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Benefits From a Vegetarian Diet
There has been much controversy over vegetarian diets since they became popular. People start thinking one thing about the diet and soon the belief spreads like the flu. There are many truths and myths out there about vegetarian diets. This is due to people not being properly informed on vegetarian diets. They just believe whatever they hear about the diet and form their opinion based solely on that, regardless of facts. Although some of the rumors are accurate, people need to be better informed on the subject. The rumor I found interesting is that people believes eating a vegetarian diet makes you more healthy. Read more »
Effects of Cardiovascular Exercise on Clinical Disorders
I've had sleep disorders, often referred to as low grade insomnia, my entire life. Even as a child. While I have always been into biking, I used it in more of a moderate exercise way than actual continues vigorous exercise. For this class I have been vigorously working out more and more, and have noticed some major changes in my sleep patterns. At first, I would sleep on nights that I had gone to the gym earlier that day. Now I am actually sleeping every night without any sleep aids- herbal, natural or pharmaceutical. Read more »
Cardiovascular Intensity Monitor
I have been researching different monitors for quite some time. A friend of mine has Polar heart rate monitor and when we were working out together, I found it very fascinating. So today before I started my workout I asked if I could borrow hers. She showed me how to operate it and off I went. I started it at the beginning of my workout and was very impressed with how it kept up with what I was doing. A downfall of this is that I was constantly watching the monitor to see what i was doing instead of focusing on my workout. So while it gave me a good insight as to how intense my workout was, I'm not overly convinced that having one of these on is productive. Read more »
My teaching experience
For my second teaching experience, I taught 5-7 year old boys basketball skills. Due to their level of motor development, I knew that skills would not be perfect, but they were excited to learn about the sport.
Set Up: I had each stand near a colored cone to help prevent them from moving around to different spots constantly. I had balls for each boy. The smallest boy, Zach, was five years old and the other two boys, Dillon and Peter, were seven. I knew he would not exhibit good dribbling skills yet, but I was curious as to what he would be able to do (and he was the little brother of one of the seven year olds, so he came along). Zach received a smaller sized ball so he could handle it better. Read more »
Thought Stopping-Concentration
“Although many people start exercise programs to improve their health and lose weight, it is rare for people to continue these programs unless they find the experience enjoyable.” (Weinberg and Gould, pg. 417) People are motivated for different reasons to exercise as a trainers, I need to “emphasize the diverse benefits of exercise.” (President’s Council on Physical Fitness and Sport, 1996) The specific points I would like to point out to my clients is that following a fitness program reduces the risk of cardiovascular disease, it reduces stress and depression, helps with weight control and it can be enjoyable. Read more »