1. Muscular Strength and Muscular Endurance
3rd-5th Grade
TEKS
3rd Grade: Lift and support his/her own weight in selected activities that develop muscular strength and endurance of the arms, shoulders, abdomen, back and legs such as hanging, hopping, and jumping. (3.3D)
4th Grade: Participate in activities that develop and maintain muscular strength and endurance and explain the difference between the two. (4.3E)
5th Grade: Match different types of physical activity with health related fitness components such as cardiovascular endurance, muscular strength
and endurance, and flexibility. (5.4C)
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2. ESSENTIAL QUESTIONS
What is the difference between muscular strength and muscular endurance?
Why do you need to have both muscular strength and muscular endurance?
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3. Word Bank
FITT Principle – key components of a physical activity plan or routine Frequency = How often
Intensity = How hard
Time = How many times/repetitions
Type = Which exercises
Muscle - tissue in the body that functions to produce force and cause motion
Muscular endurance – the ability to move your muscles, body or/and object repeatedly without getting tired
Muscular strength – the amount of force the muscle can produce, or how strong the muscle is
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4. Muscular System Review
Trapezius
Pectorals
Deltoid
Biceps
Triceps
Lattisimus Dorsi
Abdominals
Gluteus Maximus
Quadriceps
Hamstrings
Gastrocnemius
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5. Muscular strength is how strong your muscles are.

6. MUSCULAR STRENGTH Lifting a weight one time.
Picking up boxes off of the floor.
Lifting a weight one time.
Picking up lots of bags or boxes.
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7. Muscular Endurance
Muscular endurance is how long your muscles can work without getting tired.

8. MUSCULAR ENDURANCE How far or long someone can carry boxes.
How long you can hold the weight above your head.
How long or far a person can carry the heavy bags.

9. How can you improve your muscular strength and
muscular endurance?
EXERCISE
Which nutrient helps build muscles?
PROTEIN
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10. What might happen if you have very little muscular strength?
Perform the following exercises and determine which part of your body gets strengthened:
(shoulders, abdominals, or legs)
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11. Slamming a heavy Sandbell one time
Is slamming a heavy Sandbell 1 time an example of muscular strength or muscular endurance?
Muscular Strength
Possible answer: Use a lighter weight and perform more repetitions.
How can this activity be changed to a muscular endurance activity?
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12. “UP” “DOWN” Muscular endurance Continuous Push-Ups
Is performing continuous
push-ups a muscular strength or muscular endurance activity?
“DOWN”
Muscular endurance
Possible answer: Adding a Sandbell weight on their upper back/shoulder area.
Straight, flat body
90 degree elbows on “down”
Focus eyes between hands
Fingers point forward
Toes curled
Follow the cadence
How can this activity be changed to a muscular strength activity?
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13. Climbing the rope one time
Is climbing the rope one time a
muscular strength or muscular endurance activity?
How can this activity be changed to a muscular endurance activity?
Possible answer: Continuously climbing the rope up and down several times.
Muscular strength

14. Wall Sit for 1 minute Muscular endurance
Is holding a wall sit for 1 minute a muscular strength or muscular endurance activity?
Muscular endurance
Knees and shoulders against wall
Knees bent (90 degrees)
Feet apart
Teacher Note: Last exercise example

15. FITT Principle Frequency = How often Intensity = How hard
Key components of a physical activity
plan or routine
Frequency = How often
Intensity = How hard
Time = How many times/repetitions
Type = Which exercises

16. Try to do at least one hour of physical activity every day!
Frequency
Try to do at least one hour of physical activity every day!
Include more vigorous physical activity three to four days a week.
Establish a regular
60 minutes
schedule
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17. Your heart rate and breathing should increase.
Intensity
Your heart rate and breathing should increase.
Are you challenging yourself when you are performing the activity?
Be careful not do overwork yourself.
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18. the amount of time you perform the exercise
Gradually increase…
the amount of time you perform the exercise
the number of times you do the exercise
Jogging for
5 minutes continuously
Jogging for
15 minutes continuously
2 push-ups
5 push-ups
Increase the # of ___

19. What would you like to improve? Flexibility –stretching
Type
What would you like to improve?
Flexibility –stretching
Cardiovascular endurance – running
Muscular strength
Muscular endurance

20. REVIEW QUESTIONS Using Total Body Response
Students: respond by doing the exercise that represents your answer.
Example: Answer is Cardiovascular Endurance, students do jumping jacks to show their answer
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21. Which type of exercise is this activity? Cardiovascular Endurance =
JUMPING JACKS
Muscular Strength
PUSH-UPS
Flexibility
Pectoral
Stretch
Bicycling
Cardiovascular Endurance =
Jumping Jacks
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22. Which type of exercise is this activity?
Cardiovascular Endurance
JUMPING JACKS
Muscular Strength
PUSH-UPS
Flexibility
Pectoral
Stretch
Quadriceps Stretch
Flexibility =
Pectoral Stretch
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23. Which type of exercise is this activity?
Cardiovascular Endurance
JUMPING JACKS
Muscular Strength
PUSH-UPS
Flexibility
Pectoral
Stretch
Weight Lifting
Muscular Strength =
Push-ups
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24. Which type of exercise is this activity?
Cardiovascular Endurance
JUMPING JACKS
Muscular Strength
PUSH-UPS
Flexibility
Pectoral
Stretch
Curl-Ups
Muscular Strength =
Push-ups
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25. Which type of exercise is this activity? Cardiovascular Endurance =
JUMPING JACKS
Muscular Strength
PUSH-UPS
Flexibility
Pectoral
Stretch
Jump Rope
Cardiovascular Endurance =
Jumping Jacks
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26. Which type of exercise is this activity?
Cardiovascular Endurance
JUMPING JACKS
Muscular Strength
PUSH-UPS
Flexibility
Pectoral
Stretch
Sit and Reach Test
Flexibility =
Pectoral Stretch
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27. Which type of exercise is this activity? Cardiovascular Endurance =
JUMPING JACKS
Muscular Strength
PUSH-UPS
Flexibility
Pectoral
Stretch
Jogging
Cardiovascular Endurance =
Jumping Jacks

28. ESSENTIAL QUESTIONS
What is the difference between muscular strength and muscular endurance?
Why do you need to have both muscular strength and muscular endurance?
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29. Word Bank
FITT Principle – key components of a physical activity plan or routine Frequency = How often
Intensity = How hard
Time = How many times/repetitions
Type = Which exercises
Muscle - tissue in the body that functions to produce force and cause motion
Muscular endurance – the ability to move your muscles, body or/and object repeatedly without getting tired
Muscular strength – the amount of force the muscle can produce, or how strong the muscle is
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