Swimming and physical activity

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Our swimming sports were a great success, and Aidan and Hannah from our class went on to represent the school at the Pegasus zone champs in Rangiora on March 5th.

Now we are working towards our triathlon and cross country.

How fit are you, and how fit can you get? Some of you are biking to school, which is great for building up strength and stamina.

Here's something to begin this week:
Record how fit and strong you are (same as last year). This will be baseline data to see if you improve in your fitness by the end of the term. To do this, there are two parts...

• See how far and how fast you can run non-stop (up to 3km).  Can you run for 5 minutes? 8 minutes? 12 minutes? More? How far do you go in that time? (Our running track at school is about 180m, or 3 laps of the school are about 1km.)
• How many of the fitness circuit activities can you do? Keep a log each day, including how many times you repeat, and how long it takes you. e.g.
• 20 step - ups (each side)
• Planks (prone hold) front, side, front, side ...20 seconds each
•  10 squats (3 seconds down, 3 seconds up)
• 10 push ups
• 10 knee-touches with elbow (like a sit-up)
• 20 calf-raises
• 20 leg lifts each side (kneeling position, one leg extended, raised & lowered)
• 2 lap run
• REPEAT 2-3 times

 By keeping a log, it will help to remind you to actually do it, rather than just want to get fit.

Let's see how much progress you can make.