CrossFit was founded in the 1980s by former high school gymnast Greg Glassman and his wife, Lauren. After graduating from high school in 1974, Glassman took a job as a physical trainer at the Pasadena, YMCA. Where he worked with professional athletes, emergency responders, and other specialized athletes, as well as with the general public. He was surprised to find that many of his supposedly “well-trained” clients were lacking in some skills that might be thought to be essential in their lines…
routines on my rest days. This adjustment has been very beneficial in regards to my overall flexibility, and my ability to increase my other fitness goals. I am not having the aches and pains that I originally had, and I have noticed increases in strength and cardio at a much faster…
I found this particular project very challenging since I’m not that really ‘active’ when it comes to exercise. Don’t get me wrong, but I like to work on my pace; weightlifting allows me to do that. Basketball and other team sports were never a go to exercises for me just because there’s a lot of running that has to be done. I always play as the ‘team manager’, looking out for the players and getting what they need. Although I have a big body built, I never tried to push myself too far because of…
order to be an effective fitness program, it must include a cardiorespiratory endurance program and a strength program. My cardiorespiratory goal is not too specific. I am a fairly active person and enjoy playing sports such as football, soccer, basketball, volleyball, and occasionally I play others. For my goal, I would like to improve…
ignore. Practically everyone engages in some form of physical activity everyday of their lives. A statement echoed earlier that needs to restated is that there is no one exercise in particular that can prevent exercise. It is by combining aerobic, strength, and stretching exercises among the least that we can receive the most…
The Practicality of the Fitbit A Fitbit is a wearable activity tracker that can measure data such as number of steps taken throughout the day, heart rate, length and quality of sleep, as well as minutes in fat-burning or cardiovascular exercise. In addition, it allows the user to compare their activity and exercise data with friends or acquaintances which creates friendly competition and promotes movement and exercise. The Fitbit sets a daily goal of steps based on recommendations from the…
requiring strong passwords. This policy applies to all personnel who have any form of computer account on the organizational network. 2. Policy: Organization should have password checker so that the employees know the strength of the password. There should be application to check that the old and new passwords are not similar. The feature of “remember password” should not be enabled. Notification to change the password after 90 days should be…
My workout Plan for this client is a basic 12-week workout plan which includes 3 days of strength training and 2 days of aerobic workouts. To start of the program intensity will be low which will be 65%. The repetitions will be higher and weight will be lower to start with. The goal is to increase muscle strength, tendon, ligament strength, Increase Lean body mass. After few weeks I would increase the intensity of her workout. I would also discuss with her after…
Muscular strengthening is also achieved through exercise and decreases the chances of developing diseases that stem from inactivity. The importance of muscular strength is extremely high. We use it each day from lifting out groceries from the car to the house to lifting up our children to play with them, we depend on our muscular strength to accomplish each task daily. By exercising, range of motion is increased. This lowers the risk of back injury especially as people get…
cardiovascular fitness and understand how hard the body is working during physical activity. To measure a person’s overall fitness, four types of tests must be performed: aerobic fitness, muscular strength, flexibility, and body composition (President’s Challenge). Each component is tested individually for cardiovascular strength, the ability to perform every day activities, joint movement and flexibility, and amounts of fat on the body respectively (President’s Challenge). Each component of…