Period 3 Weight Training Blog 4.3 Nutrition

This will be the first of a three week series on nutrition. We are going to take a look at what you are currently eating, why you eat that and than make some suggestions as to better ways to fuel you body for both health and athletic performance. For this weeks blog I want you to leave me a comment telling me what you ate for your last three meals. For example I am typing this at 7am on Monday and my last three meals are listed below.

Breakfast(this morning)
4 scrambled eggs with ham and spinach and a handful of almonds

Snack(last Night)
Grapes a hunk of turkey and two tablespoons of sunbutter

Dinner(yesterday)
Chicken and sundried tomato sausage, Mr. Kirk's famous grilled chicken wings, asparagus, and sweet potato fries.

Period 6 Principles of PE Blog 4.3 Nutrition

This will be the first of a three week series on nutrition. We are going to take a look at what you are currently eating, why you eat that and than make some suggestions as to better ways to fuel you body for both health and athletic performance. For this weeks blog I want you to leave me a comment telling me what you ate for your last three meals. For example I am typing this at 7am on Monday and my last three meals are listed below.

Breakfast(this morning)
4 scrambled eggs with ham and spinach and a handful of almonds

Snack(last Night)
Grapes a hunk of turkey and two tablespoons of sunbutter

Dinner(yesterday)
Chicken and sundried tomato sausage, Mr. Kirk's famous grilled chicken wings, asparagus, and sweet potato fries.

Period 7 Weight Training Blog 4.3 Nutrition

This will be the first of a three week series on nutrition. We are going to take a look at what you are currently eating, why you eat that and than make some suggestions as to better ways to fuel you body for both health and athletic performance. For this weeks blog I want you to leave me a comment telling me what you ate for your last three meals. For example I am typing this at 7am on Monday and my last three meals are listed below.

Breakfast(this morning)
4 scrambled eggs with ham and spinach and a handful of almonds

Snack(last Night)
Grapes a hunk of turkey and two tablespoons of sunbutter

Dinner(yesterday)
Chicken and sundried tomato sausage, Mr. Kirk's famous grilled chicken wings, asparagus, and sweet potato fries.

Period 8 Principles of PE Bliog 4.3 Nutrition

This will be the first of a three week series on nutrition. We are going to take a look at what you are currently eating, why you eat that and than make some suggestions as to better ways to fuel you body for both health and athletic performance. For this weeks blog I want you to leave me a comment telling me what you ate for your last three meals. For example I am typing this at 7am on Monday and my last three meals are listed below.

Breakfast(this morning)
4 scrambled eggs with ham and spinach and a handful of almonds

Snack(last Night)
Grapes a hunk of turkey and two tablespoons of sunbutter

Dinner(yesterday)
Chicken and sundried tomato sausage, Mr. Kirk's famous grilled chicken wings, asparagus, and sweet potato fries.

Period 8 Blog 4.2 Principles of PE Sleep

For this weeks blog we are going to look at your sleeping habits. If you were in my class last semester we talked about it then but with the day's being longer and summer on the horizon, it is an important topic to revisit.

Sleep

How much are you getting and what is the quality of the sleep you are getting? If you are like most teenagers, 5 hours seems to be the norm and it is cool if you can function on less. But the truth is the price you are paying for this is high and the time that is saved by cutting sleep is may end up being paid back in the form of disease.

Several studies have shown how quickly sleep deprivation effects just about every bodily system and can contribute to stress, inflammation, cancer, heart disease, and diabetes. Other studies have shown the symptoms of sleep deprivation mirror those of ADD/ADHD and can lead to a misdiagnosis in teens.

The recommended amount of sleep per night is seven to nine hours; however, most Americans average somewhere around six. Researchers found that the further away one is from getting the recommended hours of sleep, the higher their risk of obesity is.
Lack of Sleep and the Obesity Connection
Less than four hours: 73 percent risk
Five hours of sleep: 50 percent risk
Six hours of sleep: 23 percent risk


What can you do about it? Treat sleep the same way you treat your nutrition. It is almost as important. Set a time to get into bed that will allow for, at the very least, 7 hours of sleep, preferably more. Make your bedroom a cool dark sanctuary. There should be only one thing going on in your bed, sleep. Watching TV in bed is a huge hindrance to deep sleep. Get all electrical and lighted devices away from your bed. When the lights are off, you should not be able to see your hand in front of your face. Try to standardize your schedule. If you have to get up at 5am during the week, try to make your wake-up time during the weekend not stray too far from that. Sleeping in late on the weekends will reset your circadian rhythms and have you playing catch up till Wednesday of the next week. The last few tips most of you probably already know. No coffee or any caffeinated drinks late in the day. Alcohol really screws with the sleep cycle, and again late night TV stimulates the brain and makes it harder to get to sleep.


for your blog this week I want you to answer 2 questions.

1. On average, how much sleep are you currently getting?

2. What are circadian rhythms

Period 7 Blog 4.2 Weight Training Sleep

For this weeks blog we are going to look at your sleeping habits. If you were in my class last semester we talked about it then but with the day's being longer and summer on the horizon, it is an important topic to revisit.


Sleep
How much are you getting and what is the quality of the sleep you are getting? If you are like most teenagers, 5 hours seems to be the norm and it is cool if you can function on less. But the truth is the price you are paying for this is high and the time that is saved by cutting sleep is may end up being paid back in the form of disease.

Several studies have shown how quickly sleep deprivation effects just about every bodily system and can contribute to stress, inflammation, cancer, heart disease, and diabetes. Other studies have shown the symptoms of sleep deprivation mirror those of ADD/ADHD and can lead to a misdiagnosis in teens.

The recommended amount of sleep per night is seven to nine hours; however, most Americans average somewhere around six. Researchers found that the further away one is from getting the recommended hours of sleep, the higher their risk of obesity is.

Lack of Sleep and the Obesity Connection
Less than four hours: 73 percent risk
Five hours of sleep: 50 percent risk
Six hours of sleep: 23 percent risk

What can you do about it? Treat sleep the same way you treat your nutrition. It is almost as important. Set a time to get into bed that will allow for, at the very least, 7 hours of sleep, preferably more. Make your bedroom a cool dark sanctuary. There should be only one thing going on in your bed, sleep. Watching TV in bed is a huge hindrance to deep sleep. Get all electrical and lighted devices away from your bed. When the lights are off, you should not be able to see your hand in front of your face. Try to standardize your schedule. If you have to get up at 5am during the week, try to make your wake-up time during the weekend not stray too far from that. Sleeping in late on the weekends will reset your circadian rhythms and have you playing catch up till Wednesday of the next week. The last few tips most of you probably already know. No coffee or any caffeinated drinks late in the day. Alcohol really screws with the sleep cycle, and again late night TV stimulates the brain and makes it harder to get to sleep.

for your blog this week I want you to answer 2 questions.
1. On average, how much sleep are you currently getting?
2. What are circadian rhythms

Period 6 Principles of PE Blog 4.2 Sleep

For this weeks blog we are going to look at your sleeping habits. If you were in my class last semester we talked about it then but with the day's being longer and summer on the horizon, it is an important topic to revisit.


Sleep

How much are you getting and what is the quality of the sleep you are getting? If you are like most teenagers, 5 hours seems to be the norm and it is cool if you can function on less. But the truth is the price you are paying for this is high and the time that is saved by cutting sleep is may end up being paid back in the form of disease.
Several studies have shown how quickly sleep deprivation effects just about every bodily system and can contribute to stress, inflammation, cancer, heart disease, and diabetes. Other studies have shown the symptoms of sleep deprivation mirror those of ADD/ADHD and can lead to a misdiagnosis in teens.

The recommended amount of sleep per night is seven to nine hours; however, most Americans average somewhere around six. Researchers found that the further away one is from getting the recommended hours of sleep, the higher their risk of obesity is.

Lack of Sleep and the Obesity Connection
Less than four hours: 73 percent risk
Five hours of sleep: 50 percent risk
Six hours of sleep: 23 percent risk


What can you do about it? Treat sleep the same way you treat your nutrition. It is almost as important. Set a time to get into bed that will allow for, at the very least, 7 hours of sleep, preferably more. Make your bedroom a cool dark sanctuary. There should be only one thing going on in your bed, sleep. Watching TV in bed is a huge hindrance to deep sleep. Get all electrical and lighted devices away from your bed. When the lights are off, you should not be able to see your hand in front of your face. Try to standardize your schedule. If you have to get up at 5am during the week, try to make your wake-up time during the weekend not stray too far from that. Sleeping in late on the weekends will reset your circadian rhythms and have you playing catch up till Wednesday of the next week. The last few tips most of you probably already know. No coffee or any caffeinated drinks late in the day. Alcohol really screws with the sleep cycle, and again late night TV stimulates the brain and makes it harder to get to sleep.

for your blog this week I want you to answer 2 questions.
1. On average, how much sleep are you currently getting?

2. What are circadian rhythms

Period 3 Weight Training Blog 4.2 Sleep

For this weeks blog we are going to look at your sleeping habits. If you were in my class last semester we talked about it then but with the day's being longer and summer on the horizon, it is an important topic to revisit.


Sleep
How much are you getting and what is the quality of the sleep you are getting? If you are like most teenagers, 5 hours seems to be the norm and it is cool if you can function on less. But the truth is the price you are paying for this is high and the time that is saved by cutting sleep is may end up being paid back in the form of disease.

Several studies have shown how quickly sleep deprivation effects just about every bodily system and can contribute to stress, inflammation, cancer, heart disease, and diabetes. Other studies have shown the symptoms of sleep deprivation mirror those of ADD/ADHD and can lead to a misdiagnosis in teens.

The recommended amount of sleep per night is seven to nine hours; however, most Americans average somewhere around six. Researchers found that the further away one is from getting the recommended hours of sleep, the higher their risk of obesity is.

Lack of Sleep and the Obesity Connection
Less than four hours: 73 percent risk
Five hours of sleep: 50 percent risk
Six hours of sleep: 23 percent risk

What can you do about it? Treat sleep the same way you treat your nutrition. It is almost as important. Set a time to get into bed that will allow for, at the very least, 7 hours of sleep, preferably more. Make your bedroom a cool dark sanctuary. There should be only one thing going on in your bed, sleep. Watching TV in bed is a huge hindrance to deep sleep. Get all electrical and lighted devices away from your bed. When the lights are off, you should not be able to see your hand in front of your face. Try to standardize your schedule. If you have to get up at 5am during the week, try to make your wake-up time during the weekend not stray too far from that. Sleeping in late on the weekends will reset your circadian rhythms and have you playing catch up till Wednesday of the next week. The last few tips most of you probably already know. No coffee or any caffeinated drinks late in the day. Alcohol really screws with the sleep cycle, and again late night TV stimulates the brain and makes it harder to get to sleep.

for your blog this week I want you to answer 2 questions.
1. On average, how much sleep are you currently getting?
2. What are circadian rhythms

Period 8 Principles of PE Blog 4.1 Community Events

Welcome back from the break! We are in the home stretch of the school year. One of my goals as your physical education teacher is to help you to gain an appreciation for the value of a physically active lifestyle. I hope that once you leave high school and enter college or the real world, you make time for physical activity. The health benefits are obvious but there are also social and emotional benefits to regular exercise as well. We will discuss those in more detail in coming blogs.

For this weeks blog I want you to find a community activity or event that involves physical activity. Make it something you would actually like to do, for example if you hate running, do not put a 5k down for your event. There are several opportunities for physical activity right here in our own community. Put google to use and find something that you would like to participate in and list it as your comment for this weeks blog. Include the link for you event in your comment.

For example, me and my wife along with several other teachers here at Wootton are going to run the Runamuck 5k. It is a 5k trail run with obstacles and mud thrown in and it is right here in Rockville.

Period 7 Weight Training - Blog 4.1 Community Events

Welcome back from the break! We are in the home stretch of the school year. One of my goals as your physical education teacher is to help you to gain an appreciation for the value of a physically active lifestyle. I hope that once you leave high school and enter college or the real world, you make time for physical activity. The health benefits are obvious but there are also social and emotional benefits to regular exercise as well. We will discuss those in more detail in coming blogs.

For this weeks blog I want you to find a community activity or event that involves physical activity. Make it something you would actually like to do, for example if you hate running, do not put a 5k down for your event. There are several opportunities for physical activity right here in our own community. Put google to use and find something that you would like to participate in and list it as your comment for this weeks blog. Include the link for you event in your comment.

For example, me and my wife along with several other teachers here at Wootton are going to run the Runamuck 5k. It is a 5k trail run with obstacles and mud thrown in and it is right here in Rockville.

Period 6 Principles of PE - Blog 4.1 Community Events

Welcome back from the break! We are in the home stretch of the school year. One of my goals as your physical education teacher is to help you to gain an appreciation for the value of a physically active lifestyle. I hope that once you leave high school and enter college or the real world, you make time for physical activity. The health benefits are obvious but there are also social and emotional benefits to regular exercise as well. We will discuss those in more detail in coming blogs.

For this weeks blog I want you to find a community activity or event that involves physical activity. Make it something you would actually like to do, for example if you hate running, do not put a 5k down for your event. There are several opportunities for physical activity right here in our own community. Put google to use and find something that you would like to participate in and list it as your comment for this weeks blog. Include the link for you event in your comment.

For example, me and my wife along with several other teachers here at Wootton are going to run the Runamuck 5k. It is a 5k trail run with obstacles and mud thrown in and it is right here in Rockville.

Period 3 Weight Training - Blog 4.1 Community Events

Welcome back from the break! We are in the home stretch of the school year. One of my goals as your physical education teacher is to help you to gain an appreciation for the value of a physically active lifestyle. I hope that once you leave high school and enter college or the real world, you make time for physical activity. The health benefits are obvious but there are also social and emotional benefits to regular exercise as well. We will discuss those in more detail in coming blogs.

For this weeks blog I want you to find a community activity or event that involves physical activity. Make it something you would actually like to do, for example if you hate running, do not put a 5k down for your event. There are several opportunities for physical activity right here in our own community. Put google to use and find something that you would like to participate in and list it as your comment for this weeks blog. Include the link for you event in your comment.

For example, me and my wife along with several other teachers here at Wootton are going to run the Runamuck 5k. It is a 5k trail run with obstacles and mud thrown in and it is right here in Rockville.