Year 7 - Physical education
Types of training: can you complete a circuit training session?
Remote learning: health and fitness
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Unit Summary
This unit explores correct bodyweight techniques and training for strength, power, endurance, flexibility, balance and coordination. Pupils learn to adapt exercises, stay safe and understand the physical, mental and social benefits of activity.
Lesson Summary
You will learn to complete a basic circuit training session to improve your fitness.
Key Notes
- Move: completing exercises correctly and safely will develop your strength and endurance.
- Think: heart rate, breathing rate and body temperature all increase in response to exercise.
- Feel: being able to keep going with challenging exercises requires determination.
- Connect: giving support to others can help you achieve higher outcomes.
Vocabulary To Learn
- circuit: a series of exercises performed one after another, with little or no rest, to work different parts of the body
- station: a set place where you complete one specific exercise before moving to the next
- determination: the drive to keep working towards a goal
Common Mistakes To Avoid
- You need to go to a gym to build muscle strength and endurance.
3 Quick Questions (With Answers)
1. Explain the lesson in two key points.
Move: completing exercises correctly and safely will develop your strength and endurance. Think: heart rate, breathing rate and body temperature all increase in response to exercise.
2. What does this key word mean in this lesson? 'circuit'
a series of exercises performed one after another, with little or no rest, to work different parts of the body.
3. Correct this common mistake.
Mistake: You need to go to a gym to build muscle strength and endurance. Correction: Body weight exercises, that require little or no equipment, can be performed in a safe space in your own home and can be incredibly effective at building muscular strength, endurance and general fitness.
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