Guide to General Weight Lifting: Health Mini-Unit

Which type of weight lifting program is best for you? How to prevent weight lifting injuries? This mini-unit explains the key concepts of strength training exercise and provides recommendations as to exercise frequency, intensity, rest periods and benefits.

Also, the General Weight Lifting unit includes a variety of learning level activites so that the teachers can select the levels that are most appropriate for their students. In addition to the lesson plan, short article, assignments and tests, this unit includes crossword and word search puzzles that make learning fun.

All material was created by a three-time Teacher-of-the-Year (including the American Assocociation for Health Education Award - part of AAHPERD). This lesson can be used for the entire class as well as for individual assignments, for homebound students, for non-participants in PE class, for extra credit, for make-up work, etc. Activities last from 15 to 50 minutes. 

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36-page PDF