The 700 Club

Gripping Lightly To some, this may seem to be something that goes against sound judgment. Many newbies, normally, are of the viewpoint that when you’re swinging one of your golf club you should have an awesome, firm and skintight grip…

My Worst Golf Game Most people would not expect playing a round of golf could be so challenging. In fact, I believe out of all the sports or pastimes, as some people would categorize it, golf is the most complicated and technical sport to ever exist. Let me take you through a few holes of a journey to one of my worst golf games ever played. Four years ago, my dad signed me up for “The George Holliday Memorial” Junior golf tournament. A three-day annual tournament that is held during the…

Simple Minds: A Deeper Look at Gender Roles For many, high school is either the best or worst time of their life. In John Hughes’ The Breakfast Club, he brings to life the reality and struggles of being a young man or woman. In the movie, gender roles (standards set by society for what is “normal” for a particular gender) are set by adults in a position of power. As teenagers from all over the country absorb these labels, it sets minors up for who they will become in the future; whether that…

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…

1. Goodlife fitness is a for- profit company and is the largest gym in the world privetly owned and operated by one person (CITATION). Goodlife is considered part of the service industry and is a health and fitness company. Goodlife’s core buisness provides a service that allows members to use their gym and equipment to exercise for 30$-60$ a month depending on locations and add-ons (CITATION). The secondary business provides personal training, physiotherapy, acupunture, massage therapy,…

We all know it 's important to exercise, yet since most of us are full-time college students and some of us even work on top of it, we rarely get enough sleep and finding the time or energy to work out seems impossible. I agree, the demands of being a college student are high. We lead stressful lives but exercising is one of the best ways to deal with it. I get it, at times I even feel like good grades outweigh the motivation to go to the gym. What if I told you getting good grades and working…

university’s drama club and the other is my uncle who is the manager of the financial department of a company. There are some differences between their groups. The drama club is more of a social group than a secondary group. It is formed for people who love drama and acting to enjoy the activities. The financial department is a secondary group that is formed to accomplish a specific task or goal and it is formed to deal with financial issues in the company. For example, the drama club is…

Part B- Stress, Locus of control and behaviour change 1-Over the past few weeks I have unfortunately fallen ill and was quite sick for several days. This resulted in stress for myself as I fell behind on some of my coursework and exercise for the week. Other major stressors that I am dealing with at the moment would be wether I want to change my university course/ will I be able to? As well as trying to fit in enough time to see my friends, exercise and stay on top of university work this all…

These past sixteen months, as member of the Boys & Girls Club, has been a momentous time of my life. One of my key aspect of involvement at the club, is helping the kids with homework. Most of the times when the kids comes to the Boys & Girls Club from school, the chances of them having homework is very high of them having to complete their assignment to turn it in the next day. I utilize the time I have to devote all of my time and energy to assist them with their homework. I personally know…

The French Revolution turned into the Reign of Terror. Under the leadership of Maximillian Robespierre, a new way of life for citizens living in France was being created. However, the only way to control the citizens to adapt to the new way to act and behave in society was through violence. Any individual who started to speak or act bad against the current government, was considered a rebel and would need to be punished. The guillotine was put and used to kill innocent people and set an…