Fitness Nuggets

Take Control of Your Weight Loss


When it comes right down to it, the best way to burn fat is to reduce the number of calories you consume and increase your level of physical activity. If you provide less quick energy for your body in the first place, fat becomes a more likely source of fuel. This provides fat burning around the clock, not just during your workout.

You can only reduce your caloric intake so much without becoming ill, so exercise becomes important to weight loss. The more calories you burn during your workout, the more weight you will lose. So, it stands to reason that the highest calorie burning exercises will burn the most fat. If that’s your goal, you should consider intense workouts such as cross-country skiing, biking, running, jumping rope, and boxing. If none of these exercises is your cup of tea, however, they are certainly not the right fat-burning exercises for you. If you don’t like the exercise enough to do it frequently, it won’t burn more calories for you.


The trick to burning the most fat possible is to find the highest calorie-burning workout you enjoy and stick to it regularly. If you get bored easily, it makes sense to switch between exercises or to try interval training. Whatever keeps you consistently physically active for the most time will burn the most fat for you. Based on information from the Mayo Clinic, the following is a list of common exercises listed from greatest calorie burn to least.

• Jumping rope
• Tae kwon do
• Stair treadmill
• Basketball
• Football
• Jogging
• Tennis
• High impact aerobics
• Backpacking
• Ice-skating
• Racquetball
• Stationary rowing
• Cross country skiing
• Swimming laps
• Hiking
• Water skiing
• Low impact aerobics
• Downhill skiing
• Softball or baseball
• Golfing (including carrying clubs)
• Water aerobics
• Leisurely bicycling (under 10 mph)
• Tai chi
• Volleyball
• Walking
• Canoeing
• Bowling
• Ballroom dancing
• Weightlifting
• Leisurely Walking

Start at the top of the list and find the highest calorie burning exercises that work for you. Now that’s how to burn fat!

New Wikispace Updated

See my new wikispace update

Go to: http://teamnewman.wikispaces.com

All your ideas, the web page and the use of wikis, will make your students much more independent and responsible, one of our ultimate goals. If we would start these routines during the elementary grades your job would be considerably easier. Many students still need help with organizational strategies, but as with anything else, early intervention is important.

Newman's Last Stand

As we come to an end of another chapter in our digital lives, this by far has been well worth it. I can go back as far as the very first assignment opening a gmail account to bookmarking man I really enjoyed this class it taught me a whole lot on ways to implement technology in the classroom.

First, I going to develop a webpage for the Physical Education department through our school website. It will have information pertaining to assignments, rules and regulations, uniform order sheet, grading policy, course syllabus and much more, this will help cut down on making hundreds of copies to pass out to students now they'll be responsible for viewing this information online and at their own convenience.

Secondly, my wikispace need some attention I understand how it work, it just need to be dress up a little. This will be a site where students can go to and get makeup work to improve on their grade, but most importantly it will give a student the resource to view other sites related to Physical Education. Also, importing some real life action photos from class to display students efforts at hand and to see themselves having fun.

Lastly, I going to continue to work to better myself  to become more than a novice but an expert at this. Everything from podcasting, blogging, tweeting, starting a website on my own becoming versatile in all areas of technology that's where I want to end up. Using the Web 2.0 tools will increase my awareness for the digital age. I have a vision I need a little push to help me write it and make it plain.

Socially Booked

My Diigo account name is warrior2

The value of social bookmarking as we know it is ever changing the way we use technology. Coming from someone who really don't know a whole lot about it and still trying to develop some  skill for it is just remarkable. I already started to identify how my favorite bar actually works....please don't laugh. This has been a great experience in the whole realm of things continuing to keep up with the changes of the internet is qiute an adventure. As I look at ways to help my fellow colleagues I going to first ask them if they know anything about bookmarking if they do then they probably can help me if not then we should get a tutorial. Imagine all teachers getting online using these tools to improve thier lives professionally. I can see one day every teacher joining and/or forming groups using Diigo or Delicious or some other site and be totally commited to the digital age so schools can succeed all at once. Once schools are connected then students will be connected and this will change the face of education forever.

RSS FeEdS

Dealing with RSS has taught me to appreciate the usage of technology and how to engage in all its resources. This has really helped me in managing some of my favorite sites. By categorizing all my sites into one place this cuts my browsing time in half especially when it allows you to add subscriptions to Google Reader. I believe Google in the next couple of years will be the cornerstone of the internet. They have elevated the way one use the internet with all the different tools. Using RSS feeds in my content area would help teachers grow in technology as a Educator any use of technology has its benefits. We now live in digital age where our students are online daily. Through webcams and social networking sites students are more equipped with the tools to be more productive digitally. We must continue to steer them in the right direction to succeed. Some of the sites I subscribed to are sites I view alot professionally and or leisurely. At the moment the sites that were added are ESPN, Stronger-Team Blog, AAHPERD, CoachingULive which is basketball related and Youtube which is probably the most used site by anyone. There are more I like and I'll update them later.

E-Tools for Schools

Searching some of these sites were I thought quite eventful, navigating back and forth trying to find something related to my content of Physical education was very interesting. The site I had most fun with was ide@s which stands for interactive dialogue with educators across the state. This site has an array of resources which range from videos, original lessons, science related topics, news events and image ideas. One of my favorites I like very much was guides@s , using this tool would benefit one in as simply traveling across the world and viewing famous landmarks of different sports teams and Olympic stadiums. Imageidea@s was the most used resource available on this site, pictures can really speak a thousand words. With each image students can form a sports collage of some of their favorite images which can show students the different venues, demonstrations and history of some of their favorite sports or teams. The history of each image would tell when, where, why, what, and how it was created for along with how its has impacted the world of sports. They also have listed the most valuable resource of all which is AAHPERD the elite organization for Physical Educators, this site has tons of information one could use ranging from lessons, games and meeting other colleagues across the nation. Annual conferences are held all over the U.S. each year. One other site in particular I enjoyed was the e-Learning for kids, however it only goes up to 6th grade but the information given on this site in the Health Education category could give me another reference to use when looking in getting students to gain a better understanding of the human body, I love the neat illustrations it use to teach the students and the diagrams to show how each body part work. This site I would send to all my cohorts who teach K-6 they would really enjoy this site.

Googly Docs

As I read and viewed the video and article on Google Docs I like the idea on how it makes everything convenience when doing a presentation (slide show) for a school inservice, completing spreadsheets for each academic department to show progress in their content area and also uploading files to send throughout the entire school for easier viewing. Schools can benefit from decreasing the amount of paper used in the building, pushing teachers to utilize and interact online with their colleagues and posting their subjects curriculum in document form for it to be viewed by all. Teachers and administrators could raise the bar and create all documents on google docs which could change the way we use technology, in doing so each teacher must buy-in into doing this. We have the power to change the way we educate our students. By incorporating these tools in our class setting students now will feel at ease I think in using and creating better material and expressing their ideas the way they know how, and in turn it will challenge us to take a step further in teaching. I actually like how Google has taken the necessary steps in creating more resources for use in the world of technology.

The Wiki Creation Process

This was probably the most trying assignment I've done so far. First problem was remembering my password I believe I typed it 30 different times whewwww! It took me a while to figure out how to switch each page going from settings to managing wiki and back to my front page. When I realized all I had to do was go to edit and post to my wiki page. Along with my many struggles the navigation piece going from page to page gave me the hardest time sometimes it would take me to someone else's page, but my user name would still be listed at the top like it belong to me-I guess this must be the way you are allowed to switch over and edit. After while I began to see how everything work and it became a little easier to use. The educational links really guided me on what each wiki page look liked, there are some really nice wiki spaces out there. I haven't seen one geared toward Physical Education unless I didn't look hard enough but if not then I'm going to try and create one for my department and see where it may go from there. The wiki space can be beneficial in all classroom settings I think, with the proper etiquette and professionalism students can have fun with the uses of wiki and explore new ways to enhance each other pages.

Fitness Nuggets (The early bird gets the worm)

Nutrition is a very important key to living, with so many choices to make when it comes to your health everything is truly is important.  I was reading a fitness related magazine on running it was talking about the Gatorade series 1,2,3 its very popular among athletes who perform all the time. It stated "100 trillion cells" , 600 muscles, 206 bones and 22 internal organs. Each series of Gatorade is geared toward your whole body, as I read further I thought this is a really good scientific way of getting the body to really prime, refuel and recover from the rigors of competition or exercising. Hmmmmm... what about the average working Joe who just don't have the time. Let's see, start out by eating a healthy breakfast this not only refuel your body but also jump-starts your day and may even benefit your overall health. So don't skip this meal. Well what are some healthy breakfast foods:


Healthy Breakfast Foods

• Whole grains. Include whole-grain rolls, bagels, hot or cold whole-grain cereals, low-fat bran muffins, crackers, or toast.
• Low-fat protein. Include peanut butter, lean meat, poultry or fish, or hard-boiled eggs.
• Low-fat dairy. Include skim milk, low-fat yogurt and low-fat cheeses, such as cottage and natural cheeses.
• Fruits and vegetables. Include fresh or frozen fruits and vegetables, 100 percent juice beverages without added sugar, or fruit and vegetable smoothies. Choose low-sodium versions of beverages, though.

Choose one or two options from each category to round out a healthy breakfast. With this start you'll be on the right track to a better you.

My Wiki Experience

My Wiki experience in the classroom would definitely raise my level of teaching, with the amount of information available posting and editing on wiki give students a more hands on experience with student teacher interaction. For example explaining the procedure's of weight lifting would make an easy transition for students comprehending safety, the do's and dont's and any other pertinent information. Also we could list
the different types of training for certain activities; circuit training, body weight training, fartlek training and power lifting.

A blog is a sharing website that you can personalize and discuss a variation of topics people can comment or reblog your post and discuss your topic. This involves pictures, multimedia, videos, music and text. A Wiki is website that allows you to write and collaborate with others about a topic or edit someone else's to give more information of that subject and you don't have to sign up to participate. A Wiki lends more in depth information about a topic like biographies, architecture, and common history. I am excited that I learned more information about the differences between a wiki and a blog. I was scared that I wouldn't be a able to give a thorough explanation of the difference between a wiki and a blog. I was confused about the setup of a wiki and the navigation process of commenting on other blogs. I want to know more about creating a wiki page and what contributions I can give to other wiki pages.

RE: Great Concept

This is such a great concept for a blog.  I am sure your parents, students, and other educators will obtain a lot of useful information from this site.  I especially love the fitness nuggets.  As collaborators find articles of interest I am sure they will link to them.  I plan to visit often.  Have you thought about adding tips on eating healthy foods? One of my favorite sites is World's Healthiest Foods.  

Fitness Nuggets

I thought of something new I want to start doing. I thinking about giving information on fitness weekly or daily depending on how much time I have in my busy schedule. Fitness Nuggets I will call it and thier will be tidbits about nutrition and exercising. Their are millions of sites that are already doing this...Hmmm what can I do to really set myself apart from others only time will tell but I will think of something, its just the start of a new journey.

Creating Interest and Meaning

I think you hit the nail on the head by focusing on finding the right group of people who will find meaning in your blog.  As I contemplate using blogging in the classroom, I recognize that if it is not meaningful to the students and/or parent, the blog is not useful.  This has created a new focus as I consider implementing my blog.

Way to Go!

I loved the way you added videos! They will grab your students' interest!
Your color scheme is eyecatching. I will be interested to see how you use the blog as a PE teacher. I am sure you will be creative.

I agree that the step by step directions really helped. I want to set up some other blogs now as well. I have some other interests, like stamping, aerobics and films. Great way to connect.

New to Blogging

I tried several times during the past year to set up a blog.  I thought Edublog was easier, but after returning to my blank blog page, I found there are so many more edit and design features that make it simpler to dive into becoming a blogger.

Great Job!

Thanks for getting your blog setup and ready to go!

Linda

Where Amazing Happens

Hello All!

The creation process was quite time consuming. Viewing the instructional videos is where I thought helped me out alot, the step by step guidelines showed me how to go in depth with this whole thing. Upon viewing the video I had already created a blog several months ago the idea set in back then, now I'm actually going to put more time into building this blog I think it will be very useful in the long run. In order for this blog to be where I would like time is a must and a whole lot of effort have to be involved. One goal for right now is to find the right theme for my blog, what do I want to talk about, and how I can incorporate my students next year in Physical Education. Since I have an interest in sports and physical training I'm looking to steer everything in that direction just need to ponder some thoughts and  put them together. The more I think about blogging more info I find, this is a very useful tool to really communicate, people have interest and with this you must find the right group with the same interest for some reason I think that might be the hard part but I'm up for the challenge wish me luck.