Physical Literacy - Session 11

Skill Focus: Individual Activations

We will revisit each of our themes so far and you will get to decide on the alterations, progressions, and adaptations for each. Today's session will still focus on our preparation and activation exercises and how you can use them to create your own fitness session!

Value: Switch On

This is the first session where you will choose the intensity, reps and sets of the exercises you wish to complete. You need to be prepared and focus on creating a session that meets your fitness goals! 

Opening Community Circle

  • Call your life play - on a scale of 1-5 how are you feeling today? 
  • We have used these movements in our warmups for every session so far – how have these exercises helped you? 
  • When you do not feel like working out how do you Switch On to get started? 

Skill Focus: Individual Activations

Students should visit the warm-up library for links to each exercise and choose which ones to complete based on their own fitness goals. Then they should determine the reps, sets or time for each to create a 20-minute workout, using what they've learned to far to increase or decrease difficulty.

If possible, have the students pair up and complete each other’s workout and offer feedback. 

Remind students about their Fitness Journal and RPE. They should be documenting throughout the session! 

Our Movement Preparation Library: 

Arm Circles 

Hip rotations/circles 

Jumping Jacks 

High Knees  

Butt Kicks 

Straight leg bounds  

Side lying Quad Stretch 

Glute Bridge 

Lunges   

Side lunge 

Half Squat Walk  

Plank walk-outs 

Bear Crawl 

Side leg raises 

Carioca 

Backwards Shuffle 

Toe Taps 

A Skips 

B Skips   

 

Our Activation Exercise Library 

Rotations  

Balance back kick  

Calf Walks 

Scorpion 

Donkey Kicks 

Lawnmowers 

Single Leg Hamstring Swing 

Leg Swings Side to Side 

Single Leg Deadlift Walk  

Hops - forward, back, side to side 

Glute Bridge 

Plank step outs  

Cross Chops 

Varations to Increase/Reduce Difficulty

  • Increase/reduce range of motion 
  • Slow down/speed up movement 
  • Increase/reduce number of reps/distance 

Cool Down #1

This is a walking cool down. While walking around the outside of the gym or marching in place, complete the following stretches and breathing routine. View in the Cool Down Library.

Closing Community Circle

  • Call your life play - on a scale of 1-5 how are you feeling after this session?
  • Talk to the person next to you and explain your session and the format you chose. 
  • Have your opinions on physical fitness changed at all during our sessions so far? Iso, how?