KS3 · Physical education · Year 8
Aerobic exercise in action
Health and wellbeing: long term benefits of physical activity through circuits
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Your learning goal
I can perform aerobic exercise and understand how this can improve different components of fitness.
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What you’ll learn
I can perform aerobic exercise and understand how this can improve different components of fitness.
Key learning points
- Move: aerobic exercise requires low intensity movement for a sustained amount of time (at least 20 minutes).
- Move: aerobic exercise can include running, cycling, swimming and rowing.
- Think: regular aerobic exercise is often used to improve cardiovascular and muscular endurance.
- Feel: a steady pace is best when doing aerobic exercise to avoid fatigue too early in the training session.
- Connect: supporting others regardless of their aerobic fitness helps to motivate them to complete all activities.
Words to know
- aerobic exercise
- exercise using oxygen, usually done for longer periods of time (e.g. long distance running)
- cardiovascular endurance
- the ability of the heart, lungs and blood to transport oxygen during sustained exercise
- muscular endurance
- the ability of a muscle or muscle group to undergo repeated contractions, avoiding fatigue
Common mistakes
Pupils think aerobic training is only relevant for endurance athletes like long distance runners.
Aerobic training is useful for any athletes that play sports that last longer than 20 minutes, e.g. rugby, netball football, hockey.
For parents, carers and teachers
- Activities like step ups or skipping could be used to achieve the same aerobic outcomes if you do not have the suggested equipment.