How To Make Obstacle Courses

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Did you know that kids are unhealthy because their unfit? Our principal wants the school to be more healthy, he needs help choosing if they sould make a obstacle course or a football field. I think they need to make a obstacle course. For the start, kids need to be fit, a way to make kids fit is make the exercise fun but fit at the same time. Not all people like football so the obstacle course would be fun for everyone. Some people may say a football field because foot ball is a sport ,but a obstacle course not a sport ,but it is a good source of a variety of workouts in one course. Please consider, the obstacle course would be a better source of fitness and workouts.

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