PA State Standard Terminology

The definition of moderate and vigorous activity came up on a long run with Thomas a couple of weeks ago and I've been meaning to post it here.

The U.S. Dept of Education requires 150 minutes of moderate to vigorous activity per week for elementary students and 225 minutes for middle school and high school students. How many minutes do you get in?

The definitions of moderate and vigorous are below and are from the PA Dept of Education State Academic Standards for PE.

Moderate Physical Activity: Sustained, repetitive, large muscle movements (e.g., walking, running, cycling) done at less than 60% of maximum heart rate for age. Maximum heart rate is 220 beats per minute minus participant’s age.

Vigorous Physical Activity: Sustained, repetitive, large muscle movements (e.g., running, swimming, soccer) done at 60% or more of maximum heart rate for age. Maximum heart rate is 220 beats per minute minus the participant’s age. Activity makes person sweat and breathe hard.