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 *Exercise Saves Heartbeats*

A fit person's heart will beat about 61/2 million fewer times per year than the average person's.
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 *Youth Flexibility Problems*

Adolescents experiencing a growth spurt are susceptible to joint injuries because their bones elongate before their tendons.

 *Home Exercise Problems*

Students reluctant to adhere to home fitness programs may live in unsafe neighborhoods.

 *Water Aerobics - Use Balloons*

Use water-filled balloons to add resistance to aqua-aerobics routines.

 *Walking - Treasure Hunt Game*

A game in which teams walk around a route, guided by clues they must decipher.

 *Walking - Find the Corner Workout*

Make walking classes more fun by sending your students in search of mystery street corners.
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 *Walk-a-Dawg Program*

Walking dogs from your local pound is a great way to get your students more active.
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 *Toilet Paper Aerobics Partners*

An aerobics routine conducted with student pairs connected at the ankle by a strip of toilet paper.
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 *Sit & Reach for Fitness Testing?*

The Sit and Reach test teaches dangerous technique, may produce injury, and does not take limb length into account in scoring.

 *Abs - The Side Bridge*

A new exercise routine that uses isometric contractions to more effectively strengthen the body?s core.

 *Aerobic Exercise Threshold- 35 Min*

There's a large increase in aerobic fitness gains after 35 minutes of continuous exercise because of the resulting conversion of fast-twitch muscle fibres.

 *Myth- 20 Minute Exercise Threshold*

Twenty minutes of aerobic activity is a false threshold. In fact, even 10 minutes of exercise will improve aerobic fitness.

 *Surprise Workout Slips Keep Your Students Motivated*

A way to add variety to a fitness regimen and overcome the inertia that results from not being able to decide what fitness activity to do each day.
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 *Order of Stretching is Important*

The large, core muscles should be stretched first so they don?t limit the range of motion of the smaller, adjacent muscles.
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 *Static Stretching & Explosiveness*

Static stretching performed before practice or competition can reduce leg power by 8.2%.