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Assessing My Fitness Level (Being the Best I Can Be) Lesson PlanAssessing My Fitness Level (Being the Best I Can Be) Lesson Plan
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9th - 12th
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Assessing My Fitness Level (Being the Best I Can Be)

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Young scholars analyze the five components of physical fitness: cardiovascular endurance, muscular strength, muscular endurance, flexibility, and body composition. They monitor heart rates, calculate target heart ranges, and assess levels of fitness.

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flexibility, the cardiovascular system, human body systems, muscular endurance, the muscular system, muscular strength, body composition

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body composition, cardiovascular endurance, flexibility, muscular endurance, muscular strength, Physical Fitness, health

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