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    1. The muscular system is responsible for allowing movement and action.
    2. Muscular fitness is a key component of overall health and wellness.
    3. Everyone can increase muscular fitness.
    4. Many factors affect muscular fitness.
    5. Unsafe practices can cause muscular injury.
    6. A strong muscular system is essential to participation in all activities of daily life.
     
    Key Learner Objectives:

    1.  The muscular system is responsible for allowing movement and action.

    • Identify major muscle groups and their anatomical location.
    • Understand the importance of developing opposing muscle groups.
    • Recognize the difference between concentric and eccentric muscle contraction.
    • Understand the importance of flexibility as it relates to muscular fitness.

    2.  Muscular fitness is a key component of overall health and wellness.

    • Identify the 5 health related components of fitness.
    • Apply the FITT principle to muscular fitness.
    • Understand the basics of good nutrition as it pertains to overall health.
    • Recognize the sources of energy that fuel muscular activity.
    • Analyze how nutrition contributes to optimal performance.

     3.  Everyone can increase muscular fitness.

    • Identify and utilize community opportunities for continued improvement.
    • Through a variety of instructional strategies, students will create and implement a personal fitness plan.
    • Understand the importance of goal setting in muscular fitness improvement.
    • Demonstrate proper use of a variety of equipment and methods to increase muscular strength.
    • Develop muscular fitness, flexibility and balance for at least 20 minutes in most Physical Education class periods.

    4.  Many factors affect muscular fitness.

    • Understand the principles of training and how they relate to structuring a workout
    • Understand what leads to atrophy and hypertrophy.

     5.  Unsafe practices can cause muscular injury.

    • Perform proper form in execution of exercises.
    • Demonstrate proper use of various weight training equipment.

     6.  A strong muscular system is essential to participation in all activities of daily life.

    • Identify the benefits of muscular fitness.
    • Understand the key role of muscle in body composition.
    • Many factors impact adult health consumer choices, such as access to health information, health care, and safety concerns.
    • Identify positive and negative media effects on adult personal health and safety.
    • Evaluate health care products and services that impact adult health practices.   
    Content/Resources:

    Activities:

    • Yoga
    • Pilates
    • Stress Management
    • Stability Ball
    • Medicine Ball
    • Body Weight Activities
    • Dumbbell Workouts
    • Resistance Band Workouts
    • Circuit Activities
    • Balancing Activities
    • Plyometrics
    • Suspension Trainers
    • Weight Room Activities

    Materials:

    • Resistance Bands
    • Steps/Benches
    • Dumbbells
    • Medicine Balls
    • Stability Balls
    • Suspension Trainers
    • Weight Room
    • Mats

    Additional Vocabulary:

    • Isometric
    • Isotonic
    • Isokinetic
    • Priniciples of Training
    • Circuit
    • Sets and Repetitions
    • Anatomy Terms/Muscles

    Textbook/Reading:

    • Yoga Fit
    • Yoga Bible (Christina Brown)

    Websites:

    Assessments:
Last Modified on January 31, 2014