KIDS Training with Tricia!

Today I had the absolute privilege to train some First Grade friends at Klem South Elementary School in Webster.  Take a look and see what we were up to…

Happy Healthy Hearts

Did you know that

your heart is really a muscle?

You have more than 600 muscles that fill your body - in your feet, legs, back, stomach, arms, neck, and head. Some muscles and help you move and other muscles work in your body without you even knowing or thinking about it.

Your heart muscle is located a little to the left of the middle of your chest, and it’s about the size of your fist. The heart pumps blood around your body. The blood provides your body with the oxygen and nutrients it needs.

What can you do to help keep your

heart happy & healthy?

1. Work it out
Your heart is a muscle! If you want your heart muscle to be strong, you need to work it out - exercise. All you need to do is be active (a bit of huffing and puffing) for at least 30 minutes every day. Do you like to jump rope, dance, or play basketball, play soccer, or play tag with friends.

2. Eat Healthy Foods
Eat a variety of healthy foods especially fruits and vegetables! Do not eat too much “junk food.”

3. Drink Healthy

Drink lots of water and milk and try to avoid sugary soft drinks and fruit drinks.

Let’s get moving…

Warm up & Stretch: It is important to warm up before exercising to prevent injury. A warm up should include about 3-5 minutes of light activity - walking, jumping jacks, bending, knee lifts, and stretching.
1. Toe Walks & Heel Walks
2. March & Climb
6. Stretch, Reach, & Bend
7. Push & Pull
8. Twist & Sway
9. Straddle
10. Standing Quad Stretch

Let’s Make Our Hearts Pump:
1. Jump & Hop - Hopscotch
2. Skate, Skip & Gallop
3. Punch (whole body) & Kick
4. Fast Feet & Hurdles
5. Mountain climbers

Work with a Partner:

1. Back-to-Back “ball” pass – around and the over & through
2. Seated Feet-to-Feet abdominal ball pass
3. Lying Feet-to-Feet ride a bike
4. Holding Hands Squats, then open one arm, then the other

Cool Down & Stretch: It is important to cool down after exercising to prevent injury. A cool down should include about 3-5 minutes of light activity - walking, jumping jacks, bending, knee lifts, and stretching.

1. March & Climb
2. Wiggle
3. Reach for your toes, reach for the sky
4. Straddle & Butterfly
5. Make an X

Now after the kids worked out, they needed a reward…
time to make the teachers sweat!

Mrs. White and Mrs. Sero did 10 Push-ups!

Mrs. Kulikowski and Ms. McNeil did Planks for 30 seconds!  Way to Go!!!

Mrs. Krog, the Principal, did not make it to our fitness class. I  had her to a bit of Make-up work!
Push-ups in the Main Office, 3 down 7 more to go!  YOU CAN DO IT!