Weight Room PE Teaching Resources

Standalone pedagogical guides for high school physical education teachers delivering weight room and strength and conditioning instruction. Each guide addresses one instructional challenge — class management, movement pattern pedagogy, applied science content, formative assessment, or unit design. Written by Travis Lombardozzi, M.Ed., CSCS, HSSCC, 2025 OAHPERD Ohio High School PE Teacher of the Year, and grounded in NSCA youth resistance training guidelines, SHAPE America 2024 National Standards, and 12 years of daily weight room implementation. These are individual digital downloads, usable in any secondary PE setting regardless of your current curriculum.

Weight Room Class Management

Establishing safety culture, managing large classes, and building the systems that make weight room instruction viable from Day 1.

• WCM-01 — Running a Safe Weight Room on Day 1
• WCM-02 — Designing Weight Room Rotations for Large Classes
• WCM-03 — Teaching Weight Room Safety: Beyond the Rules Poster
• WCM-04 — Managing Student Behavior in the Weight Room

Movement Pattern Pedagogy

Systematic instructional sequences for the six foundational lifting patterns — cueing progressions, error identification, and observational assessment.

• MPP-01 — Teaching the Hip Hinge Pattern
• MPP-02 — Teaching the Squat Pattern
• MPP-03 — Teaching the Push Pattern
• MPP-04 — Teaching the Pull Pattern
• MPP-05 — Teaching Carry Patterns
• MPP-06 — Teaching Olympic Lift Foundations

Applied Science Pedagogy

Delivering anatomy, physiology, energy systems, and training science content in a PE setting without a textbook or lab.

• ASP-01 — Teaching Basic Anatomy in a PE Setting
• ASP-02 — Teaching Energy Systems to High School Students
• ASP-03 — Teaching Recovery Science in PE
• ASP-04 — Teaching Basic Biomechanics in the Weight Room
• ASP-05 — Teaching Mental Performance Concepts in PE

Assessment Pedagogy

Formative and summative tools built for weight room PE — exit tickets, peer assessment, learning objective writing, and fitness testing protocol design.

• AP-01 — Building Effective Exit Tickets for Weight Room PE
• AP-02 — Teaching Peer Assessment in the Weight Room
• AP-03 — Writing PE Learning Objectives
• AP-04 — Designing a Fitness Testing Day

Specialized Populations and Settings

Adapting weight room instruction to specific student populations and non-standard facility settings.

• SPS-01 — Teaching Strength Fundamentals to Middle School Students
• SPS-02 — Adapting Instruction for Students with No Prior Training
• SPS-03 — Teaching Strength Training in a Minimal Equipment Setting
• SPS-04 — Off-Season Training Design for Dual-Role PE/Coaches

Instructional Design and Unit Planning

Building coherent, standards-aligned PE units using backward design and structured lesson architecture.

• IDP-01 — Backward Design for PE Unit Planning
• IDP-02 — Teaching with the Spectrum of Teaching Styles
• IDP-03 — Block Schedule Adaptation for PE and Weight Room Units