Personal Fitness | Student Guide | Week Thirteen

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Student Guide
Week Thirteen: Evaluating Health Clubs, Equipment, Media and
Internet Material
This week, you will read and answer questions about evaluating fitness resources.
Your fitness activities will include your choice of activities from your personal plan.

Day One: Health Clubs and Exercise Equipment

Before You Read
If buying a membership at a local gym is not possible due to expense or other reasons, what solutions can you
come up with for working out?
Read
Read pages 353–355 in the Fitness for Life textbook. Answer the following questions in your Fitness Notebook as
you read.
1. How can you avoid the problems of having to pay for a long-term gym membership?

2. How could joining a club that caters mostly to bodybuilding for adults cause a problem situation?

3. What are three things to think about before investing in expensive exercise equipment?

4. Where can you turn for information to help you think critically about what exercise machine suits your needs?

Get Moving
Spend at least 30 minutes completing the following:
Choose any physical activity to perform. Be sure to properly warm up before the activity and cool down afterward.
Select an activity such as jogging, lifting weights, playing a sport, or another activity where you are continually
moving for at least 30 minutes.
Fitness Notebook
On a clean page of your Fitness Notebook, write today’s date and then write two goals you have for personal
fitness.
Reflect – When you completed the “Get Moving” activity today, review your fitness goals. Are you close to
reaching some?
Next, think critically about this scenario and problem-solve a reasonable solution based on what you read in this
lesson. A high school student wants to improve lower body strength and speed for track season. Her parents tell
her a gym membership or expensive equipment is not an option. What are her options for achieving her fitness
goals?
When complete, return to the lesson, check your reading, and take your lesson quiz.

Day Two: Books, Articles, and Internet Resources

Before You Read
How do you know that a resource is reputable and reliable?

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Read
Read pages 355–357 in the Fitness for Life textbook. Answer the following questions in your Fitness Notebook as
you read:
1. What types of credentials should fitness or physical activity experts have?

2. What should you think about when reviewing fitness information for quality?

3. How can you avoid the problem of mistaking information on a commercial website as being from a scientific
research website?

4. How are new Web extensions causing Internet users problems?

Get Moving
Spend at least 30 minutes completing the following:
Choose any physical activity to perform. Be sure to properly warm up before the activity and cool down afterward.
Select an activity such as jogging, lifting weights, playing a sport, or another activity where you are continually
moving for at least 30 minutes.
Fitness Notebook
On a clean page of your Fitness Notebook, write today’s date and then write two goals you have for personal
fitness.
Reflect – When you completed the “Get Moving” activity today, how do you feel differently now about exercise
than when you started this course?
Next, think critically about this scenario and problem-solve a reasonable solution based on what you read in this
lesson. A student has been assigned a project to find scientific information on proven natural fitness supplements,
such as vitamins, that aid in overall fitness. In his initial research, he keeps finding that resources for information
that he thought were reliable are really advertisements selling unproven supplements. How can he avoid this?
Make a list of tips for what types of resources he should stay away from using and why.
When complete, return to the lesson, check your reading, and take your lesson quiz.

Day Three: Learning to Think Critically

Before You Read
What is “thinking critically” or “critical thinking”? Can this type thinking be used in physical fitness activity?
Read
Read pages 358–359 in the Fitness for Life textbook. Answer the following questions in your Fitness Notebook as
you read:
1. How is critical thinking applied to science similar to the self-management skills for thinking critically in physical
fitness activities?

2. What are the five steps to self-management skills for thinking critically?

3. When using the skills for critical thinking, when should you put your plan into action?

4. When using the self-management skills for critical thinking, how do you evaluate the effectiveness of your plan?

Get Moving
Spend at least 30 minutes completing the following:

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Choose any physical activity to perform. Be sure to properly warm up before the activity and cool down afterward.
Select an activity such as jogging, lifting weights, playing a sport, or another activity where you are continually
moving for at least 30 minutes.
Fitness Notebook
On a clean page of your Fitness Notebook, write today’s date and then write two goals you have for personal
fitness.
Reflect – When you completed the “Get Moving” activity today, which of your fitness activities did you complete
and what was its purpose?
Next, complete the Taking Charge: Learning to Think Critically activity on page 358. Make sure to record your
responses in your Fitness Notebook.
When complete, return to the lesson, check your reading, and take your lesson quiz.

Day Four: My Health and Fitness Club

Before You Read
Is a lack of physical activity opportunities for teens a problem in your community?
Read
Read page 360 in the Fitness for Life textbook. Answer the following questions in your Fitness Notebook as you
read:
1. What would a first step be in creating a health and fitness club for others at school or at home?

2. What are some things to consider in thinking about how to put together fitness activities for others?

3. How do you make sure that the workout you plan for others is balanced?

4. How will you know whether your plan for another person or group of people is effective?

Get Moving
Spend at least 30 minutes completing the following:
Choose any physical activity to perform. Be sure to properly warm up before the activity and cool down afterward.
Select an activity such as jogging, lifting weights, playing a sport, or another activity where you are continually
moving for at least 30 minutes.
Fitness Notebook
On a clean page of your Fitness Notebook, write today’s date and then write two goals you have for personal
fitness.
Reflect – When you completed the “Get Moving” activity today, what warm-up and cool-down exercises did you
do?
Next, read over the Taking Action: My Health and Fitness Club activity on page 360. You will use the information
on page 360 about planning fitness for others and the Graded Assignment page in this lesson to complete a
weeklong fitness program for someone else.
When complete, return to the lesson, check your reading, and take your lesson quiz.

Day Five: Unit Test

Today you will complete your Unit Review and Unit Test.

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Get Moving
Spend at least 30 minutes completing the following:
Choose any moderate physical activity to perform. Select an activity such as walking, light jogging, lifting weights,
or another activity where you are moving for at least 30 minutes.

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