Core Lifts

The PE students took a quiz where they had to use this video to identify four core lifts and the mistakes people most commonly make when preforming them. Can you identify the lifts and the mistakes?

Coach Mertens' Classes are Swimming Next Week!

All of Coach Mertens' classes will be in the pool swimming for the next two weeks.  All students are expected to bring both swimming trunks, as well as a towel.

World Cup Champions

Coach Wagenknecht's classes took part in a World Cup soccer tournament last week. Pictured below are the winners. Please make sure to take your online soccer quiz due this Friday 9/30. Links are on Moodle, the quizzes tab of this blog and I emailed them to you so make sure you take it. Email me ASAP if you have any questions at all.

2nd Hour: Spain

3rd Hour: Ireland (Not pictured)

4th Hour: Argentina

5th Hour: Brazil

(Jackson not pictured)

6th Hour: Netherlands (Not pictured)

Mertens' 1st Hour "Rippin' It Up!"

Hang Clean to a Push Press

Here is good beginner technique by a student who is transitioning from a hang clean to a push press. 

 

Coach Mertens 5th Hour- "Get It!" Circuit Training

My 8th graders really getting into it.  This workout hits the chest, shoulders, back, biceps, triceps, just to name a few.  Hard Workers!

Wagenknecht Super Bowl Champions!!

Coach Wagenknecht's boys PE classes had a little football tournament over the past week and we now have our Super Bowl champions.

Congrats to the winning teams!!!!

2nd Hour: Afterburn

4th Hour: Team Plasma

5th Hour: Lightning

Great Dead-Lift Form

Great Example of Squat Form

Very good example of proper squat technique

Reminder about 60 Minute Activity Log

As a reminder, the 60 minute activity logs start this week. Students need to exercise at least 60 minutes a day, 5 days a week. The logs will be turned in every Monday (or the first day of the week) for points towards their grade. I have re-posted the details of the program below and if you have any questions please don't hesitate to ask. 

Last year we began rewriting the curriculum for the PE department based on new state standards.  For the most part the changes were minor and they were all changes for the better and will help the PE department continue to deliver top level instruction to our students.  The biggest change is that students are required to exercise for at least 60 minutes, five times a week. 

Starting the week of September 6th the students will begin to log their exercise for the week, here are some key points:

1. PE time will count for the day so if we exercise for 45 minutes in class the students need to exercise another 15 minutes after school.

2. All sports and clubs that exercise count as time.

3. We are very open to what the student does for exercise, if they are unsure if the activity will count they should speak to their PE coach to see if the activity qualifies.  

4. The students will receive and return their logs every Monday or the first day of the week.

5. If the school week is four days the students only need to exercise for four days on their log.

6. Weekend time counts for one of the five days i.e. if your child has two soccer games that go for 60 minutes then that time will count for one of the five days. 

7. You can not "bank " time. 

If you have any questions please contact your child's PE coach. We are excited about this opportunity to extend activity outside of PE class.

Intro to Beast Mode with Coach Mertens

Coach Mertens class worked hard this week and had a great circuit training experience.  Coach Mertens calls the work out into beast mode and as you can see by the video the work out lives up to it's name. Click here to see the video.