Personal Fitness
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![]() | This is the Personal Fitness merit badge for Boy Scouts. |
![]() | Personal Fitness merit badge is required for the Eagle Scout rank. |
![]() | Personal Fitness requires prior counselor approval for requirement(s) #7. |
Personal Fitness merit badge | ||
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Status: | Eagle-required | |
Created: | 1952 | |
Discontinued: | no | |
BSA Advancement ID: | 010 | |
Requirements revision: | 2015 | |
Latest pamphlet revision: | 2013 |
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“ | Personal fitness is an individual effort and desire to be the best one can be. Regardless of their current levels of personal fitness, in the twelve weeks it will take Scouts to complete the athletic requirements for this merit badge, they will be in better shape, feel better about themselves, have more energy, and gain self-confidence in their overall abilities. | ” |
Personal Fitness merit badge requirements | ![]() | ||
If meeting any of the requirements for this merit badge is against the Scout's religious convictions, the requirement does not have to be done if the Scout's parents and the proper religious advisors state in writing that to do so would be against religious convictions. The Scout's parents must also accept full responsibility for anything that might happen because of this exemption.
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Notes
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- The BSA Physical Fitness Troop Program Feature offers meeting and activity plans to include Personal Fitness as one of your monthly themes.
- Personal Fitness is a popular merit badge.
Requirement resources
The Troop Physical Fitness Monthly Theme includes meeting and activity materials.
1.a. The Annual Health and Medical Record #34605 has replaced the Medical Exam Form Class 1, 2, & 3
1.a.4 Seven Warning Signs of Cancer - 7 Signs of cancer at WebMD
1.a.5 Risk Factors for Coronary Heart Disease - What are the Youth Risk Factors that Affect Cardiovascular Fitness in Adulthood?
2.c. What does it mean to be mentally healthy?
2.e. Concept of Health
3f. Kid's Health: Smoking Sticks - What You Need to Know About Drugs - Alcohol Dangers - McGruff on Drugs and Alcohol - What You Need To Know About Drugs - McGruff on Drugs and Alcohol - DARE - Read the booklet Choose to Refuse! Discuss it with an adult and show that you understand the material.
4.a. The Seven Major Components of Physical Fitness An official BSA link
6. See the fitness tests chart in the Personal Fitness Workbook
- Flexibility Reach test box diagrams
- Proper way to do sit-ups
- Proper way to do pull-ups
- Proper way to do push-ups
- Lesson Videos: Warm Up - Stretching - Running - Pull-Ups - Push-Ups - Basketball - Baseball - Football - Bench Press - Leg Curls
7. See the sample goals table in the Personal Fitness Workbook
8. See the fitness logs in the Personal Fitness Workbook
9. Exercise Careers
Related awards
Personal development-related awards
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See also
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General Merit Badge information
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External links
- Amateur-Sports.com
- National Athletic Trainer's Association
- Amateur Athletic Union
- American Dietetic Association
- American Hearty Association
- American Council on Exercise
- American Sport Education Program
- Centers for Disease Control
- Fitness for Kids
- Inst. Intl Sports
- Intr. Food Information Council Foundation
- KidsHealth
- Mayo Clinic
- Nat. Youth Sports Safety Found.
- The President's Council on Fitness
- USA Track and Field
- U.S. Olympic Training Center
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