Teach PE Like a Rockstar: wellness

Wednesday, April 6, 2011

High intensity exercises reduce CVD risk factors better than aerobic activities in adolescent youth (study)

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Some questions for you:

Do you provide activities that are of high intensity or do we primarily focus on moderate levels of activity?
How might you take advantage of this new study and create more high intensity activities?
How will you deal with the fact that children do not have high cardiovascular fitness levels and then you're asking them to work extra hard?
Do you know how the body (especially youth) responds to movement and the bioenergetics involved in exercise?
Have you taken EXS 387, EXS 397 prior to student teaching?
Do you think it's important to have this knowledge and skill set in human movement to be a great and transformative educator?

This article examines the effects of brief, intense exercise in comparison with traditional endurance exercise on both novel and traditional markers of cardiovascular disease (CVD) in youth.

The effects of time and intensity of exercise on novel and established markers of CVD in adolescent youth - Buchan - 2011 - American Journal of Human Biology

DOI: 10.1002/ajhb.21166

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Tuesday, April 5, 2011

More $ from USDA for fruits and veggies in schools

Good news as we continue our pursuit of healthier children, schools and communities as the USDA announced more money for schools to bring more fruits and veggies. Now I think bringing more food is good, I really think we need to support bigger initiatives that encompass the entire community including the family in raising healthier children. At AAHPERD I met up with PE guru Dolly Lamdin and she was explaining their UT Elementary School initiative WellNest that does all of the above and recently received some great press.

Families engage in WellNest Together Everyone Achieves More (TEAM) Nights where they participate in fitness activities, participate in cooking demos, take nutrition classes and leave with a bag of farm fresh organic vegetables each time. It is our belief that with this support the whole family will work together to enjoy a healthy and active lifestyle.