August 2000

Toughen Up

Body Building[

PERSONNEL: Cubmaster

EQUIPMENT: Body building ladder: A frame having Bobcat, Wolf, Bear and Webelos listed from bottom to top with 2 nails or dowels for each rank. A broomstick and round Styrofoam discs represent weights. This is a broomstick-dumbbell. Spray paint the disc black to be more convincing.

ARRANGEMENT: The display and Cubmaster in front of the audience

CUBMASTER: This month the theme the boys have been using is "toughen up." It is important that each of us try to remain physically fit so that we can all lead a fun and healthy life.

Tonight in keeping up with shaping up we are to see how Cub Scouting goes hand in hand with shaping up. When a person first starts to get in shape they start out with warm up exercises. This is a process to begin by limbering up the muscles and getting ready to begin harder exercises.

(BOBCAT)

Several boys here tonight have just started warming up to the Cub Scout program.

[List names of Bobcat recipients and call them with their parents to the front of the room.]

[Hand parents the awards to present to the boys and congratulate them with the Cub Scout handshake. Offer an applause and ask them to take their seats.]

[Put the smallest two weights (styrofoam discs) on the broom stick and position it on the Bobcat level of the ladder.]

After we warm up we are ready to tackle the light weights. We begin with simple weight lifting exercises. The next step for the Cub Scout is the achievement of Wolf.

(WOLF)

[List names and invite them with their parents to come forward.]

[Hand out badges to parents to give to the boys. Congratulate them and offer a suitable applause. Have them sit down.]

[Put the next two weights (styrofoam discs) on the broom stick and position it on the Wolf level of the ladder.]

The third step in body building is for the weight lifter to increase his weights. When exercising with the heavier load the body builder tries to gain additional strength. In Cub Scouting the next rank takes on increased difficulty and increases fun adding to the strength of the boys. This is the Bear level.

(BEAR)

[List off Bear candidate names and invite them and their parents to the front of the room.]

[Hand parents the awards to present to the boys and congratulate them. Offer an applause and ask them to take their seats.]

[Put the next two weights (styrofoam discs) on the broom stick and position it on the Bear level of the ladder.]

With each new weight the body builder adds, he lifts a heavier load but his result with each new weight is increased strength and better physical fitness. The boys in the Pack that have increased their weights to the heaviest loads are the Webelos. The Webelos have increased their abilities step by step through the Cub Scout program just as the body builders.

(WEBELOS)

[List names and invite them with their parents to come forward.]

[Hand parents the awards to present to the boys and congratulate them. Offer an applause and ask them to take their seats.]

[Put the last two weights (styrofoam discs) on the broom stick and position it on the Webelos level of the ladder.]

The body builder starts with simple exercises and increases his exercise program just as the Cub Scout program starts simple and increases to help build our boys into fine young men.