Weightlifting

Analytical Interpretation of a Political Cartoon Most Americans work hard for what they have, yet, it is baseball, America’s pastime, where the players cheat their way to the top of the game. The evolution of steroids in baseball has evolved rapidly in the past two decades. The lack of routine drug tests in baseball, combined with the less than harsh suspensions has created a league unlike that of the previous century. This juiced up league has created new records as players become stronger and…

How Healthy Are You? Assessment Upon completing my “How Healthy Are You?” assessment my results showed the highest scores of nineteen in environmental, spiritual, and intellectual health. The lowest score I received of sixteen fell under the category of physical health. Within this category my scores showed a tie between lack of sleep and weight loss. I took some time to contemplate a realistic goal weighing out what I was actually able to commit to and, ultimately decided to choose weight loss…

win as the elite athletes that they strive to become, tempting them to use performance enhancing drugs. The teenagers that do not participate in sports may have different motives for participating in steroids. Coming from personal experience in weightlifting, there always seems to be a constant thought that I am not getting the results that I want. Having those thoughts on my own, it would only make sense that many other teenagers are thinking the same way, and might use the help of anabolic…

Some activities to increase my muscular strength include weightlifting, shoulder press, deadlifts, and planks, to name a few. My agility goal is... By the next fitness test date I will... I will attempt to improve my agility by the next fitness testing. I will do this by decreasing the time of my Illinois…

The Determined Athlete “Success means having the courage, the determination, and the will to become the person you believe you were meant to be”---George Sheehan Lauren Fisher grew up in California with her mom, dad, and three older brothers. Ever since she was a little girl her dad had her doing some type of exercise like push-ups and sit ups. At the age of 12 she ended up at the CrossFit 209 gym. At first she would mind her own business but the owner soon approached her and started to work…

Genetics & Human Performance Abstract 1.1 Review 1.2 Genetics association with athletic performance When it comes to sport and performance, there is a major difference between the recreational athlete and the elite athlete. When it comes to comparing elite against elite, there can be many variable differences such as training volume, frequency and so on but what truly separates the best from the rest is those who fortunate enough to have the right mixture of Genetics with the correct training…

In order to have a healthy and stress-free lifestyle, you have a focused on two important components that influence your health. The two components are Your physical activity and your nutrient intake and they are very perhaps the best way to improve your health physical and mentally and also by eating properly, you can provide your body with the necessary nutrients to improve health. So, with this activity, I focused on those two aspects to improve my health and reduce my stress levels. After…

The History of Freestyle and Greco-Roman Wrestling Wrestling is a combative sport that uses grappling type maneuvers such as throws, takedowns, pins, joint locks, and other holds to ensure one competitor a victory . A wrestling bout is where two competitors compete in a physical competition who attempt to achieve and retain an more advantageous position. The military has also integrated wrestling techniques into their hand-to-hand combat systems as well as other martial arts.Wrestling is…

Not only that but the posing on stage during the actual contest, some view competition posing as an art form because you not only have to master the training world but you need to master posing your muscularity in order to win any competition. Weightlifting has been around for thousands of years and is used today to condition our military, athletes, or the general…

The Open 17.2 Crossfit has taken the fitness world by storm. Not only because its popular, but also because it has changed the meaning of fitness. Crossfit was formally established in 2000 it was founded by Greg Glassman a teenage gymnast. Per (Burt, 2013) “The Godfather Greg Glassman”, Glassman grew up in Woodland Hills, a suburb of Los Angeles in San Fernando Valley. At the Glassman household, education trumped everything. Glassman father was a rocket scientist at Hughes Aircrafts and an…