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Bear – 3rd Grade
Bear Strong
Personal Fitness
Required
Requirement 3

Energizing Workout

Bear – 3rd Grade
Bear Strong
Personal Fitness
Required
Requirement 3

Energizing Workout

Snapshot of Activity

Cub Scouts create a short workout to explore different exercises.

Indoor
5
2
2
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  • Tennis shoes 
  • Water bottle for each Cub Scout 
  • Energizing Workout worksheet found in Additional Resources   
  • Printer  
  • Pen or pencil for each Cub Scout

Before the Meeting: 

  1. Contact the Cub Scouts’ parents or legal guardians and tell them that they and their Cub Scouts should wear comfortable closed toe shoes and bring a water bottle. 
  2. Print Energizing Workout worksheet, one for each Cub Scout. 

During the Meeting: 

  1. Have Cub Scouts brainstorm exercises that include cardio, muscular strength, and flexibility. These could include walking between two points, jogging, and then sprinting or doing five push-ups on your knees, then regular push-ups. 
  2. Tell Cub Scouts to draw the activities on the worksheet.  
  3. Have Cub Scouts complete the exercises and rate the different levels of intensity for each.

Additional Resources

Energizing Workout worksheet

Other Activities Options

You can choose other activities of your choice.

Bear – 3rd Grade

Fitness Expert

Indoor
5
1
5

Invite a fitness professional to your Cub Scout den meeting to lead a 15-min activity.

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Bray Barnes

Director, Global Security Innovative
Strategies

Bray Barnes is a recipient of the Distinguished Eagle Scout Award, Silver
Beaver, Silver Antelope, Silver Buffalo, and Learning for Life Distinguished
Service Award. He received the Messengers of Peace Hero award from
the royal family of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, and he’s a life member of
the 101st Airborne Association and Vietnam Veterans Association. Barnes
serves as a senior fellow for the Global Federation of Competitiveness
Councils, a nonpartisan network of corporate CEOs, university presidents, and
national laboratory directors. He has also served as a senior executive for the
U.S. Department of Homeland Security, leading the first-responder program
and has two U.S. presidential appointments

David Alexander

Managing Member Calje

David Alexander is a Baden-Powell Fellow, Summit Bechtel Reserve philanthropist, and recipient of the Silver Buffalo and Distinguished Eagle Scout Award. He is the founder of Caljet, one of the largest independent motor fuels terminals in the U.S. He has served the Arizona Petroleum Marketers Association, Teen Lifeline, and American Heart Association. A triathlete who has completed hundreds of races, Alexander has also mentored the women’s triathlon team at Arizona State University.

Glenn Adams

President, CEO & Managing Director
Stonetex Oil Corp.

Glenn Adams is a recipient of the Silver Beaver, Silver Antelope, Silver Buffalo, and Distinguished Eagle Scout Award. He is the former president of the National Eagle Scout Association and established the Glenn A. and Melinda W. Adams National Eagle Scout Service Project of the Year Award. He has more than 40 years of experience in the oil, gas, and energy fields, including serving as a president, owner, and CEO. Adams has also received multiple service awards from the Texas Alliance of Energy Producers.