Haunted Fitness Fun!

3 years ago I finally took a scary leap, and created something I had talked about and wanted to do for years... I created a Haunted Obstacle/Fitness Course in the gym for my P.E. classes.  It was absolutely amazing! And now it is an official Goodrich PE Tradition. 

The kids have asked me all October when we were going to do the Haunted Obstacle course.  So the two days leading up to Halloween it was finally time!  With the help of our amazing Custodian, Mr. Ortiz, to black out the windows of the gym, I am able to create a spooky environment for the kids to move in.  Each year it is roughly the same course, but I have added/changed out one part of it to try new things and see what works the best - plus I want to keep something a little bit of a mystery for the students!

We wear our pedometers and have a step goal to reach during the class period, so the movement is constant!  However, the real message I am trying to get across to our students is that FITNESS CAN BE FUN!  We ran the mile last week, and there are about 10 kids in the school that actually "like" doing that.  But during this fitness course, your steps almost reached the same amount you would get during the mile, and you had a blast doing it!

Now to come up with a new idea for next year's course...