Inclusive fitness

Thinking about the Bowflex Treadclimber? This very popular home fitness machine is similar to a treadmill - but instead of one large treadbelt, it uses 2 smaller treadbelts that rise to meet your feet as you step. It really combines the motion of a treadmill, stepper and elliptical trainer into one machine. By doing this it gives you several unique advantages - the main one that you burn calories faster than any of those other machines. Why is this? Because the Treadclimber uses the power of…

The Positive Benefits of Mixed Martial Arts There are numerous benefits of Mixed Martial Arts (MMA) that go beyond the principles of weaponless combat and self-defense. Martial arts is a creative and positive way to express one’s self. Along with self-expression, there are mental and physical health benefits of living the martial arts way of life. Clearly, practicing MMA will only improve a person’s well-being, particularly a person’s self-confidence and bodily health. One of the major…

During the civil war period and the First World War (WWI), physical education was expanded across the United States impacting fitness and being able to improve the structure and function for anything a man may be called upon to do (Powers & Howley, 2011). Dr. Dudley Allen Sargent (1849 – 1924) was an early innovator and considered to be ahead of his time in physical education. Hired by Harvard University in 1879 to set up physical training programs, Dr. Sargent developed types of physical…

There are many exercises that you can perform to help you jump higher, faster, and more powerfully. Read on for a list of different exercises that can improve one part of your vertical or every part of your vertical. You can add as many of these to your workout as you want, because they can only help you. Increasing your vertical jumping speed can be easy if you do it right. Whenever you are focusing on improving your speed make sure you always do the exercise as fast as you can. You are tuning…

Aerobic exercise plans 74 have been found to reduce pain, fatigue, and depression as well as improve peak 75 oxygen uptake, health-related quality of life, and physical fitness in chronic pain 76 patients23, 35. Another significant benefit of exercise intervention for chronic pain 77 conditions is the reduction in health-care seeking and workplace absenteeism51, 89, 97. 78 Aerobic exercise at a level of at least 70% of the…

Nowadays, children and teenagers prefer to spend their time on social media or in front of TV rather than to do something physically active. They said there is no time for playing sports or doing exercises because they have lots of duties and homework. Some parents do not pay attention on their children body, and they do not motivate their children to do exercises, or teach them about the benefits of sports and exercises. Moreover, they let their children do whatever they want in the pastime.…

Inspiration Originally I set out to make some sort of online game. Then I realized that kids already spend too much time with their faces buried in iPads and iPhones. I decided that I wanted to create something that encouraged some sort of physical activity. The goal is to find something that can cut down on childhood obesity, an epidemic in The United States of America. As I was folding laundry and watching basketball the idea hit me, dirty clothes basketball. The idea is very simple, put a…

This research was a correlational study that looked at how the magnitude, components and time distribution of screen time relate to socioeconomic status, gender, age and level of fatness in Australian children aged ten to thirteen years old. The study aimed to look at how time is used differently between high and low screen users and the effect of this on sleep and exercise. Another purpose was to determine the features of ‘extreme’ screen uses with the hope of using this to create…

Physical activity is the movement of the body that uses energy, provides us energy, helps us fight off diseases, helps lower our blood pressure. What most people don’t realize is that exercise can also improve our mood. So how much running around does one need? Well, one should consider at least 30 minutes of frequent exercise every day to help your health and boost your happiness (pickthebrain). As low as six minutes of workout session could help reach your similar goals as your workout of 80…

2. What is the purpose of fitness testing in a highschool setting physical education/fitness class? (provide at least 4 examples) The purpose of fitness testing in a highschool setting is to allow you to gauge your current level of fitness and assess what you need to get better at and plan out a course of action to approaching these goals. An example of this could be that all of your scores for the different exercises are high except for the 500 meter row. This could mean that your weakness is…