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Active Rest Day-
An active rest day is a break from your usual training, and it often involves focusing on different types of movement, low-impact training, or other forms of recovery. If you’re a heavy lifter, your active rest day may include a low-intensity walk to stretch your legs.

Martin Luther King Day-
Here are some lesser-known facts about Martin Luther King Jr.: 

Birth nameHis birth name was Michael King Jr., but his father changed it to Martin Luther when he was five years old. The name change was to honor a leader of the German Protestant church. 

CollegeKing started college at age 15 after skipping two grades in high school. He enrolled at Morehouse College, the only college in the world at the time that only admitted African-American men. 

Nobel Peace PrizeKing won the Nobel Peace Prize in 1964 at the age of 35, making him the youngest male to ever win the award. He donated all of the money he received for the prize. 

GrammyKing won a Grammy in 1970 for Best Spoken Word Album for “Why I Oppose The War In Vietnam”. The album was recorded from a sermon he gave in 1967. 

Assassination attemptsKing survived at least one assassination attempt. In 1958, a mentally ill woman stabbed him with a seven-inch blade while he was signing copies of his book Stride Toward Freedom in Harlem. 

Other factsKing was a billiards fan, a Trekkie (Start Trek fan), and was arrested more than 25 times. He also wrote five books. 

Can Fitness Levels Effect your Education?

Over and over we talk about how living healthy can make you a more productive member in society.  A healthy employee is a better employee.  What about students?  Can it be true that a healthy student makes a better student?  Can it be true that fitness can indeed help your GPA?  The following article following this discussion conducted by the Department of Kinesiology, Recreation, and Sport Studies at University of Tennessee, Knoxville says yes.  California requires students to pass the “FitnessGram” in high school.  This is a battery of physical tests that students are asked to perform to show where they stand in physical Fitness.  Students are tested in Each of the following areas:

1.  Aerobic Capacity
2.  Muscular Endurance
3.  Muscular Strength
4.  Flexibility
5.  Body Composition

Passing the “FitnessGram requires a student to pass 4/5 exams to be considered in the Healthy fitness Zone.  The University of Tennessee has proven that the more tests one performs better on the better the student will perform on academic standardized tests (ie STAR testing).  In other words students who were in the Healthy Fitness Zone scored better on Academic Tests.
It seems to me that if we looked at PE in a way that it is actually an academic learning tool we may see it as more important.  Though it is only a Graduation requirement and not a college requirement shouldn’t we lay more importance on its true purpose?  With obesity a problem like never before in our nation,  why is it that we only require the minimum years of PE to graduate.  We now know that PE can not only help ones help but one’s academic achievement as well.

Read the Full Study Here

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