Last June, Morgan Kent crossed the finish line at the end of the 10k FitSpirit Celebration run, improving on her previous year’s 5k goal. This June, she’ll be returning to the finish line, this time to cheer on the other girls with a camera in hand to catch the moment of, “I did that” - a look of sheer accomplishment and pride on the participants’ faces as it sinks in that they’ve reached their personal goals. The FitSpirit Celebration comes at the end of every 8 to 10 week training program that takes place out of the 250 high schools across Ontario and Quebec. In Morgan’s time with the training program, she’s experienced a full circle of support that began in Grade 11 when she first became a participant, to now being an ambassador for the program as an alumni.…
ACT # 6: Physical Activity 1. East Carolina University will become a model for the North Carolina University system in offering a large availability of physical activity centers. 2. East Carolina University will need to plan for and create a source of funding in order to design and create new locations for physical activities. 3.…
The Office of Health Promotion and Wellness is preparing to kick off Striveforfive. A virtual, five week program available to faculty and staff on campus. Striveforfive is an event geared toward helping participants make small changes that will have positive effects on their health. Those who join in can be apart of a team or take part individually in the challenge.…
To welcome and support clients using their facilities Maintain a positive and professional image for the health club in which they are employed To help clients with use of the facilities and to encourage and promote usage of the services and facilities To comply with the Code of Ethical Practice, as outlined by the Register of Exercise Professionals To promote the benefits of an active and healthy lifestyle To prescribe safe and effective…
Body Fitness Program By steve carve Nov 10, 2013 Body fitness is one of the most important essentials of our life. Someone has truly said that health is wealth. We can give our best only when we are at our best. A healthy body leads to healthy mind and soul.…
A multidisciplinary field of inquiry and practice concerned with the delivery, quality and costs of health care for individuals and populations. This area normally involves concern with the structure, process and outcomes of health services including the costs, financing, organization, outcomes and accessibility of care. For the YMCA this area was witnessed and practiced as a wellness coach in the enforcement of the various rules and policies the YMCA has to protect members and the facility. Such policies included ensuring weights are not dropped and that younger members are following policy on the equipment they are allowed to…
In “Fitness Culture: A Growing Trend in America”, Sheila McClain gives several key points on how today’s society has increased its interest in physical fitness. With a larger and diverse group of people gaining interest in wanting to become physically fit. The appeal of exercising and eating healthy has become more popular to people of all ages and diversities. McClain states that, “Research linking fitness to health and longevity has led to the growth of the “fitness culture” in America.” (415)…
This program focused on employees' participation in physical activity, stress management, nutrition, smoking cessation, injury prevention, immunizations, access to healthcare, screenings (Blood pressure, cholesterol, mammograms, etc.). This program constituted as a reward program for employees who visited their physicians regularly for yearly physical, participated in physical activities and maintained healthy behavior as a way of life. By doing so, the employees received compensation as monetary deductions towards their health insurance co-shares up to $500.00 throughout the year. This reward initiative aimed at increase employees' awareness of their own health status and provides education and resources to help them get healthy, stay healthy and prevent existing illnesses/conditions getting worse. Evaluating the Workplace Wellness Program.…
I. Welcome, Introductions, and Overview of Agenda Mrs. Hyre opened the meeting with a review the agenda for the meeting. II. US Wellness Mrs. Hyre provided the current statistics for the Wellness Program. There are currently 519 active accounts with US Wellness. Under the previous wellness vendor, the highest number of active accounts was 300.…
Reflection Memo on Class Simulation for group 2 On site for group 2 we all agreed on the proposed goal of increasing the desirability of living on the site. After streamlining all our ideas and requirements we agreed to develop the site and to reserve some land for the following programs according to their hierarchy after simulation • Storm Water • Fitness Health Park • Affordable Housing • Falcon Sanctuary Storm Water Storm water treatment dominated our discussion and became our first choice since it was in the city dwellings and storm water retention was something that we cannot ignore for the fact that it can destroy dwellings and therefore the dwellings must be protected no matter what. We therefore allocated a chunk of our proposed sites to storm water retention to make our site livable. Fitness Health Park Fitness Park followed on the list of priority because we wanted to have a neighborhood where health and safety were stressed very strongly.…
You can taste, smell, and feel the intensity as soon as you walk through the doors. Everyone focused on their one objective, to make themselves better than before. Every section of the wellness and recreational center has its own purpose and its overall purpose demonstrates hard work. I had come to St. Ambrose University mainly for lacrosse and my whole life I had performed strenuous tasks just to get here. The Wellness and Recreation center reminds me of why I’m here, not only to work hard and strive in all my classes, but to also to work hard and strive on the field.…
They have many new creative and innovative ideas such as gyms in airports and grocery stores, along with Fit 4 Less where they can recycle their old equipment, and tap into a low cost fitness market to compete with planet fitness. They are the only provider in Canada that offers Les Mills classes as they received the contract exclusively. Along with their own fit fix circuit training program and there own area to do crossfit they are always making sure to compete with the newest trends and stay creative and innovative. The industry they are in is gigantic and growing. The fitness industry is an 82 billion dollar industry while the health and wellness industry is a 350 billion dollar market (CITATION).…
Introduction In this paper, I will lay out a plan for my own personal wellness, it will cover the immediate future, and for the next two years. It will lay out a plan to improve all seven dimensions of wellness. I will also discuss the health benefits of fitness, benefits of it to my lifestyle, and also the importance of physical fitness to my future public safety career. I will also lay out a one month workout plan, detailing how many times per week, and the specific workouts that I will be doing.…
The internal and external environment is critical in any organization. The outside environment for Crunch Fitness incorporates its clients, government, economy, rivalry, and public opinion. The clients are the immediate consequence of whether any organization will flourish. Crunch is a service orientated business. Their service is the convenience of a workout space with an assortment of classes, machines, as well as trainers, tanning beds and massages available upon the membership packages.…
Sport, position, and evaluation of the sport The athlete I have chosen for my program design is a 27 year old, male professional basketball player. The position I have chosen is a forward. To begin with I first completed a movement analysis in order to better determine what my athlete would benefit most from. Basketball is a sport in which many joints of the body are used. It is a full body sport.…