Table 1.
Components of I-MOVE protocol.
Phase | Aim | Examples of the Type of Exercises | Duration |
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Warm-up | Cardiorespiratory and mobility exercises | “The chair march”: The children all stand up and move their chairs sideways, waiting for the teacher’s commands. They begin to march, raising their knees well and resting their toes on the chair, without pushing upwards. Progressively, they also combine the movement of the legs with the alternating movement of the arms. | 2 min |
Tone-up | High-intensity interval training (HIIT) exercises | HIIT Animal jumps: Children scattered around the classroom have to jump like frogs for 40 s then rest for 20 s and repeat the exercise 2 times, then they jump like kangaroos for 40 s with 20 s break to be performed 2 times. | 5 min |
Cool-down | Breath and relaxation exercises | The imaginary balloon: Children must inflate an imaginary balloon by inhaling and exhaling, mimicking the progressive expansion of the balloon with the widening of their arms. We ask for a very slow and long exhalation twice as long as the inspiration. | 3 min |