Health Improvement Research Paper

Health Improvement Paper

I like to think of myself as an active person. But when I really think about it, it is more of my ideal self is actually the active person. In truth, I work out a lot less than I want to. When I am being good, I will go to the gym four to five times a week. In actuality, that trend tends to only last a few weeks or months if I am lucky and then I am back to going two times a week with a week or two in between if I am too busy to. It can be hard to get the motivation to go, to be able to see any benefits you have to go regularly and it can be a big chunk of time with big gaps and you usually have to start over. Since I use the gym at school, holiday vacations and going out of town means I am not going to the gym till I am back in classes. From the many health benefits from physical activity, it is dumb …show more content…
I want to go watch Netflix instead of being active. It is so much easier to sit down and relax then actually be active and work up a sweat. I don’t want to be all sweaty and stinky afterward and have to shower. I don’t want to have to push myself to keep going on the bicycle or the treadmill. I just want to sit and do something that involves no mental or physical strain.
To address the issue of having the time to go to the gym, I need to schedule it. Like I scheduled time for classes and meetings, setting time aside where I have to go to the gym. And scheduling out my week and month to see when I actually do have free time that could be made more productive. Using my free time to get what I need doing to get done, so it is all not left to cramming for tests when I was watching TV when I really needed to be studying. To not let myself get lazy and distracted from what I need to do. Scheduling it in, so it becomes a habit and not something that is optional.
Making sure I actually have my gym bag in my car, instead of skipping it because it is not worth the drive home and back to get