Fitness Plan
Fitness Plan
Fitness Plan
Level
B6
Developing a fitness
program
Strand
Developing Concepts and Skills for Physical Activity
Purpose
Students examine fitness programs and actively participate in fitness sessions
to learn to apply the principles of training to bring about improvements in
each of the components of health-related fitness. They learn that the
development of each of the components of fitness requires specific types of
exercises, with a minimum frequency, intensity and time (duration).
Overview of activities
Activities in this module are based on a learner-centred approach with an
emphasis on decision making and problem solving. As the following diagram
shows, activities are sequenced in understanding, planning, acting and
reflecting phases.
Understanding
Purpose of fitness
programs
Elements of fitness
programs
Principles for
developing fitness
Reflecting
Planning
Reviewing knowledge
and skills
Evaluating
Acting
A personal program
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Core content
Developing
Concepts and Skills
for Physical Activity
This module incorporates the following core content from the syllabus:
relationship between health, physical activity and fitness, including
benefits of health-related fitness, components of fitness, principles of
fitness and skills for participation in fitness activities.
Assessment strategies
Developing
Concepts and Skills
for Physical Activity
5.3
The following are examples of assessment tasks that provide opportunities for
students to demonstrate the core learning outcome identified in this module.
Students present a health-related fitness log that contains a personal
health-related fitness program they have devised and a diary to show
how they have implemented it.
(a) The personal health-related fitness program should show warm-up and
cool-down routines and a series of work-out schedules that have been
devised to develop the components of health-related fitness. The workout schedule should show application of the principles of training.
(b) The diary should contain evidence of implementation of the program
including the principles of training. The dates of participation, the
intensity of effort (perceived exertion, heart-rate monitoring, load) and
the duration of work-outs should be recorded. Reflections on
physiological and psychological benefits, adjustments made to the
program and barriers to completing sessions could also be noted.
Can the student devise a health-related fitness program?
Does the program reflect the types of exercises conducive to
developing each of the health-related fitness components?
Can the student apply the principles of training?
Can the student show evidence of implementing the program?
Can the student show evidence of having applied the principles of
training?
Does the student implement the program regularly (frequently)?
Can the student show evidence of increasing and monitoring intensity
of effort?
Can the student show evidence of overloading and increasing the time
(duration) of effort?
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Background information
Health-related fitness programs
If students are to maintain or develop health-related fitness across their
lifespan, they require the knowledge and skills that enable them to devise and
implement programs tailored to developing each of the components of
health-related fitness.
Terminology
Learning activities in this module involve use of the following language in the
context of Health and Physical Education:
aerobic fitness
cool-down
duration
fitness program
fitness session
fitness target zone
flexibility
health-related fitness
intensity
muscular endurance
muscular strength
overload
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principles of training
specificity
threshold of training
warm-up
work load
work-out phase
Teachers should be aware that the core learning outcome does not warrant
students to undergo fitness testing. This module has been designed to build
on the knowledge and skills students are expected to have acquired at Level 4
and, therefore, assumes a basic understanding of each of the health-related
fitness components and the activities that promote each of these. Emphasis is
on students gaining an understanding of, and applying the principles of,
training to develop health-related fitness programs capable of bringing about
fitness improvement.
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Activities
Understanding
PURPOSE OF
FITNESS PROGRAMS
Students discuss the relevance of enjoying and participating in healthrelated fitness programs throughout ones life. They suggest ways individuals
can make sessions an enjoyable part of their daily routine and how they can
be motivated to participate in them regularly.
ELEMENTS OF
FITNESS PROGRAMS
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Students identify the three phases of fitness sessions and discuss the
purpose of each phase.
Focus questions could include:
What are the common terms used to refer to the three phases of a
fitness session?
What is the purpose of the warm-up phase? Work-out phase? Cooldown phase?
What are some exercises for preparing the skeletal muscles for more
vigorous physical activity? What exercises prepare the heart muscle?
What level of effort will be required in the work-out phase if the aerobic
component of health-related fitness is to be developed?
How does body temperature and blood flow change throughout the
three phases?
How and where could the rate of blood flow around the body be
monitored?
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Students learn an exercise routine appropriate for the warm-up and cooldown phases of a fitness session and take part in a work-out designed to
develop all or specific components of health-related fitness. They identify the
physiological changes that take place as they work through the different
phases of the fitness session and any psychological effects they experience.
They discuss the importance of individuals not overexerting themselves in
fitness sessions.
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PRINCIPLES FOR
DEVELOPING
FITNESS
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Teaching considerations
Ensure that students become aware of the following principles of training:
Frequency: how often a fitness session should be engaged in. Three to four
times a week are recommended.
Intensity: the amount of effort or exertion during exercise. For aerobic workouts, 7085 per cent of maximum heart rate is recommended.
Time: the duration of the work-out phase, for which 20 to 30 minutes is
recommended.
Type: what sort of physical activity. Physical activities chosen should be specific
to the health-related fitness component to be developed.
Explain that these principles are often referred to as the FITT formula.
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Planning
OPTIMAL TARGET
ZONES
Students read articles or view a video to identify the optimal target zones
within which to exercise if the components of health-related fitness are to be
developed. They discuss the value of optimal target zones to suit a variety of
individuals and identify ways of monitoring their intensity of effort for each
of the components.
PRINCIPLES OF
TRAINING
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Teaching considerations
Students could participate in partner-resistance exercises, medicine-ball activities,
treadmill walking, jogging up a hill, ergometer cycling/rowing or a gym circuit.
Isometric and isotonic exercises could be taught.
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Acting
A PERSONAL
PROGRAM
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Reflecting
REVIEWING
KNOWLEDGE AND
SKILLS
Students reflect upon what they have learnt about devising and
implementing health-related fitness programs and the principles of training.
EVALUATING
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It is generally recommended that the target heart rate for aerobic training be 60 to 75 per
cent of your maximum heart rate. Your maximum heart rate is established by subtracting your
age from 220.
Following is an example for a 12-year-old:
220 12 = 208 (maximum heart rate)
60% of 208 = 125
75% of 208 = 156
Thus the target heart rate for this 12-year-old student is 125 (60 per cent) to 156
(75 per cent).
DEVELOPING A FITNESS PROGRAM LOWER SECONDARY
60
100
75
100
A key figure in the formula for calculating your heart rate is 220 as this is the
maximum rate at which your heart is likely to beat in its lifetime. During infancy
your heart beats at the rate of 220 beats per minute. Your resting heart rate then
falls as you grow and develop. Aerobic training will bring about a further reduction
in your resting heart rate. The reason is that aerobic training makes your heart
muscle stronger and hence more efficient at squeezing blood from the heart each
time it beats.
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4. Muscular
endurance
3. Muscular
strength
2. Flexibility
1. Aerobic
endurance
Intensity
What work load should you
aim for?
How can you bring about
improvement when this work
load becomes easy?
Frequency
Time
Fitness
components
Principles of training
Complete this table to ensure fitness components and principles of training are part of your personal fitness program.
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Type
15
16
Muscular endurance
Muscular strength
Flexibility
Aerobic endurance
Legs
Ankles
Shoulders
Wrist
Lower leg
Arms, shoulders
Upper leg
Lower leg
Arms, shoulders
Abdomen
Spine/trunk
Upper leg
Neck
Trunk
Hips
Neck
Type of activities
Complete the following table to help you plan your fitness program.
R3
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Sunday
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
Time of day
6.00 a.m.
7.00 a.m.
8.00 a.m.
9.00 a.m.
10.00 a.m.
11.00 a.m.
12.00 noon
1.00 p.m.
2.00 p.m.
3.00 p.m.
4.00 p.m.
5.00 p.m.
6.00 p.m.
7.00 p.m.
8.00 p.m.
9.00 p.m.
1. Shade in those blocks of time to which you must commit for example, for school, meal breaks, music instruction.
2. Identify free blocks of time that are suitable for you to schedule physical activity sessions.
3. Mark in time blocks to be used for your fitness program.
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Saturday
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18
Day/Date
Name:
Day/Date
Name:
(Heart rates)
Monitoring
(Heart rates)
Session
(Activity and load)
Week:
Monitoring
Session
Week:
(Activity and load)
My fitness diary
Comments
Comments
R5
Resource Sheet 5
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This sourcebook module should be read in conjunction with the following Queensland
School Curriculum Council materials:
Years 1 to 10 Health and Physical Education Syllabus
Years 1 to 10 Health and Physical Education Sourcebook: Guidelines
Health and Physical Education Initial In-service Materials
ISBN 0 7345 2110 3
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