the components important?
What is the F. I. T. T. Principle?
How does the F. I. T. T. Principle relate
to components of fitness?
Why is the F.I.T.T. Principle important?
What is the Overload Principle?
Learn how to design exercise prescription
plans
Participation in Fitnessgram fitness tests
Set new goals and define ways
to achieve goals.
What are warm ups?
What are the types of warm ups?
Why are warm ups important?
What is Heart Rate?
How do you take Heart Rate?
What is Max HR / Target HR?
How does the HR affect the heart?
What happens to the heart during
exercise?
What is the Anatomy of the heart?
How does blood flow through the heart?
What is Blood Pressure?
How does Blood Pressure affect the heart?
What is high / low Blood Pressure?
What is the effect of exercise on Blood
Pressure?
What are some diseases of the heart?
How does exercise decrease the risk
of heart disease?
CPR Certification
Use of Heart Rate Monitors (Watches)
Use of watch to take HR
Use of watch to record HR data
Understand concept of minutes in zone
Learn to download watch to palm
Use data to create individual HR report
Learn to describe, analyze, and interpret
individual HR report
Learn to compare two different workouts
Use of upright Greg Lemond Bikes
Learn to set height of seat correctly
Learn to pace while riding various
programs
Learn proper use of treadmills
Learn to use various programs on the
treadmill
Learn proper use of elliptical
Learn to use various programs on the
elliptical
Learn how various workouts affect the
heart
Learn the importance of variation in your
workouts
Learn how to create a personal exercise
prescription
Learn how to use the Nautilus strength
machines
Learn how to use correct strength training
principles