Kinesiology 2962A/B Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Heat Illness, Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy, Bone Density

• School: Western University
• Department: Kinesiology
• Course: Kinesiology 2962A/B
• Professor: Dean Lowrie

Document Summary

Fitt not set structure (180 minutes/day, 4-5y = 60 min/play) Infants should be physically active daily as a part of supervised indoor and outdoor experiences. Activities could include tummy time, reaching and grasping, pushing and pulling, and crawling. Vigorous 3 times/week: example: soccer, baseball, skiing, going to assume 60 minutes. Strengthen muscles and bones: example: jungle gym, jumping, climbing, gymnastics(?) Children should be physically active daily as part of play, games, sports, transportation, recreation and physical education: remember that not kids like sports; just need it to be fun and caters to everyone. For those who are physically inactive, increasing daily activity towards the recommended levels can provide some health benefits. Strength training is unsafe for children (fiction) Children will experience bone plate damage (fiction - overall) Children can"t increase their strength because not enough testosterone (fiction) T 1-2 sets (up to 4); 8-12 reps. T full body; advanced moves (proper technique, gradual progression, complex coordinated movements broken down, plyometrics)