TT4 A Resource You'll Love and Your Students Will Not

 As a physical education teacher, I had to get a little more creative this year in the classroom as many traditional games and sports were unable to be played due to this little thing going on around the world that has slightly put us in a pandemic.  So, in my phys ed class, we did workouts, students had resistance bands and yoga mats and I would lead them through a workout in class.  This quickly became a lot of work as I tried to find workouts and exercises that were reasonable and beneficial to the students.  So with a quick search, I quickly came across HASfit Youtube Channel, a handy resource that I quickly started to utilize in my class.  

This channel has been excellent for not only designing workouts if I am to lead them through it myself, but I could also play the video in class and have the students follow along directly from the video.  There are different playlists on their channel to focus on specific body parts for a workout or if you want them to be focused on weight loss or muscle building.  As mentioned in the title, I loved it for the resources it provided and the workouts it provided, my students less so as they are forced to do workouts in phys ed class and they can be challenging, but they are able to be done with their own body weight and resistance bands that were available.  

One of the nicest parts of this channel is that they also have an app! Within the app, they have their videos posted and you can watch them on your phone or Chromecast them to a TV, as well as you can favorite workouts that you like.  Each video has a little description to say how hard it is, how long it is, how many calories will be burned, what type of workout, and what muscle group it works out.  Having an app is an added bonus for those students that want to continue to exercise outside of the class or you can assign workouts if they are doing schoolwork from home.

Overall, this website and App are a wonderful resource for physical education teachers to help design or lead their students through a workout with minimal equipment needed.