Instructor Access (optional grading support) for Unlimited Access families is available for this course!

Ready to get moving? Join this course to learn some basic workout techniques and get credit for Physical Education. Come to class with plenty of water at your side and dressed for exercise.

How to get the most out of Intro to Physical Education and Health with Kevin Kiernan:

• Come to class dressed in comfortable workout clothing, water, and weights (if you have them). Eating a small snack before work out is recommended.

• Read assignments before class meetings and check out and resources posted

• Watch that week’s recording if you need to revisit information from our live session.

• Do the assignments, quizzes, and any extra work assigned for that week.

• Once the course is completed to the parent's and professor’s satisfaction, there is a Certificate of Completion at the end to be filled in for your records.

Total class meetings: 8

Duration:    45 minutes per class

Prerequisite: In good health, since these exercises will become rigorous.

Suggested grade level: 8th to 12th grade

Suggested credit:  ½ semester Physical Education

Instructor: Kevin Kiernan

Course Description:  This is a two-week course covering health-related aspects of physical fitness including flexibility, cardiorespiratory endurance, muscular strength, muscular endurance, and body composition.   We will work on developing better mobility and stability through physical exercises.  While learning about the musculoskeletal system and how proper nutrition and exercise benefit that system.

Course outline:

Day 1: Warmup, squats, leg raises, lunges, stretch exercises / How to warm up / Benefits of Physical Activity, Sleep, and Hydration / Quiz

Day 2: Warmup, pushups, superman, crunches, stretch exercises / Nutrition and a balanced exercise program / Quiz

Day 3: Warmup, shoulder circles, towel curl, narrow pushups, oblique, cool down exercises / How to Increase Aerobic Fitness/risks & benefits of sunglasses / Protecting your skin / Quiz

Day 4: Warmup, superman, squats, leg raises, lunges, stretch exercises / Your Muscular Fitness / essential vitamins and minerals / Quiz

Day 5:  Warmup, squats, leg raises, lunges, superman, stretch exercises / Your Flexibility / identifying activated muscles / fat-soluble vs water-soluble vitamins / Estrogen vs Testosterone / Quiz

Day 6:  Warmup, crunches, pushups, shoulder circles, stretch exercises / Sharpening Your Functional Fitness/benefits of abdominal strength/benefits of water / What is CrossFit? / Quiz

Day 7: Warmup, towel curl, narrow pushups, oblique, stretch exercises / Supplements: What to take and when / effective triceps exercises/sodium fluoride vs calcium fluoride / Quiz

Day 8: Warmup, squats, leg raises, lunges, superman, stretch exercises/ Meeting the Presidential Youth Fitness Program, how to do leg raises, sleep for recovery, different types of squats, /Quiz and Final Exam

Course materials:   Dumbbells or resistance bands are needed for some exercises.  All academic information will be provided free by the instructor.

Homework: The live class will be actual physical exercises for increased mobility and strength.  We will start with a warmup, stretching, then muscle development exercises. Students will have daily assigned readings and a daily quiz with a final exam. (The quizzes and exam are auto-graded by the computer.)

Technical Help: If you have any technical trouble or questions about course content, please email us at homeschoolconnections@gmail.com.

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