Changing for Good Reflective Essay
Precontemplation
I was unaware of the amount of physical activity I should have been getting when I started my journey as a sophomore in high school. I was a four sport athlete participating in volleyball, basketball, golf and softball throughout high school. Everyday, I would attend a one to two hour practice but I was not meeting the physical activity requirements because I was not continuously active throughout the practice. I was meeting my 150 minutes of moderate activity each week but I was not resistance training requirements. At my high school we had a very nice and new fitness center that we could use for free but most female athletes avoided it because the boys were intimidating. When I was in …show more content…
I was beginning to think maybe I would need to start resistance training when I finished my basketball season before golf started. My brother was now a freshman in high school and he had just got his school permit so he could drive to school by himself. This was a big deal because he was in basketball and track and the coaches required them to be a weight lifting at 6:30 in the mornings three days a week. At my house we lived a 10 miles away from the school and our parents did not allow us to drive two cars to school and if my brother, Will, had to be at school at 6:30 in the morning, I would have to ride the bus or ask a friend for a ride to school. So I decided I would need to start going to weight lifting in the mornings with my brother. Emotional arousal was apparent in my story because I did not want to be the one junior in high school that would have to ride the bus to school while my brother drove my car to school. It would have been humiliating to ride the bus with a bunch of junior high students. So I started to do some self evaluation and decided that it would benefit me if I went to weight lifting in the morning so I decided to go with my brother after basketball was
Precontemplation
I was unaware of the amount of physical activity I should have been getting when I started my journey as a sophomore in high school. I was a four sport athlete participating in volleyball, basketball, golf and softball throughout high school. Everyday, I would attend a one to two hour practice but I was not meeting the physical activity requirements because I was not continuously active throughout the practice. I was meeting my 150 minutes of moderate activity each week but I was not resistance training requirements. At my high school we had a very nice and new fitness center that we could use for free but most female athletes avoided it because the boys were intimidating. When I was in …show more content…
I was beginning to think maybe I would need to start resistance training when I finished my basketball season before golf started. My brother was now a freshman in high school and he had just got his school permit so he could drive to school by himself. This was a big deal because he was in basketball and track and the coaches required them to be a weight lifting at 6:30 in the mornings three days a week. At my house we lived a 10 miles away from the school and our parents did not allow us to drive two cars to school and if my brother, Will, had to be at school at 6:30 in the morning, I would have to ride the bus or ask a friend for a ride to school. So I decided I would need to start going to weight lifting in the mornings with my brother. Emotional arousal was apparent in my story because I did not want to be the one junior in high school that would have to ride the bus to school while my brother drove my car to school. It would have been humiliating to ride the bus with a bunch of junior high students. So I started to do some self evaluation and decided that it would benefit me if I went to weight lifting in the morning so I decided to go with my brother after basketball was