Sierra Club

Culminating Activity - Active Living: Final Fitness Reflection While doing my fitness testing, my initial goals were to follow the rating chart found on page two of “My Personal Fitness Gram Profile” booklet, and seeing how many laps, full-body push-ups, curl-ups, back-saver sit & reach etc. I needed to do according to my age to achieve high performance. Throughout the course I have practiced and pushed myself to do better in order to achieve my goal. Looking at my final fitness test I have…

Primary Research Report: Survey I conducted a survey on fitness to get an approximate representation how many people incorporate fitness into their weekly lives, to understand the public’s idea of an optimal fitness lifestyle, and to see what physique people expect from a possible romantic partner. I started my survey by asking participants if they incorporated fitness into their lifestyle. If they said yes, I asked for how long per session, and if they said no, asked them why not. The next…

The Breakfast Club is a timeless moving picture that captures the essence of the different social groupings of the American teenager. The film uses the setting of a Saturday morning detention to portray how different cliques interact with each other, and how they can ultimately melt together to create a unique coterie. In the movie, five different socializations are represented by individuals coming from those backgrounds, John Bender, the criminal, Claire Standish, the princess, Andrew Clark,…

When it comes to using machine weights or free weights at the gym, it is essentially easier to do whatever that benefits you. For example; if you have a low level of fitness or just want to work out individually, you should turn to machine weights. Machine weights allows you to train with heavier weights without or little assistance. Most machines weights have pictures and/or little descriptions showing how to use it properly. Also, if you looking to train specific areas of your body. You should…

I have considered purchasing a fitness tracker as of late. Fitness trackers are used for counting steps, counting calories, and tracking sleep. Typically recorded on a wristband device with data transferred to a web app or mobile app. Fitness trackers are designed to encourage/create healthy habits, specifically cardio and healthy sleep patterns. Endeavour Partners recently conducted a survey of thousands of Americans and concluded that as of September 2013, one in ten U.S. consumers over…

In the movie Fight Club, Edward Norton stars as an unnamed man, who is both the narrator and the protagonist. This man is discontent with his white-collar job, depressed, and plagued with insomnia. His only solace is to attend support groups for various afflictions and illnesses, none of which he possesses. In one of his various support groups, he meets a woman named Marla Singer, played by Helena Bonham Carter, who is also a support group imposter or “tourist.” Her presence robs him of his…

There are many scenes throughout The Breakfast Club which depict concepts of social psychology. From the very first interaction between the members of the group there is an immediate aggression between Bender, Claire, and Andy. This initial aggression likely stems from the group encountering the “frustrating and aversive circumstances” of having to spend their weekend in detention and confinement to the library with each other. Each of the group members possess a unique social identity, and some…

During the French Reign of Terror, a period of time September 5th, 1793, to July 27th, 1794, resulted in the executions of 16,594 people by guillotine and an estimated 25,000 people by summary executions, ("Reign of Terror | French History." Encyclopedia Britannica Online). The Reign of Terror occurred after the fall of the French Monarchy. Instituted by Maximilien Robespierre, tens of thousands of political enemies, royalists, and those who opposed the revolution were executed. After the fall…

I have definitely noticed a fixed mindset about myself when it comes to CrossFit. I hate when bar muscle-ups or pistol squats come up in the workout because I believe I can’t do them. I know to most it would seem like this doesn’t relate to learning, but these movements are extremely technical and take serious practice and technique work. At one point I convinced myself to just change a workout because I “couldn’t” do pistol squats. I was in a recent competition and ended up getting very angry…

High intensity interval training (HIIT) has become incredibly prevalent in the fitness industry over the past few years. There are many gyms around the country that only focus on high intensity interval training work outs, and many of the ones who don’t focus solely on high intensity interval training, offer classes. One of the major draws to high intensity interval training is that, it is said, there is fat burn from twenty-four to seventy-two hours after the shorter workout is completed. Which…