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After your initial test, set a goal to be achieved by the end of your 12 week. Please practice handwashing and social distancing, and check out our resources for adapting to these times. I can work with you at your home, your local gym or at various carefullychosen outdoor locations. Before beginning your exercises, have the program approved by your counselor and parents 8 complete the physical fitness program you outlined in requirement 7.
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It requires a physical and dental exam, documentation of current health issues, understanding of behaviors detrimental to health and fitness, and much more. Would someone be so kind as to post what the merit badge book says about making it. Be sure your program incorporates the endurance, intensity, and warmup guidelines discussed in the personal fitness merit badge pamphlet. The personal fitness merit badge, meanwhile, remains a requirement to earn the eagle scout rank. A session of the personal fitness merit badge will be started each spring and fall. January, 2020 requirements for the personal fitness merit badge. Despite the bsa oath to keep myself physically strong, there is a paucity of evidence describing fitness.
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From the personal fitness merit badge pamphlet, perform the physical fitness test physical fitness section with your patrol leader, scoutmaster, parent, or adviser before doing the next two requirements. Personal fitness merit badge series paperback january 1, 2000 3. The boy scouts of america is ahead of its time in many regards. They are reproduced in part here under fair use as a resource for scouts and scouters to use in the earning and teaching of merit badges. Be evaluated above the 50th percentile in the aerobic endurance test, flexibility test, and muscular strength test.
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