Running is a very beneficial and healthy activity for your body. It can boost your mood, strengthens your bones, and improves your brain function. Your mood is improved while running due to the hormones called endocannabinoids, which are released during exercise. Runners generally have stronger bones than non-runners. This is due to the fact that bones, just like muscles, get stronger each time they are used. Contrary to most opinions, rather than causing any injury or wear to your knees,…
What is Red Cord? Red Cord was designed and developed in Norway by a carpenter/gymnast named Kare Mosberg . Sailing was another one of his passions and it shows in the way his equipment operates. He created this system as a means of alleviating back pain. The idea is to improve muscle alignment and functional strength from the inside out by working the body more efficiently. Red Cord will awaken dormant muscles and release constraint in a short period of time. This tool will help you gain more…
Monroe Benson 7 Ways to Motivate Yourself to Exercise Do you think that working out with a friend can help really help you exercise more often and more intensely? I personally think that working with a friend really helps motivate you when working out. It is a lot more fun having a friend you enjoy spending time with, to talk to when doing a workout you do not enjoy. A friend can also motivate you to work harder and encourage you to go to the gym more often. Research has also shown that…
I have been asked by my manager to produce a written report to give evidence of my practical ability to produce and administer my own health screening procedure and evaluate the results to provide feedback for the client. Health screening is very important to determine the occurrence of risk factors and any symptoms of cardiovascular, pulmonary, and metabolic diseases, as well as other health conditions which may be harmfully affected by exercise. Health screening will help develop a specific…
Significant goal for University students. As physical activity has grown to be a predominate aspect of preventative medicine, accelerometer-based tracking devices, which encourage self-regulatory data management, have become a growing market within the fitness community (Loprinzi 2015). One such device known as the Fitbit tracker, which saves activity data, stores it to the app, and then produces simples…
for the better. The one major health change that I believed would positively affect me the greatest was implementing daily physical activity into my life. I structured a workout plan where I would go to the gym and lift weights for one and a half hours each day for two days followed by a rest day in order to recover. The first two days would consist of lifting weights in order to strengthen my chest, triceps, back and…
Introduction: Maximal oxygen uptake, or VO2 max represents the maximum amount of oxygen consumption attainable during all out aerobic exercise, most commonly running on a treadmill. The point at which oxygen consumption plateaus is the individual’s maximal oxygen uptake. If the individual does not plateau, that point is referred to as VO2 peak. VO2 max is measured in milliliters per kilogram of body weight per minute, and there are two ways to measure it, either direct or indirect. The direct…
active days and 4 rest days, however on rest days still do smaller workouts that alternate between different muscles so one is not overworked. I will be using my laptop as well as my phone to keep track on what my routine for the day is as well as the fitness app Sworkit. Beginning my workout plan will commence on March 12th 2016 and be completed on April 2nd 2016. I will document my workouts and experience in my notebook and making notes of experiences/body responses. The notebook will be…
Most people in the world nowadays know about exercise. It is almost impossible not to at least be aware of it. They are constantly being bombarded by it, whether it is in a magazine, on TV or in the latest ad on the radio, people have heard of it somewhere. Each person has a different reason for why he is choosing to start an exercise program, he is sick of looking a certain way, having too much body fat, not fitting into the kinds of clothes he would like to wear, not being confident in a…
see if group- based fitness were beneficial l for people not physically but mentally and there finding showed that This finding indicate that roughly 63% of people who engage in group fitness are likely to develop friendships with those involved in the class which becomes a factor of motivation to continue working out, which is critical to both your mental health and physical state of health. This quote also goes to show that it shows that most people who engage in physical fitness classes are…