IHPRA Newsletter
October 2002

Site of the month
Congratulations to Wendy Iverson and the Heavy Hoop Team.  

A recent survey conducted by the National Association of Sport and Physical Education
suggests that perceptions concerning our levels of national physical activity do not equal reality.
The survey was funded by the National Soft Drink Association.

Gerald Tirozzi, Ph.D., executive director of the National Association of Secondary School Principals notes that schools are not meeting the health and physical readiness needs of students.

USA Today reports that obesity will crush the health care system

And young people keep getting fatter

Black teenage girls' perspective

JAMA reports on rising obesity

Fitness issues in Pennsylvania

Take a look at this physical education history site developed by elementary school physical educator John Williams

Also visit the Sports History Academy Site

Taekwon Do Times published an interesting article on medicine ball training this month.  Take a look.  It's a fairly large pdf, but worth the wait.

Ebay often features some fine prints usually found under "gymnastics."  This French print appeared recently.

Declining national fitness levels threaten more than our productivity and cultural evolution.  
As the war drums beat louder, we should all be sobered by the thought of physically unprepared military personnel. 

The Echo School in Tiffen, Iowa added conditioning and dumbbells drills to their physical training last year.  
They have also trained with the med ball.  Hats off to Margaret Hurst and the Echo team.

Mormon Trail CSD Jr. High and High school physical education students recently trained with clubs and the med ball.  
Kudos to Mr. Roberts and the Mormon Trail team.

Davenport Central Turner Hall was second-to-none.
This photo was provided through the courtesy of the German American Heritage Center, Davenport, Iowa

Kettlebells are great training tools 
that were still being used in some of the German Turner Halls after WWII. 
They eventually disappeared with the Turner tradition.  
The Kettlebell has recently been reincarnated in the United States.  
David Ganulin from New York and a few others are leading the way.  
Contact him for more info.

Fox news reports on Kettlebells. 

In the April 2002 IHPRA Newsletter, we reported on growing concern in the scientific community that toxins in the environment are bending the genders of some wildlife.  The link to humans has been reported out of Europe.  Take a look.  The BBC published a similar story this month.

The Harvard School of Public Health has released findings of a study that suggests that for men, high intensity exercise combined with weight training is good medicine for reducing risk of a heart attack. Low intensity walking did not do much good. Issues of quality and quantity of exercise continue to be an ongoing debate.

Wrestling coach and physical educator Mike McGivern recently taught his Des Moines Lincoln High School students some medicine ball skills.  

Sleep Deprivation Common in U.S. Children: Report

Pumping Iron Differs Between Genders

Study: 1 in 3 Adults Has Arthritis  

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