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Strength, Conditioning & Fitness

Course Description

The Strength & Conditioning course meets the requirements of one-half credit for physical education or can be taken for one-half elective credit. Routines consist of a weight-training program of five different levels. The focus is to improve an athlete’s power, strength, flexibility, mobility, muscular endurance, and agility by stressing technique and attention to detail. This class should be taken for consecutive semesters to obtain maximum benefits.

Fundamental techniques in strength training, cardiovascular training, stretching, and speed and agility will be taught through this course. Formative and summative assessments documenting individual progress will be used to evaluate student performance.  Strength training increases metabolic rate, increases or restores bone density, and improves lean muscle mass, strength, and endurance. Strength training has been shown to enhance athletic performance, as well as improve one's quality of life. Using proper safety procedures, students will perform core, power, and auxiliary weight training techniques to work towards these benefits. The goal of the Strength & Conditioning course is to prepare all students for a physically active lifestyle.

Grade Level(s): 9th-12th grades

Related Priority Standards (State &/or National):  Missouri Grade-Level Expectations - Physical Education & SHAPE American National Physical Education Standards

Essential Questions

  • What different ways can the body move, given a specific purpose?
  • How can we move effectively and efficiently?
  • What can we do to be physically active and why is this important?
  • Why is it important to demonstrate responsible personal and social behavior?
  • How will physical activity help us now and in the future?

Enduring Understandings/Big Ideas

  • Students will demonstrate competency in motor skills and movement patterns needed to perform a variety of physical activities.
  • Students will demonstrate an understanding of movement concepts, principles, and strategies as they apply to the learning and performance of physical activities.
  • Students will participate regularly in physical activity.
  • Students will incorporate fitness and wellness concepts to achieve and maintain a health-enhancing level of physical fitness.
  • Students will exhibit responsible personal and social behavior that respects self and others in physical activity settings.
  • Students will choose physical activity for health, enjoyment, challenge, self-expression, and/or social interaction to sustain a physically active lifestyle.

Course-Level Scope & Sequence (Units &/or Skills)

Unit 1: Motor Skills and Performance

  • Students will learn about kinesiology, the musculoskeletal system, core, power, and auxiliary weight training techniques. Students will learn to navigate the weight room with confidence.
  • Students will learn proper spotting, lifting, and warm up techniques. Students will learn the importance of goal setting while creating individualized workouts. 
  • Students will demonstrate competency in motor skills and movement patterns needed to perform a variety of physical activities.

Unit 2: Concepts and Strategies

  • Students will learn about kinesiology, the musculoskeletal system, core, power, and auxiliary weight training techniques. Students will learn to navigate the weight room with confidence.
  • Students will learn proper spotting, lifting, and warm up techniques. Students will learn the importance of goal setting while creating individualized workouts.
  • Students will demonstrate an understanding of movement concepts, principles, and strategies as they apply to the learning and performance of physical activities.

Unit 3: Physical Activity and Participation

  • Students will learn about kinesiology, the musculoskeletal system, core, power, and auxiliary weight training techniques. Students will learn to navigate the weight room with confidence.
  • Students will learn proper spotting, lifting, and warm up techniques. Students will learn the importance of goal setting while creating individualized workouts.
  • Students will participate regularly in physical activity.

Unit 4: Responsible Personal and Social Behavior

  • Students will learn about kinesiology, the musculoskeletal system, core, power, and auxiliary weight training techniques.
  • Students will learn to navigate the weight room with confidence.
  • Students will learn proper spotting, lifting, and warm up techniques. Students will learn the importance of goal setting while creating individualized workouts.
  • Students will incorporate responsible personal and social behavior to achieve and maintain a health-enhancing level of physical fitness.

Unit 5: Benefits of Physical Acitivity and Community Building

  • Students will learn about kinesiology, the musculoskeletal system, core, power, and auxiliary weight training techniques.
  • Students will learn to navigate the weight room with confidence.
  • Students will learn proper spotting, lifting, and warm up techniques.
  • Students will learn the importance of goal setting while creating individualized workouts.
  • Students will choose physical activity for health, enjoyment, challenge, self-expression, and/or social interaction to sustain a physically active lifestyle.

Date Last Revised/Approved:  2022