Monday, February 2, 2009

Aerobic Conditioning at SJHS

Abi Santiago
SJHS Staff Writer

Aerobic Conditioning is a fitness class where you work on your strength. The two teachers who teach this semester are Ms. Carrie Parker and Mrs. Katie Abrams. Ms. Parker teaches it first period and Mrs. Abrams teaches it fifth period. “I love to teach it! I love all the fitness classes that I teach,” Ms. Parker said.

In aerobics, students do a lot of work outs and they also work on their flexibility or stretching. They do steps, kick boxing, and for four to five minutes they do a warm up jog. “We do really good work outs, I like having it first period because it keeps me awake,” Leksi Rosenberg, an eighth grader in Ms. Parker’s first period Aerobics class, said.

At the beginning of the semester, the students do one exercise for two weeks. Then at the middle of the semester, they started to alternate everyday. “It gets my heart pumpin! We can chillax, but only a little. It’s pretty much an amazing class,” Erik Young, an eighth grader in Ms. Parker’s first period aerobics class, said. A new semester just started, which means new students get the exerience of Aerobic Conditioning.