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Encouraging greater sport participation

Learning Through Sport

There is substantial evidence of many psychological, physical, and social health benefits of participation in sport across the lifespan, including that participation in sport is associated with improved psychological and social health benefits above other forms of leisure time physical activity for children and adolescents.

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Heart Rate & Resistance Training Re-imagined For Physical Education & Sports

Heartzones

Heart Rate & Resistance Training Re-Imagined For Physical Education & Sport “Lifting any weight that increases resistance on your muscles is the key. During strength training in sports and in physical education class, how can one measure the progress of our most vital muscle? We live in a high tech world.

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Hiking: 10 physical and mental health benefits

The Sporting

Hiking Delivers a Great Cardio Workout You get sustained cardiovascular exercise from hiking, which means it can increase your cardio-respiratory health and should become a semi-regular part of your fitness training. You'll see better results than you would get from sports that don't provide the same sustained level of exertion.

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Sports for Fitness: The 8 Best Sports for Improving Your Physical Fitness

The Sporting

The Top 8 Sports for Fitness: Your Full Guide to The Best Sports To Improve Fitness While some people thrive in the structured environment of a gym, not everyone feels like they are cut out for the gym grind. Gym or sports, as long as you’re engaged, you will feel better for exercising - and your body will thank you for it.

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10 Tips for beginner runners

The Sporting

Any movement is good, especially if you don’t perform regular cardio or exercise. This is an often overlooked part of training in many sports. Running is a tough sport and not for the faint-hearted. Check out The Sporting Blog on Social Media for more interesting stuff you didn’t know you needed to know!

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Middle School Physical Education Units

PLT4M

We seek to introduce this form of cardio and dance fitness through a fully-developed lesson plan that allows students to learn new dance moves while getting their heart rates up and smiling! Each lesson begins with a guided warm-up to prepare students for an entire dance fitness routine.

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Time to Get Off the Couch Again

Montessori Physical Education

From the variety of sports I played as a youth, I always figured out how to be good while not having to run too much. Ignore all the benefits of regular cardio exercise and accept an early demise? If you have been looking for a simple protocol to follow to get back into cardio, Couch to 5K is it. So what options did I have left?

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