Monday, August 29, 2011 at 12:25PM 1) Jumping Jacks
2) Ultimate Stretch
3) Pushups
4) Lunges
5) Superman
6) Squats
7) Crunches
8) Squat Thrusts(Burpees)
9) Plank
10) Arch
11) Toe Touches
12) High Knee Run in Place
Monday, August 29, 2011 at 12:24PM Dear God, we thank you for this time we had to train and move our wonderful bodies that you created.
We ask you for the self-discipline and work ethic that St. Benedict taught, so we can always get our daily exercise and make the wise choices that will keep us healthy.
As we leave the gymnasium today, let us affirm with St. Timothy, that we have “run the good race,” by knowing that we gave our best effort.
Amen.
Wednesday, August 17, 2011 at 1:05PM 
Dr. David Curby has recently joined St. Benedict Preparatory School and will teach physical education. Dave (born 3/5/1953 in Howell, MI) graduated in Physical Education from the University of Michigan in 1975. He earned an MS in Physical Education, and his doctorate in Educational Psychology from Northern Illinois University in 1993. His specialization was in Research & Evaluation and his dissertation was entitled: The Application of an Improvement Score Model in the Assessment of Youth Fitness. Dave began his professional career as a Physical Education Teacher and Coach at Lyons Township High School, LaGrange, IL, where he was also Department Chair of Physical Education and Health. In 1990-91 Dave and his family spent a year in Helsinki, Finland as a Fulbright Scholar. He was Director of Physical Welfare, then Lead Teacher for Physical Education, at Niles North High School in Skokie, IL, from 1994-2007. From 2008-2009 he was Visiting Assistant Professor of Kinesiology and Physical Education, Northern Illinois University.
HONORS AND AWARDS
Kappa Delta Pi-honorary society in education, NIU, 1980.
Named as an "Outstanding Secondary School Physical Educator", AAHPERD, 1983.
Faculty Association Teacher of the Year-1983.
Named "Physical Educator of the Year" by Illinois State Board of Education, 1984.
Illinois Wrestling Coaches and Officials Association Hall of Fame-2008
PRESENTATIONS AND PUBLICATIONS
Teaching Exercise Physiology in the High School, Paper presented at AAHPERD Mid-Western Convention, Chicago, 1988.
Performance of High-School Students on the Wingate Anaerobic Test. Med Sci Sports Exer, vol. 21-2, 1989.
IAHPERD Presentation-Physical Education and Sports in Finland, November 1993.
An Analysis of the Physical Self-Perception Profile When Administered to HS Students. Med Sci Sports Exer, vol. 26-2.1995.
Rate of CO2 Production (RaCO2) and Estimate of Energy Demands During Wrestling Practice. Paper presented at ACSM, May 1996.
Effect of carbohydrate intake during wrestling practice on upper body work. Med Sci Sports Exer, 31(5): s123, 1999.
IAHPERD Presentation-Physiology of Amateur Wrestling, November 2002.
Presenter at USA Wrestling Coaches College: 1998, 2001, 2003, 2004, 2005 (Physiological Testing, Body Composition Techniques)
IAHPERD Presentation, Winning Blue Ribbon Recognition-What We Learned from the Process, November 2006
Horswill CA, D. G. Curby, Effect of Carbohydrate Intake During Wrestling Practice Ped Ex Science 18 (4):470-482, 2006.
Authored three chapters in the USA Wrestling-Coaches Guide to Excellence-A Scientific Basis for Resistance Training Programs in Wrestling; Contagious and Infectious Skin Diseases; and Principles for Training Your Wrestlers
'Science of Wrestling' Columnist for WIN Magazine 2005-2006.
Presented a keynote lecture in Sofia, Bulgaria, at the Fourth International Scientific Congress on Olympic Sport of the National Sports Academy - Sport, Stress, & Adaptation: entitled Sport Science Research in Wrestling: An American Perspective. 2006
IAHPERD Presentation, Teaching the Olympic Martial Arts in the High School, November, 2008
Presented a lecture at 17th International Congress of Physical Education and Sport, Komotini Greece. Analysis of the 2008 Olympic Greco-Roman Wrestling Competition. May, 2009
Mirzaei B, Curby DG, Rahmani-Nia F, Moghadasi M. Physiological profile of elite Iranian junior freestyle wrestlers. J Strength Cond Res. (2009) 23(8):2339-44.
A Review of the Current Research in Wrestling: Application of findings for the development of our athletes and the promotion of our sport. FILA Advanced School of Coaches, Yerevan, Armenia. October 2009.
RELATED PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCES
Directs Physiological Testing of Greco-Roman Wrestlers at the U.S. Olympic Education Training Center (USOEC), Marquette, MI, 2002-present.
Chair of American College of Sports Medicine Interest Group on Combative Sports
Chair of International Network of Wrestling Researchers
Certified Strength Conditioning Specialist from the National Strength and Conditioning Association
Internationally Certified Wrestling Coach-FILA Advanced Course-Kazakhstan -2007
Chair of USA Wrestling Sport Science Committee
PERSONAL
Marital status: Married-Lynne; Nicholas, Jacob, Courtney
Hobbies: Biking with my wife, Reading, Weight training, Sports Science Research.
A great coach once told me to make an effort to have some form of personal contact with each and every student, in every class session. I still remember the day that I received that great advice and it has helped to shape my career. I believe that all of my students can achieve and that it is my duty to help them reach their potential. I have always focused on improvement, as this allows one to focus on the individual, and also demands growth of students at all points of the ability spectrum. If you always focus on getting better you do not have to worry about anyone else's performance, only your own. Great teachers should model the importance of education. In today's world that means being a life-long learner. Several years ago I adopted the advice from an ancient Greek philosopher to, "Never stop shaping your own statue." I try to pass this along to my students and athletes.
Wrestling
Dave's career runs from the gamut of the wrestling world. He was a Junior National Champion - a four-year starter on University of Michigan Wrestling Team - Elected Captain his senior year - Espoir National Champion - 4th place in the Junior World Tournament - Big Ten champion - Runner-up in the National Freestyle Open. While at Lyons Township H.S., Dave became an assistant to a Michigan teammate, IWCOA Hall of Fame coach Mark King. Dave was involved with the Illinois Junior Greco National teams. Dave is a USA Wrestling Gold Certified Coach and has taken wrestlers to France, Bulgaria, China, Morocco, Germany, Spain, Georgia, Iran and Venezuela. Dave's experiences as a competitor, a coach and as an administrator in and around the sport of wrestling has led him delve deeply into sport science relative to wrestling. He has a website (www.inwr-wrestling.com) and over the past two decades has compiled over 2,000 articles of published scientific research on wrestling. Since 2005, Dave has published The Science of Wrestling - Annual Reviews of Wrestling Research. The hope is that this work will spark further research, along with helping to educate those who are in a position to apply this knowledge. Sharing this work with other sports scientists around the world has led to his formation of the International Network of Wrestling Researchers.