Personal Fitness Merit Badge Summer Camp Prerequisites Checklist (Page 2 of 2) in pdf

Personal Fitness Merit Badge

Summer Camp Prerequisites

Scout’s Name ____________________________ Troop # _________ Week # _________

Leaders Initial

Prerequisite

Do the following:

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Before completing requirements 2 through 9, have your health-care

practitioner give you a physical examination, using the Scout medical

examination form. Describe the examination. Tell what questions the

doctor asked about your health. Tell what health or medical

recommendations the doctor made and report what you have done in

response to the recommendations. Explain the following:

Why physical exams are important

Why preventive habits (such as exercising regularly) are

important in maintaining good health, and how the use of

tobacco products, alcohol, and other harmful substances can

negatively affect your personal fitness

Diseases that can be prevented and how

The seven warning signs of cancer

The youth risk factors that affect cardiovascular fitness in

adulthood

Have a dental examination. Get a statement saying that your teeth have

been checked and cared for.

Before doing requirements 7 and 8, complete the aerobic fitness, flexibility,

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muscular strength, and body composition tests as described in the Personal

Fitness merit badge pamphlet. Record your results and identify those areas where you

feel you need to improve.

7. Outline a comprehensive 12-week physical fitness program using the results of your

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fitness tests. Be sure your program incorporates the endurance, intensity, and warm-up

guidelines discussed in the Personal Fitness merit badge pamphlet. Before beginning

your exercises, have the program approved by your counselor and parents.

8. Complete the physical fitness program you outlined in requirement 7. Keep a log of

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your fitness program activity (how long you exercised; how far you ran, swam, or

biked; how many exercise repetitions you completed; your exercise heart rate; etc.).

Repeat the aerobic fitness, muscular strength, and flexibility tests every two weeks and

record your results.

I, _______________________________, have completed the prerequisites for Personal Fitness

Merit Badge.

Scout’s Signature ______________________________________ Date: _______________

Leader’s Signature _____________________________________ Date: _______________

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