Cool Down Necessary For Students Health Matthew Andrews
Goal: To implement a cool down to your physical education class that will improve students health and prevent injury.
Why Have a Cool Down? Returns heart rate, breathing, and body temperature to pre-activity levels Rids the body of lactic acid build-up Reduces and eliminates nausea, headaches, and dizziness Allows sweat to dissipate before students next class Students will be calmer before next class
Technology Can Help Heart rate monitor watch Treadmill Spin bike Elliptical Dartfish Now in the digital era!!!
Heart Rate Monitor Watch Purpose: To read heart rate, calories burned and time Value: Allows students to take heart rate before activity and then monitor after to return to that same level
Heart Rate Monitor Watch Sportline Solo 905 heart rate monitor Cost: $49.99 Resource:
Treadmill Purpose: Stationary machine for walking, jogging, and running at different levels Value: Allows students to cool down in a controlled environment
Treadmill NordicTrack Elite 9500 Pro Cost: $1, Source:
Spin Bike Fun way to cool down in comparison to just a regular bike Purpose: Stationary machine for lower body strengthening and resistance training Value: Allows student to adjust resistance for their needs
Spin Bike Bladez Fitness Jet GS Indoor Bike Cost: $ Resource: spinning-bikes
Elliptical Purpose: To strengthen both lower and upper body muscles as well as improve cardiovascular endurance Value: Allows students who do not enjoy running to cool down in a different way
Elliptical Horizon EX-69 Cost: $ Resource: review.toptenreviews.com
Dartfish Purpose: To record video of events with advanced settings to draw and edit Value: Can record students movement patterns in cool down physical activity to later show them how to improve and where they succeeded
Dartfish Dartfish Connect Plus Cost: $1, Resource:
In The End We are no longer in the days of walking to our destination This is a digital era with our thoughts filled with technologies Must make cool down fun and interesting for students Have to listen to students opinions Incorporating these technologies and software's will make your students want to cool down after activity