7th–12th Grade Fitness & Health

This high-energy class is designed to help students build strength, endurance, confidence, and lifelong healthy habits—all in a safe, encouraging, and faith-based environment. While traditional health concepts will be woven in, the main focus of this semester is hands-on fitness training and practical wellness skills.

What Students Will Do:

• Learn proper form and technique for strength training, body-weight exercises, stretching, and mobility

• Participate in guided workouts designed to improve cardiovascular endurance, flexibility, balance, and overall physical fitness

• Track personal progress and set realistic fitness goals

• Explore how nutrition, hydration, sleep, and stress management impact physical performance

• Understand how to take care of their bodies as temples of the Holy Spirit (1 Corinthians 6:19–20)

Topics & Skills Covered:

• Warm-ups, cool-downs, and injury prevention

• Functional movement training

• Core strength and stability

• Cardio circuits and interval training

• Strength workouts (bands, light weights, body-weight)

• Team challenges and partner exercises

• Basics of healthy eating and fueling the body

• Building confidence, discipline, and consistency

Class Goals:

• Encourage students to move with purpose and joy

• Teach them how to build a sustainable, healthy lifestyle

• Strengthen both body and character through hard work and teamwork

• Help students understand how physical fitness supports mental, emotional, and spiritual health

This class is active, fun, and designed to help students discover their God-given strength while developing the habits and discipline needed for lifelong wellness.

Teacher: Kim Rodriguez