Welcome to this term's fitness journey! Over the next few weeks, we will be shifting our focus toward personal physical fitness. We will be working through NZQA Unit Standard 505: Manage personal physical fitness with guidance, which is a Level 1 topic worth 3 credits.

This standard is designed to help you take charge of your own health and fitness levels with a bit of expert guidance along the way. Here is what we will be tackling:

• Health Screening: Completing a basic health screening questionnaire (like a PAR-Q) to make sure you are safe and ready to train.

• Fitness Assessment: Using reliable testing protocols to measure at least two health-related aspects of fitness (chosen from aerobic capacity, flexibility, muscular strength, or muscular endurance).

• Planning & Goal Setting: Designing a realistic, personalised exercise plan tailored to your testing results and training principles.

• Action & Review: Implementing your training program, tracking your progress, and evaluating how well you smashed your goals.

Looking Ahead: Term 4 Overnight Hike & Camp!

We aren't just training for the credits, we are training for adventure! We will be using this fitness block as vital preparation for our upcoming overnight hike and camp in Term 4. Building up your aerobic capacity and muscular endurance now will ensure you can carry your pack with ease and fully enjoy the great outdoors.