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As I don’t go to many outwardly social events, I am choosing to write about the social climate at my gym. I think that the gym is mainly a front stage, with little back stages that you can retreat to. Many people come to the gym to manage how others see them by showing off how their body looks or how hard they work, they are performing for the crowd. In the gym setting, personal space is a very strange thing, with everyone having their opinion on what personal space constitutes as. I also…

This study examined the relationship between pedometers and student motivation for physical activity. The research question is: Does the use of pedometers increase student motivation for physical activity amongst 4th grade students? It is hypothesized that the use of pedometers increases student motivation for physical activity amongst 4th grade students. Methodology This quasi-experimental study examined if the use of pedometers can increase student motivation for physical activity amongst…

Chartrand and Guerrant. “Physical Education Grade Level Content Expectations.” Michigan Department of Education. Web. 20 Dec. 2015. Activity is a critical aspect of a child 's growth and development. Physical Education provides many great opportunities for a student 's grades kindergarten through twelfth grade to develop “knowledge, skills, fitness, and attitudes to enhance their quality of life through physical activity” (Chartrand and Guerrant). Researchers have shown the students…

express that the positive influence geriatrics receive from those around them uplifts them to have something to live for. My ultimate goal is to encourage the geriatric population that age is nothing but a number and old is just word. With the proper exercise and psychosocial support, they will be able to live happy, healthier, and fulfilling lives like they…

strength achieved through exercise.” So what makes most Americans obsess about their fitness and how they look?…

Although orally competent and attentive the coach failed for most part to instruct physically, correcting or re-instructing the athlete after the execution of the exercise or the acquisition of a new skill. It is advisable to implement this demonstrative learning process into the athlete's routine, it not only helps to identify potential issues in the athlete's performance, but it also helps to reinforce skill acquisition…

a) How does movement change across the lifespan? Postulate the reasons why these changes occur across the lifespan. When we are young, our brain’s plasticity occurs faster (1), this helps us (when young) learn important movement in order for us to be able to sit, kneel, stand up, walk, and perform other functional activities. As we age, our brain’s plasticity starts to decrease and our motor learning decreases. Changes in our brain’s plasticity and our body, decrease the movements that we can do…

Stroke volume is predicted to increase during physical exercise. This refers to to the amount of blood pumped out of the ventricles per heartbeat. Exercise causes a relatively small increase in body temperature, which increases the contractile strength of the heart. As a result, this elevates the stroke volume in a way that is independent of the final diastolic…

1.1 History and development of Rugby Collins (2002) stressed rugby not only for killing time, but also became an educational instrument. World Rugby (2014) proposed rugby is a team sport which is a full-contact and fast-moving activity. Also, it provided benefits for social and health. In United States, rugby also was the fastest growth sports. It was the second popular sports after football (Utah Youth Rugby, 2017). Rugby have called ‘Elegant Violence’ by the players (Fields & Comstock, 2008)…

1. Post-traumatic growth refers to the study of how people often change in positive ways in their struggles with hardship (Baillie, S. E., Sellwood, W., & Wisely, J. A. 2014). Post-traumatic growth happens when positive changes take place after experiencing adversity (Rendon, J. 2015). These changes can be related to physical, emotional and mental health. Post-traumatic growth demonstrates that trauma does not need to be entirely destructive in a person’s life but that it can actually help a…