PE Fitness Stations – 44 Movement Cards

Forty-four named PE station cards, grouped into cardiovascular, strength, endurance, flexibility, and locomotor categories, give step-by-step instructions for a circuit-style fitness class.

Year groups: Not Year Specific
File type: Multiple File Types

Updated Aug 20, 2022

Subject: P.E. & Health
Topic: Physical Education, Fitness Stations
Resource types: Activities

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About this resource

Forty-four fitness station cards, each showing a named exercise such as Jumping Jacks, Mountain Climbers, Burpees, Crab Walk, and Butterfly Stretch, give 2-4 numbered step-by-step instructions and are organized into five movement categories printed as a vertical label on each card: Cardiovascular Endurance, Muscular Strength, Muscular Endurance, Flexibility, and Locomotor Movement. The cards are formatted for a circuit-style PE class, with locomotor cards specifically instructing students to move from a starting line around a cone and back, then tag the next person in line. Every page carries a 2013 copyright credit to Pete Charrette ('Cap'n Pete'), a source outside the Teach Simple catalogue's usual credit line, which is worth confirming for licensing. The download also includes 52 separate JPG slide images.

In the classroom

Teaching tips & learning objectives

Learning objectives

Perform each of 44 named exercises (e.g., Jumping Jacks, Burpees, Crab Walk) following 2-4 numbered instructional steps.
Rotate through fitness stations grouped by category (cardiovascular endurance, muscular strength/endurance, flexibility, locomotor movement) in a circuit format.
Execute locomotor movements (e.g., skip, gallop, slide step) traveling from a starting line around a cone and back.

Teaching tips

Set up stations by category (cardio, strength, flexibility, locomotor) so students rotate through a balanced circuit rather than repeating similar movement types.
For locomotor stations, pair students in a relay format, since each card instructs students to go one at a time and tag the next person in line.

Skills covered

Cardiovascular conditioning — students perform sustained movement exercises like jumping jacks, mountain climbers, and running in place.
Muscular strength and endurance — students perform pushups, squats, burpees, and wall sits following numbered instructions.
Flexibility — students hold static stretches (e.g., butterfly stretch, cobra stretch, sit and reach) for 15-30 seconds per the card instructions.
Locomotor movement — students travel using specific gaits (skip, gallop, slide step, crab walk) around a cone in a relay format.

Good to know

Questions teachers ask about this resource

Do the locomotor movement cards (skip, gallop, slide step, etc.) work as standalone exercises, or do they require a specific setup?

They require a specific setup: each locomotor card instructs students to travel from a starting line around a cone and back, then tag the hand of the next person in line, so they're designed as a relay rather than a standalone movement.

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Concepts & topics

Core concepts

Fitness circuit stations
Cardiovascular endurance
Muscular strength and endurance
Flexibility
Locomotor movement

Topics

Physical Education Fitness Stations Movement Zones Exercise Fitness

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