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Case Study: Children and Youth

Ms. Case Study-Youth is a 14-year-old high school student who weighs 58 kg and is 157.5 cm tall. She is an apparently healthy girl who recently had a significant reduction in her physical activity level and started to gain weight. She was a gymnast through middle school but because of the excessive time commitment to compete at a high level, she decided not to continue gymnastics as she entered high school. Due to her previous experience in sport, she is considered physically literate and has a decent movement vocabulary. She spends most of her time hanging out with friends and using electronic devices. Ms. Case Study-Youth recently started running 15 minutes per day with her father after school and hopes to join the cross country team in the fall. As part of her physical education curriculum, she recently participated in the FITNESSGRAM test battery. Her results are listed below:

FITNESSGRAM Assessment	Score	Healthy Fitness Zone Classification
PACER	20 laps	Not in Healthy Fitness Zone
Push-ups	10 push-ups	In Healthy Fitness Zone
Curl-ups	45 curl-ups	In Healthy Fitness Zone
Back-Saver Sit and Reach	12 inches	In Healthy Fitness Zone
Body Composition (BMI)	23.4 kg · m−2	Not in Healthy Fitness Zone

She hopes to be classified as in the Healthy Fitness Zone for all components of health-related fitness by the end of the year assessment. Ms. Case Study-Youth plans to improve her aerobic capacity and body composition over the next few months as well as maintain her muscular fitness (strength, endurance, and flexibility). She enjoys being social with her friends, so she is looking to participate in group activities.

Case Study: Children and Youth Questions

1.   What is Ms. Case Study-Youth’s ACSM risk classification?

2.   What type of aerobic exercise test would you have her complete (maximal vs. submaximal)? What mode is ideal? What other assessments would you complete on her and why?

3.   Using the FITT principle, prescribe 4 week a physical activity program that will help Ms. Case Study-Youth improve her aerobic fitness. Please justify all components of the FITT principle.

4.   Suggest bone and muscle strengthening activities for Ms. Case Study-Youth to participate in as part of her exercise prescription. How do you think her gymnastics experience impacted her muscle and bone strength, and why is this experience beneficial in regard to starting a muscle and bone strengthening program?

5.         What strategies could be used to reduce the amount of time that Ms. Case St

Answer 1

Answer 2- some of the best aerobic exercise she should perform are walking ,jogging,cycling ,aerobic dance ,jumping because all these aerobic exercise increase the respiratory and cardiovascular system functions and supply more clean air and purify them and also increase the blood supply to the complete body.

Answer 3- FITT principal stands for frequency, intensity,time and type. FITT principal for strength program should contain heavy weight that s high resistance with low repititions .

start the aerobic exercise with a warm up session for 15 minutes . Warm up exercises should be like slow walking,slow jogging,hip circles because this would enhance the blood circulation so that you can easily do the exercises. Then start the exercise with the session of 30 minutes or minimum session of 15 minutes.

Frequency should be minimal in the starting phase,interval between 2 sets should be 5-7 minutes,time for one exercise period should be 10 minutes and repitions should be 2-3 sets.

Answer 4- bone strength should be done by weight bearing exercises and muscle strenthing should be done by resistance training.  

As she was a gymnastics earlier,she would have done with the resistance and weight bearing exercises which will help him in doing these exercises easily this time.