Since this physical fitness program cannot be completed in one week at camp the scout will need to start before they. For many scouts, the personal fitness merit badge is one of the last speed bumps or roadblocks on the journey to the eagle scout award. Stopwatch and 1mile course accessibility, alternately a 9minute course with yards marked off. Tell what questions the doctor asked about your health. Personal fitness merit badge summer camp prerequisites this year we are pleased to offer personal fitness merit badge. How the components of personal fitness relate to the scout laws and scout oath 5. Personal fitness merit badge pamphlet troop 577 wichita. This page printable pdf workbook will help boy scouts as they work on earning the personal fitness merit badge. January, 2020 requirements for the personal fitness merit badge. The need to have a balance in all four components of physical fitness d. Personal fitness merit badge requirements troop 505. The personal fitness merit badge, meanwhile, remains a requirement to earn the eagle scout rank. These worksheets include the necessary tasks and questions that are required for earning the personal fitness merit badge. Outline a comprehensive 12week physical fitness program using the results of your fitness tests.
Before doing requirements 7 and 8, complete the aerobic fitness, flexibility, muscular strength, and body composition tests as described in the personal fitness merit badge pamphlet. Personal fitness f rom m e r i t b ad ge d ot o r g resources include the personal fitness merit badge worksheet, links, and crossreferences to related badges and awards. Personal fitness merit badge is an eagle required badge and consists of a 12week physical fitness program. Any recent requests have been sent the updated pdf f. Personal fitness merit badge pamphlet printable pdf.
Personal fitness merit badge series mass market paperback january 1, 2006 3. Another good updated merit badge book for young men working towards the rank of eagle scout. They each completed the badge in 5 hours, not 5 days, not 5 weeks, not 5 months, but in 5 hours i was bit taken back when i saw the blue cards returned with the counselors signature and passed written on the card. Outline a 12week physical fitness program using the results of your physical fitness tests. This pdf include the necessary information that is required for earning the personal fitness merit badge. Looseleaf notebook with pockets preferred, or spiral 3. Personal fitness merit badge workbook this workbook can help you but you still need to read the merit badge pamphlet. Runwalk as far as you can as fast as you can in nine minutes b.
Personal fitness merit badge summer camp prerequisites. Before completing requirements 2 through 9, have your healthcare practitioner give you a physical examination, using the scout medical examination form. Personal fitness is an individual effort and desire to be the best one can be. I plan to have the first meeting on monday april 23, at 6. Personal fitness physical fitness cancer screening tests body measurement chart alcohol is a drug merit badge read news body. Use this workbook as a guide as you organize your thoughts and prepare to meet with your merit badge counselor. If meeting any of the requirements for this merit badge is against the scouts religious convictions, the requirement does not have to be done if the scouts parents and the proper religious advisors state in writing that to do so would be against religious convictions. This is a simple but effective exercise routine for any level of fitness. Personal fitness merit badge requirements requirements, worksheets, links, photos and more. Log sheet for personal fitness merit badge merit badge. To participate you must be a first class scout or higher. Part of the requirements for this badge include doing some fitness tests periodically and recording a fitness plan over a period of 12 weeks. Mar 23, 2016 pix for personal fitness merit badge chart.
Superset means you do the exercises within the set back to back with little rest in between, and then you repeat the superset. Use this pamphlet as a guide as you organize your thoughts and prepare to meet with your merit badge counselor. It consists of just four exercises, broken up into two blocks or supersets. Why preventive habits such as exercising regularly are.
Runwalk 1 mile as fast as you can sit and reach using a sitandreach box constructed according to specifications in the p ersonal fitness merit badge pamphlet, make four repetitions. The personal fitness book does not just cover the basics of physical fitness, but touches on mind, body and soul with mental and spiritual fitness to make one well rounded and healthy throughout. After your initial test, set a goal to be achieved by the end of your 12 week physical fitness program. Prepare a written project plan demonstrating the steps below, including the desired outcome. This 50 page printable pdf workbook will help boy scouts as they work on earning the personal fitness merit badge. Regardless of their current levels of personal fitness, in the twelve weeks it will take scouts to complete the athletic requirements for this merit badge, they will be in better shape, feel better about themselves, have more energy, and gain selfconfidence in their overall abilities. Personal fitness merit badge series by boy scouts of america.
Be sure your program incorporates the endurance, intensity, and warmup guidelines discussed in the personal fitness merit badge pamphlet i dont have the merit badge book, so i was wondering if anyone knew of a link when i can viewdownload the book in pdf, or if someone is kind enough to type in the text from that part of the book. The work space provided for each requirement should be used by the scout to make notes for discussing the item with his counselor, not for providing the full and complete answers. Personal fitness merit badge pamphlet created date. Before beginning your exercises, have the program approved by your counselor and parents. Record your results and identify those areas where you feel you need to improve. Merit badge worksheet is suitable for 5th 12th grade. It requires a physical and dental exam, documentation of current health issues, understanding of behaviors detrimental to health and fitness, and much more. Outline a 12 week physical fitness program using the results of your physical fitness tests. Personal fitness merit badge workbook this workbook can help you but you still need to read the merit badge pamphlet book. Haywood fitness presentation for eagle scouts personal. Prev next this is the personal fitness merit badge for scouts, lone boy scouts, and qualified venturers or.
Personal fitness merit badge troop149 arlington va. Be sure your program incorporates the endurance, intensity, and warmup guidelines discussed in the personal fitness merit badge pamphlet. A presentation for eagle scouts personal fitness merit badge that we gave to over 100 boy scouts on october 11th 2014, for the educational portion of their per slideshare uses cookies to improve functionality and performance, and to provide you with relevant advertising. How good nutrition is related to the other components of personal fitness the three components of a sound weight fat control program. Read the personal fitness merit badge book available from the. See all 14 formats and editions hide other formats and editions. Boy scouts of americapersonal fitness merit badge prezi. There are some worksheets available for this on the web, but the ones we looked at didnt really fit in with the fitness plan which lc and his merit badge cou. This is a project on paper, not a reallife project. Personal fitness merit badge pamphlet m3 fight and fitness. You must be committed to 12 straight weeks of exercising every day.
New boy scout requirements emphasize physical activity. Next steps complete the aerobic fitness, flexibility, and muscular strength tests along with the body composition evaluation as described in the personal fitness merit badge pamphlet. Pdf personal fitness merit badge worksheet coast personal fitness merit badge workbook this workbook can help you but you still need to read the merit badge pamphlet. Personal fitness merit badge series paperback january 1, 2000 3. Personal fitness merit badge coach mike verdugo judobjj 39 years the mat a competitor, coach 8 technician studied japan, russia and the united states state, national and international coaching experience past director of usa olympic development and cultural exchange program traveling teams team leader. Teaches you how to complete the twelve week fitness log along with the rest of the merit badge requirements. In the hands of an effective merit badge counselor, however, it can be more of an onramp to a lifetime of better health. Set up a time to meet with me during or before a troop meeting or at camp. A components of personal fitness b reasons for being fit in all components c what it means to be mentally healthy d what it means to be physically healthy and fit e what it means to be socially healthy. The work space provided for each requirement should be used by the scout to make notes for discussing the item with his counselor, not for. Boy scout personal fitness merit badge text needed from. Complete the aerobic fitness, flexibility, and muscular strength tests along with body composition evaluation as described in the personal fitness merit badge pamphlet. Before doing requirements 7 and 8, complete the aerobic fitness, flexibility, and muscular strength tests along with the body composition evaluation as described in the personal fitness merit badge pamphlet. Before doing requirements 7 and 8, complete the aerobic fitness, flexibility, and muscular strength tests, along with the body composition evaluation as described in the personal fitness merit badge pamphlet.
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