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    FITNESS HOMEWORK - Get Off The Couch!: Did You Know????

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    This document discusses the negative effects of excessive screen time and sedentary behavior among kids and teens. It notes that kids aged 8-18 spend an average of 4 hours per day in front of screens not including schoolwork. Too much TV watching is linked to increased snacking and consumption of unhealthy advertised foods. In addition, high amounts of TV take away from physical activity time and can lead to laziness. The document then proposes a "Couch Potato Workout" that incorporates exercises during TV commercial breaks to get both exercise and entertainment simultaneously. Participants are asked to do pushups, situps, and other moves during ads over 3 workout sessions that week.

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    This document discusses the negative effects of excessive screen time and sedentary behavior among kids and teens. It notes that kids aged 8-18 spend an average of 4 hours per day in front of screens not including schoolwork. Too much TV watching is linked to increased snacking and consumption of unhealthy advertised foods. In addition, high amounts of TV take away from physical activity time and can lead to laziness. The document then proposes a "Couch Potato Workout" that incorporates exercises during TV commercial breaks to get both exercise and entertainment simultaneously. Participants are asked to do pushups, situps, and other moves during ads over 3 workout sessions that week.

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    This document discusses the negative effects of excessive screen time and sedentary behavior among kids and teens. It notes that kids aged 8-18 spend an average of 4 hours per day in front of screens not including schoolwork. Too much TV watching is linked to increased snacking and consumption of unhealthy advertised foods. In addition, high amounts of TV take away from physical activity time and can lead to laziness. The document then proposes a "Couch Potato Workout" that incorporates exercises during TV commercial breaks to get both exercise and entertainment simultaneously. Participants are asked to do pushups, situps, and other moves during ads over 3 workout sessions that week.

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    FITNESS HOMEWORK - Get Off The Couch!: Did You Know????

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    Zara Calloway
    This document discusses the negative effects of excessive screen time and sedentary behavior among kids and teens. It notes that kids aged 8-18 spend an average of 4 hours per day in front of screens not including schoolwork. Too much TV watching is linked to increased snacking and consumption of unhealthy advertised foods. In addition, high amounts of TV take away from physical activity time and can lead to laziness. The document then proposes a "Couch Potato Workout" that incorporates exercises during TV commercial breaks to get both exercise and entertainment simultaneously. Participants are asked to do pushups, situps, and other moves during ads over 3 workout sessions that week.

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    Name:______________________Period:______Date:______

    FITNESS HOMEWORK – Get off the Couch!


    Did you know????
    o Kids and teens ages 8-18 spend an average of 4 hours a day in front of some type of screen media
    (T.V., DVDs, Computer, etc.) Not counting school work.
    o The more T.V. you watch the more likely you are to snack.
    ▪ The average person consumes almost 200 extra calories for every hour of T.V. watched!
    o Advertisers use kid/teen programming to promote fast food restaurants and many other extremely
    unhealthy foods. (Which makes you more likely to want them)
    o Too much television takes away from valuable physical activity time, which over time will get you
    into a lazy routine and you will never want to workout!

    On average how much television do you watch per day? ____________(Be honest)

    Why do you think a lot of teenagers spend so much time watching television of in front of the computer?
    Explain your answer.
    _____________________________________________________________________________________
    _____________________________________________________________________________________
    _____________________________________________________________________________________
    _____________________________________________________________________________________

    Here is an idea to get both, T.V. and Exercise – The Couch Potato Workout

    Here is what you do:


    1. Choose a show
    2. Watch it
    3. During each commercial break do an exercise (there will be at least 3)

    Here is your workout:

    DO as many reps as you can during the commercials for each exercise
    Commercial #1 – Incline Push Ups (feet on the couch, hands on the floor)
    Commercial #2 – Regular Push Ups
    Commercial #3 – Decline Push Ups (hands on the couch, feet on the floor)
    Commercial #4 – Curl ups
    Commercial #5 – Sit ups (Chest touches your knees)
    Commercial #6 – Chair Dips (hands on the edge, dip down until you but almost touches the floor and
    back up)
    Repeat

    DO this work out 3 times on 3 different days – Check off each day and write in your reps
    COMPLETE FOR 3 DAYS DURING THE WEEK OF APRIL 13-17th
    Day 1 Incline PU ____ Day 2 Incline PU ____ Day 3 Incline PU ____

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