Lifetime of Fitness
and Wellness
The Physical Education Program
is directed to the twin goals of Lifetime Fitness and Lifetime Wellness.
Lifetime of Fitness
The Lifetime Fitness goal is attained through the 39 course offerings
in 6 different areas of:
- Aquatics
- Calisthenics/Fitness
- Lifetime Activities
- Outdoor Activities
- Rhythm & Dance
- Wellness
Aquatics
- Hydroslimnastics
- Lifeguarding
- Scuba Diving
- Swimming
- Water Aerobics
- Water Safety Instruction
- Water Shape- Up
Individual Activities
- Beginning Bowling
- Cross- Country Skiing
- Beginning Tennis
- Golf
- Racquetball
Calisthenics/Fitness
- Self Defense
- Shape-Up
- Volleyball
- Walkercize
- Weight Training
Outdoor Activities
- Backpacking, Camping, Hiking
- Bicycling
- Canoeing
- Fly Fishing
- Project Adventure
- Rowing
- Sailing
Rhythms & Dance
- Aerobics
- Ballroom, Folk, & Square Dancing
- Beginning Figure Skating
- Clowning
- Step Aerobics
Wellness
- Career Wellness
- First Aid/ CPR
- Multicultural Wellness
- PE for the Elementary Teacher
- Smoking Cessation
- Stress Management
- Wellness
- Wellness for the Maturing Adult
- Wellness for Women
- Wellness/ Fitness for Life
Benefits of Exercise
- Improve self image
- Reduce body fat
- Improve strength
- Increase endurance
- Reduce cholesterol
- Sleep better
- Slows aging
- More energy
- Relieves stress
- Boosts alertness
- Improves memory
- Study better
- Perform cognitive tasks at peak levels
- Fewer illnesses
Lifetime of Wellness
The lifetime wellness goal is attained through lectures,
portfolios, conferences, fairs, projects and outside events in the
5 dimensions of wellness.
Spiritual
- Altruism
- Community
- Cultural Differences
- Love
- Meaning and Purpose of Life
- Simple Random Acts of Loving and Kindness
- Volunteering
- Weekly Spiritual Goals
- You are Special Cards
Physical
- Benefits of Exercise
- Body % Test
- Dental Health
- Diet Assessments
- Exercise Guidelines
- Fat Grams
- Fiber Grams
- Fitness Test
- Flexibility Test
- Health Assessment
- Smoking
- Target Heart Rates
- Weekly Fitness Goals
- Water Intake
Intellectual
- Alcohol/ Drug Abuse
- Mind/Body Connection
- Go to a special St. Rose event: Art, English, Music, & other
events (shows, plays, concerts, guest lecturers, etc.)
- Hardiness- 3 "C"'s
- Thinking beyond the boundaries
- Weekly "Positive Thinking" Goals
Emotional
- Assess individual stress levels
- Career Wellness
- Counseling
- Identify major stressors
- Identify techniques to reduce stress
- Finding opportunities in stress
- Resumeé Writing
- Weekly stress management goals
Social
- AIDS
- Campus Safety
- Conflict resolution
- Implement student class support groups
- Value of social support
- Weekly behavior modification goal
Exercise Reduces
- The risk of dying prematurely.
- The risk of dying from heart disease.
- The risk of developing high blood pressure.
- Blood pressure in people who already have high blood pressure.
- The risk of developing colon cancer.
- Feeling of depression and anxiety.
- Helps control weight.
- Helps build and maintain healthy bones, muscles, and joints.
- Helps older adults become stronger and better able to move about
with out falling.
- Promotes psychological well-being.
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Course Offerings
The Physical Education Department offers a wide variety of lifetime
activities in its curriculum as well as strong emphasis on lifetime
wellness. Some of the courses the Physical Education Department
offers are:
- Aerobics
- Aquatics
- Ballroom, Folk, and Square Dance
- Beginning Bowling
- Beginning Figure Skating
- Beginning Tennis
- Bicycling
- Camping, Hiking, Backpacking
- Canoeing
- Career Wellness
- Cross Country Skiing
- Clowning
- First Aid/CPR
- Fly Fishing
- Golf
- Hydroslimnastics
- Lifeguarding
- Multicultural Wellness
- PE for the Elementary Teacher
- Project Adventure
- Rowing
- Racquetball
- Sailing
- Scuba Diving
- Self Defense
- Shape-Up
- Smoking Cessation
- Step Aerobics
- Stress Management
- Volleyball
- Walkercize
- Water Aerobics
- Water Safety Instruction
- Water Shape-Up
- Weight Training
- Wellness
- Wellness/Fitness for Life
- Wellness for the Maturing Adult
- Wellness for Women
The College
of Saint Rose Institutional Goal
To provide opportunities and institutional resources for the social,
intellectual, cultural, spiritual, and physical development of all
students.
"A person can not do right in one
department of life while attempting to do wrong in another department.
Life is one indivisible whole. It is inter-related. You affect one
thing it affects something else."
— Gandhi
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