the youth fitness adventure
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The Youth Fitness
Adventure
Brett KlikaIDEA Personal Trainer of the
Yearwww.spiderfitkids.com
Choose an Adventure
1. Choose a premise or theme
2. Define the basic movement strategies• Stationary Movement Control (SMC)• Locomotion (L)• Coordinative and Manipulative Skills (CMS)
3. Create a story with exercise
JOURNEY TO THE PLANET BOOGER
1. Simon says (MCS)
2. Battle buddy
3. Jumping Jacks w/ lasers
(MCS)
4. Squats (SMC)
5. Crawls (L)
6. Flight training (airplanes)
MCS
7. Sit ups (SMC)
8. Rolls (L)
9. Standing planks (SMC)
10. Skips (L)
11. Push-ups (SMC)
12. Crab walks (L)
13. Swimmers (SMC)
Cadet Training
Travel to Planet Booger
1. Flight to Planet Booger• Sit-ups
o Regular: “Engage thrusters”o Side to side: “Asteroid field”
2. Escape Crash• Crawl to “safe” location
Explore the Planet
1. Check out Aliens• Partner skip and report back
2. Alien attack• 5 jumping jacks, 3 laser shots
(repeat)
1. Swim the sloggy swamp (swimmers)
2. Climb snot mountain (4 point crawl)
3. Under-over logs (squats)
4. Slide through crevice (shuffles on line)
5. Cross the drawbridge (agility ladder)
6. Hop the rocks (jump cone to cone)
7. Over the biting ephalumpasor (Lateral crab
walks)
Adventure Across Planet
9. Hiding from the scissorexamus (Movement
exploration)
10. Airplane course (cone agility)
11. Alien attack (shark island)
Repeat in reverse!
Adventure Across Planet
1. Relay (fight the aliens)• Skip• Run• Shuffle
Back to the Ship
1. Sit Ups
• Regular: “Engage thrusters”
• Side to side: “Asteroid field”
Journey Back to Earth
The End
• Works best with 6-8 year olds
• Incorporate basic props, etc.
• Some limited application with older kids
• Not every day, use as a novelty or reward
• Change the premise to match current trends, etc.
Thank YouBrett Klika
www.spiderfitkids.com
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