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Fitness Emphasized in Irvington Middle School Boot Camp

Students performed timed exercises to music they like.

Irvington Middle School students are using a fitness boot camp to increase their physical activity.

During physical education classes, taught by Brian Agosti and Kate Becker, the students go through a variety of cardio and strength exercises while learning they can have a good time working toward physical and emotional well being.

Becker said her students performed timed exercises to music they enjoy.

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“They worked according to their individual fitness levels and learned new skills they can add to their personal fitness routines,” she said.

The fitness stations made the students do planks, lunges, squats, hurdle hops, pushups and situps.

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