Creating a Fitness Lab with Concept 2 Rowers

1. Need for project

The major area of need is a lack of movement, physical fitness, and very low interest in
life long wellness by most at Jordan High School. Being able to purchase these rowers will
enable us to offer our students another option in seeking a healthy lifestyle beyond physical
education. Our students are economically disadvantaged and most have never seen the inside
of a membership gym. In our state, we are very fortunate to have the physical education state
standards aligned with the national standards. They are grade level specific and rigorous.
Identified weaknesses for this group of students include program emphasis, equipment, and
lack of technology, professional development, and assessment.

2. Identify a Problem and Its Causes
Our equipment is dated, limited, and used in large part for team sports, such as soccer,
basketball and volleyball. At times, students must wait their turn to participate. The purchase
of new equipment is very limited due to lack of funds. Individual sports such as, badminton
and tennis have been brought into the program with outside loans of equipment in order to
reach state goals. The physical education program is very limited in choosing activities and
this has caused a lack of interest for students in recent years. New equipment, which is
relevant to these technology native students, will provide additional opportunities to excite
and motivate more students.
Our school is not completely technology free, in that our PE program utilizes a limited
amount of pedometers and has a one-time access to the lab to record individual Fitnessgram
assessments. We also have one class set (50) of heart rate monitors for the thousands of
students we service. Our gym is located in a building across campus from the school
computer lab, and in the PE area/facilities we do not have access to computers or internet for
study or data research. Using the Concept 2 rowers will enable us to integrate technology
using the heart rate monitors we currently have in our proposed fitness lab. Students will be
able to set goals and work toward individual fitness levels promoting healthy life styles.

3. Organizational Description

Our limited scheduling time and equipment has produced a program using a traditional
team sport focus. All 9
th
and 10
th
grade students are required to take physical education (PE).
PE is an elective for grades 11-12 in accordance with our state waiver. Only 20 percent of the
high school students are involved in extracurricular sport programs and many students dont
take the elective PE course available to them. Opening a fitness lab would make it possible to
expose all students 9-12 in an individualized fitness/wellness program which would enhance
their overall health awareness. This program would be extended to include or educate family
and community members by making the lab available to them during non-school hours.

4. Define the Solution

We are looking to purchase sixty Concept 2 Rowers (Model D) to put in our new fitness lab.
Purchasing 60 will provide us with a complete class set, ensuring that all students can actively
participate during a class period.
5. GOALS
Our goals are as follows:
a. Offer new opportunities for participation in activities which promote healthy, physically
fit life styles.
b. Offer the use of the fitness lab for high school students who cannot participate in P.E. due
to scheduling conflicts.
c. Facilitate change in our physical education program from a sport oriented curriculum to a
self-awareness oriented program.
d. As students become the planner and implementer of their own programs, their physical
fitness levels will improve as well as their attitude toward physical education
e. Improving self-esteem and confidence in students to see a change in more participation in
our school sponsored extracurricular sports programs.
f. Physical testing scores will improve and all students will pass at least one or more of the
Fitness Test.
g. Provide the community with the opportunity to work out in the fitness lab during non-
school hours.

6. Budget for Creating a Fitness Lab
Need Cost/unit Subtotal
Tax/Shipping
Cost
Total Cost Source
Rubber Flooring $2.21/sq foot $11,050 $1,022 $12,072
Rubber Flooring,
Inc
60 Rowers $1,050/rower $63,000 $5,828 $68,828 Concept 2
Money XXXXXX $73,050 $6,850 $80,900 PEP Grant

7. Evaluation and Plan for Use
Goal Objective Evaluation Instrument I nformation/Plan Time Evaluator
A.




A



A/C/D




D/E
1.




2.



1. and 2.




2. 4., 5.
PE Teacher Journal
Lesson Plans



Heart Rate Monitor
Fitness Journal


HRM
Pedometers
PM4 Monitor


Evaluation Survey
Attendance Log
Portfolio Log
Plan Book
Teacher
Observation

Fitness Lab Use
Session Activities
Pocket
Companion PC

HRM,
Pedometers and
PM4 monitor
logged for
individual student

Participate
Reaction Number
Attending
Ongoing
throughout
the year

Each
Session



Daily




Monthly
PE Teacher



Teacher




Teacher



Project
Coordinator
Teacher
F.



C.
5.



2. and 4.
Fitnessgram Testing
Program


Fitness Lab Portfolio
Unit Survey
Pre and Post
Testing


Daily Activity
Journal
Companion
Pocket PC
October
and May



Daily
Teacher
Technology
Coordinator


Teacher
D/E/F




B./G.
2. and 5.




3 and 4
Teacher Summary
Reports
Interviews
Plan Book

Attendance Log
Evaluation Survey
Personal Portfolio
Summary Reports
Attending
Training Logs
New material
acquired

Sign in sheet
Scheduled lessons
Session
Each



Session
each On-
going
Project
Coordinator
Technology
Coordinator

Technology
Coordinator
Project
Coordinator

F




4





Group Reports

Individual Fitness
Report

Fitness Testing

Pre and Post
Tests on Fitness
System

Quarterly

Fall and
Spring

Teacher






8. Objectives
1. To provide rowers to expand the PE program choices which will influence future fitness
activities.

2. Influence the movement time during PE class.

3. To offer the use of the fitness lab to students other than those taking PE.

4. To increase the number of people utilizing the room in order to improve their current fitness
level.

5. To increase the number of students reaching the healthy zone on the Fitnessgram.


9. Projected Outcomes

1. A step count taken during selected activities and measured by the use of pedometers worn by
students during the activity.

2. Recorded measurable target heart rate from the use of heart rate monitors.

3. 5% of 11-12 graders not enrolled in PE will participate in weekly workouts/lessons in the
fitness lab.

4. At least 100 individuals from the community will visit the fitness lab each week.

5. Every student will pass at least three of the six components on the Fitnessgram Test.

6. Students will develop a personalized health portfolio containing their fitness data.

7. At least 50% of the teachers will utilize the fitness lab each week.

8. At least 50% of the teachers will incorporate rowers and heart rate monitors into their
regular curriculum.

9. 75% of students will work within their target heart rate zone as measured by heart rate
monitors and the PM4 monitors on the rowers.

10. 50% of students will show increased fitness scores on the Fitnessgram monitoring software.






10. Impact

The ability to open a Fitness Lab with 60 rowers will have a major impact on our overall
physical education program. It will allow us to reach thousands of students and hundreds of
parents and/or relatives of our students who come to use the room. It will offer tremendous help
in the battle against obesity and boredom with the same old physical education unit offered at our
school. A Fitness Lab will give our students a better understanding of activities that offered
should they ever be able to have a gym membership. It will allow them to have the knowledge of
another activity that can give them a lifetime of fitness.

11. Activities and Timeline

June 2014 submit proposal to convert old wrestling room into a new Fitness Lab.

Summer 2014 - clean out the current room proposed for development of the Fitness Lab.

September 2014 - receive approval for establishing a Fitness Lab.

September 2014 summons flooring company to come out for measurement.

October 2014 order the flooring to be installed in room and schedule installation date.

October 2014 order the Concept 2 Rowers for the Fitness Lab

November 2014 flooring to be installed in the new room.

November 2014- receive rowers and schedule for a technician to assemble them.

November 2014- schedule district workers to come out to inventory all rowers with numbers.

December 2014- room should be up and running and ready to serve students.
















Center for Disease Control (CDC) Recommendations:
1) The CDC recommends that everyone participates in a
minimum of 60 minutes of physical activity every day.
2) The CDC recommends that everyone increase the
intensity of their activity (Moderate to Vigorous activity)
for at least 30 minutes a day.





















Contact Information:
Sharon Moore-Pulsifer
Jordan High School
Physical Education Teacher
smoorepulsifer@lbschools.net
(562)423-1471 ext 2432

Please contact me for any questions you may have in regards to the
upcoming implementation of Concept 2 Rowers





Rowing and Heart Monitors









Sharon Moore-Pulsifer
Rowing for Lifelong Fitness
June 2014
Cardiovascular Endurance










Things to Do:
1) Jog Slowly
2) Walk as little as possible
3) Maintain the same pace throughout the run (do not run too fast to
start)
Exercises to Help:
Running
Walking (30 minutes or more at a time)
Bike Riding
Skateboarding
Rowing *****
Swimming
Jumping a rope
****NEW FOR 2014:
We will be making a new rowing room which will house 60 Concept 2
Rowers for your classes to use. These rowers have a PM4 monitor on
them which will link with the Suunto Heart Rater monitors we have.
This is a tremendous opportunity to instruct your students in lifelong
fitness activities (especially cardiorespiratory activities) the proper
technique of rowing, and the benefits of working within ones target heart
rate zone and reaching moderate to vigorous levels of exercise
The Benefits of Rowing


Rowing is beneficial to the overall body:
It helps with cardiorespiratory endurance and muscular strength
and endurance. It is beneficial to those students who may have
joint issues or want an alternative to running. Activity level is
easily monitored with the PM4 monitor and Suunto heart rate
monitors.


Concept 2 Rower with PM4 Monitor