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Relationship between Calf Sizes, Gender, and Vertical Jumps Laura Thompson Mikaela Toler, Cassandra Jenkins, Kionna Calloway BSC 228-202 Introduction A human leg is made of many muscles that affect a person’s ability to jump. For example, the gastrocnemius, soleus, quadriceps, gluteus maximus, and abdominal muscles all help a person achieve a vertical jump. (McCollum, 2015). So, in other words, it basically takes the entire lower body to jump, not just the calf. This lab’s goal, however, was…

high their vertical jump is. “Your body weight plays a major role in the height of your vertical jump”(Eitel). Kids, teens, and adults can improve their vertical jump by exercising. Doing exercises can also help burn off extra weight on the body. If one does the right exercises, they can improve their vertical highly. Firstly, vertical is something upright or perpendicular(Neilson 2835). To jump, one will “move or throw itself into or through the air”(Gove 1225). A vertical jump is to throw…

What is more important, how hard you train or how well designed your specific exercise routine fits to your sport? It’s simple, it’s the specificity of your exercise routine. If you train like the majority, then you will play and execute like the majority. If you exercise with a routine specifically designed with complex and thorough exercises using the latest equipment, then your training will improve and positive results will show on and off the playing field. The game of volleyball requires…

In one of the greatest Olympic performances of all time, Owens won gold in four events; the 100 meter dash, 200 meter dash, 4 x 100 meter relay, and long jump. This defining moment in history shattered the Nazi idea of “Aryan superiority.” Enraged by this, Adolf Hitler refused to hand out the medals. Baker does a great job making it a point that amidst the rising tension in the Berlin Olympics, Jesse Owens…

The Head-Smashed-In Buffalo Jump (HSI) has been known as an UNESCO Heritage Site located in Alberta, Canada. This bison jump is a known archaeological site, that preserves the early history of Plains First Nations (Brink et al. 1986) Aboriginal people who roamed the Plains understood the importance of resources and regional topography. By understanding how the environment functioned and thrived, Plains people were also able to monitor and develop a better understanding of buffalo mobility and…

For over the past decade, I have been learning and living through the works of Landmark Education (now Landmark Worldwide). The programs have evolved from seminars designed by Werner Erhard. During that same approximate time, Erhard was working with Jensen, Zaffron, and Granger the creating an ontological, phenomenological leadership course to be taught throughout the world. Not only were they successful in doing so, they found through teaching the course, people left the course actually being…

“Oh, be a fine girl/guy kiss me,” or maybe not. Learning this phrase has helped multiple astronomers to educate themselves on the spectral classification of stars and continues to do so in today’s time. Annie Jump Cannon’s legacy will carry on lasting a lifetime! The first letters of each word in the phrase represents the seven main types of stars. Starting with ”‘O,” these stars are very young, blue, hot, massive and extremely bright star. This type of star is very uncommon similar to the “B”…

L. Gore and Associates produced was customized wiring that could be used in a number of different settings and weather conditions. Mr. Gore’s original intent was to solve customer 's problems by providing customized wiring products. As time has passed W. L. Gore and Associates has been part of some of the greatest advances in technology and events in history. The company provided the wiring for…

W. L. Gore – Culture of a Chaos or Innovation? Historically, bureaucracy was government administration managed by departments staffed with non-elected officials. Hierarchy and excessively complicated decision-making procedures are some of the main things Bill Gore did not want to see as the culture of his organization. Learning off the DuPont Task Force {Exibit 3} Bill, thrived off a collaborative small groups were clusters of employees bonded on projects and worked tight knit and relied on…

For the case of Abrams Vs The United States it started in New York, New York in Union Square. Where some russian immigrants were throwing pamphlets from a second-story window out to the public. In June of 1917, Two months after the U.S entered the war congress passed the espionage act. This act established three basic wartime offense: conveying false information intended with U.S military operation, causing insubordination in the military, and obstructing recruiting . In May of 1918 the…