Are you FITTE?
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form on a regular basis, so do your best not to give it a chance to do so. There are a variety of options for variation. You can change it daily, you can mix steady cardio to high intensity interval training cardio. You can change the resistance training movement, the order, the rep Everyone wants to be FIT, Ä[ULZZ YLNPTLU 0M `V\»YL scheme and set number. but not everyone under- doing nothing right now, You can vary the hiking Z[HUKZ [OL ILULÄ[Z VM ILPUN I urge you to do at least routes each time you go for FITTE. The FITTE principle three days per week. This is a hike. The possibilities are has been a long-term com- a great start and allows for endless. ponent of personal training an every other day schedEnjoyment is critical. ule. and coaching for years. Even though it’s the last Intensity PZ [OL KPMÄ- variable, I feel it is the The FITTE principle is used to help keep you mov- culty level at which you overarching component. ing forward and making are exercising. This can 0M `V\ KVU»[ SPRL H ZWLJPÄJ progress. I know, you’re in be measured by perceived type of activity, then you’re the dark and have no clue exertion level on a scale less likely to stick with it. what I’m talking about, so of 1-10, one being ex- (S[OV\NO [OL ILULÄ[Z VM tremely easy and 10 being Pilates training are great, let me explain. extremely hard. It can also I’m not going to stick with F — Frequency be measured by heart rate it long term and therefore I — Intensity percentage. T — Time don’t make that a staple of Time is the amount of my routine. I still must inT — Type allotted time per workout corporate some of it in for E — Enjoyment By varying and chang- or per week. I like to use [OL ILULÄ[Z ing these components, one workout time per week. One doesn’t have to do can keep the results com- Let’s say you’re going to Olympic lifting if one just ing and the stagnation at dedicate two hours per doesn’t care for it, but bay. So let’s jump in and week to your routine split [OLYL HYL NYLH[ ILULÄ[Z get educated, because ed- up over three days, or ap- [V [OL SPM[Z ;OL RL` PZ ÄUK ucation is motivation, and proximately 40 minutes something you like, make now is the time to get mo- per bout of activity. that the staple and sprinkle Type refers to the mode some of the others around tivated with summer right of exercise. The key here that cornerstone. around the corner. Frequency is how many is to change it and keep Get FITTE, Ramona, and times per week you’re go- it fresh. Our bodies adapt start on your path to being ing to dedicate to your to the movements we per- you, only better.
Ramona High freshman football signups Ramona High School will hold freshman football signups at Olive Peirce Middle School all day on Monday, March 17. This is the annual visit where coaches meet with all eighth-grade boys throughout the day, said RHS head football coach and Athletic Director Damon Baldwin. J
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Eighth-grade boys interested in playing football next year may contact Baldwin at dbaldwin@ramonausd.net. Parents are invited to go to classroom E-18 after 10:30 a.m. and anytime after school at 2:15 p.m. Information about freshman football signups, summer camp, lift-a-thon and the ninth-grade season will be available.
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RHS Counselors (by student’s last name) Jim Plum (A, T-Z) jplum@ramonausd. net, 760-787-4009 Andres Martin (B, O-S) amartin@ramonausd.net, 760-787-4023 Toccara Best (C, K-N) tbest@ramonausd. net, 760-787-4028 Ave Williams (D-J) awilliams@ramonausd.net, 760-787-4026
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for current eighth- and ninth-graders, noted Toccara Best, lead counselor at RHS. “Please contact your child’s counselor to set up a meeting. If you are not able to attend on the 20th or your child’s JV\UZLSVY ÄSSZ \W ZLL PM [OLYL PZ HUV[OLY time that will work, but keep in mind that counselors have limited availability during the month of March due to classroom presentations and lab registration.