Friday- PE

 Friday- PE

Today’s challenge is to use our imagination and be creative. Use your imagination and follow the instructions as shown below today is the action for each animal. If you find it tricky to imitate one of the animals below, you may choose one of your choice to imitate.

Animal exercises can be a part of your daily indoor routine. Put all of the following exercises in a hat and pick three animals to imitate. Do each exercise for 30 seconds, rest.

 

BEAR CRAWL 

Start on your hands and knees. Gently lift your knees 1 to 2 inches off the ground. Travel by crawling like a bear, keeping your back flat with your knees bent and close to the ground. Move forward, backward, and laterally.  

• Challenge 1: Put something on your back—textbook, can of beans, etc.—to throw off your balance.  

• Challenge 2: If you’re feeling extra strong, eliminate one leg or arm.

  CRAB WALK Start on your bottom with your hands behind your back and legs bent at the knees. Lift your bottom off the ground. Keep your belly as parallel to the ground as possible. Move forward, backward, laterally like a crab.  Challenge 1: Put something on your belly—textbook, shoe, can of beans—to balance.   Challenge 2: Add toe touches. Keeping your bottom off ground, reach a hand across to the opposite foot, repeat on other side.

  
  
  

  BUNNY HOP

  Keep two feet together and hop across the room like a bunny. This exercise will get your heart-rate up.  

  FROG JUMP

  Start in deep squat with your hands on the ground. Jump up as high as you can with your hands and feet leaving ground at the same time. Land and return to starting position. This builds strength and endurance.  

  INCHWORM

  Build strength by walking like an inchworm. Start in a standing position. Bend forward, lower your hands to ground, and keep your feet still as you walk out to a plank. From the plank, keep your hands still as you walk your feet in toward your hands.  

  ALLIGATOR CRAWL (ARMY CRAWL)

  Start on your belly, staying as low to the ground as possible. Alternate using your right arm and left leg and left arm and right leg to move forward. This builds total-body strength.  

  DINOSAUR WALK

  Knees up! Stomp like a dinosaur to release your energy. The higher you can get your knees, the better.