My Experience At The Gym

Fitness myths are all too common. It starts innocent enough, one person comes up with an idea they think might work, the idea gets passed along, all of a sudden everybody is doing "3 minute workouts to get you ripped in 5 days!". With all the myths out there, it can be hard to decipher what is true and what is not. No need to worry, here at Lift Your Fitness we base our advice, knowledge, and content on research. Feel free to fact check us! Let's take a look at 5 fitness myths that can be LYFted from your mind.

My Fitness Pal is a very reliable tool that has helped me track my macro nutrients onto my phone and has helped me lose weight.The app has many features that helped me balance my diet, like the nutrition tab. The nutrition tab shows your calories, nutrients and macros. This is very helpful because it helps me see what i’m eating and allows me to replace things that may not be good for my health. For example, if i’m eating an unhealthy amount of macaroni and cheese it tells me that this food is high in saturated and carbs, it’ll then give me a recommended replacement food that is much healthier, such as a Tomato Soup or a Rice Bowl.

As surprising as it may sound, I have been doing community service since the sixth grade and it is a new experience each time. It all began with a community clean up known as 'Keep McAllen Beautiful' as we got there everyone seemed excited to be there. It was beautiful to see such unity inside of my community, and I decided from then on that I would like continue helping out where it is needed. As I joined the National Honor Society my chances of providing my services increased, and I decided that I would assume a position of leadership when needed. I became the society's president, which allowed me to develop my time management skills, creativity, and efficiency. I organized an fundraiser for the hurricane Harvey disaster victims where all

Advertising plays a huge role in why people buy what they buy. This paper will discuss the different techniques used by brands in order to appeal to the intended group they are targeting. Some brands try to appeal to the most amount of people possible. However, some brands have a specific niche of people they try to appeal to. McDonalds is an example of a brand that tries to appeal to everyone. It has a general message that everyone can get behind, and they market it correctly. This is why they are one of the biggest brands in existence. However, Gymshark is a brand that tries to appeal to a specific niche of people. Their goal is to be the next Nike. They try to appeal to athletic people, who workout very often. Their products are similar to Nike, but they are specifically

Over the course of a month, I dedicated time to volunteer with agencies that focus on providing safe and productive programs for children. Stop Child Abuse Now also known as SCAN, focuses on stopping/preventing child abuse in homes. This agency teams with many different agencies around Richmond to help parents and children coop and learn way to avoid situations of abuse. My duty for volunteering was teaming with Virginia Commonwealth University Health Services and making SCAN a known organization throughout Richmond community. VCU threw a wellness block party that included many different health services but also gave members of the community to learn and seek help with many different organizations that were there promoting their business or organization. I sat with one other girl and passed out flyers and contact information to those who were interested in the organizations. I explained to individuals what the program was about and the benefits of the program. I had one particular interaction with this young mother who explained she was in a situation where children were being abused and the authorities were notified and now she’s seeking counseling for her and the children involved. I and the other young lady volunteering with me were able to give her information on the program and also contact numbers to individuals that could help her situation. This young woman was very grateful and happy she found an organization that could assist her with her situation. From this

Catonsville emergency food ministries (CEFM), which provides food, and household supplies to the homeless and needy population, is where I did three hours of my service hours. All though this was not my first choice, as I thought I could not learn anything from it, and it would be boring and not engaging. I was wrong; I didn’t know the work and knowledge that went into planning, for the day to day operation of a food bank. The building itself was small, and lack adequate space for storage, and working. The week prior they lost all of their meat supplies due to a freezer malfunction, which left a slight death smell in the building. The volunteers were very nice and helpful in showing me around, and answering question. I was actually surprised that one of the volunteers was 16, and was doing it just to get out of the house.

The Union Gospel Mission is a homeless shelter that gives its residents jobs within the shelter. They are able to work in the field that they want to get into; things like cooking, cleaning, and many other things. While we were there, some of us were able to work in the kitchen and help prepare a meal for the residents. As the meal was being made, the rest of us were working out in a warehouse, sorting clothes. When it was time for us to eat, most of the residents had already left the dining hall, but there were still a couple of them there. Those last few people had waited in the dining hall because they had wanted to meet us. One of them, a woman, was so unbelievably thankful to see us there, for us getting out and helping

On December 2nd of 2015, my city of San Bernardino encountered a terrorist attack that took the lives of 14 innocent people and injured 22 at the Inland Regional Center. I can only imagine what it feels like to lose someone whose only intentions were to go to work. This devastated many families and took away their loved ones. Seeing the pain and heartbreak, I knew that there was something that needed to be done. After seeing the chaos go on in my city, I decided to volunteer at my local Salvation Army to do something good in the middle of all this negativity. I donated clothes my family no longer used, blankets, and even pillows for those who couldn't afford them. I also volunteered to serve lunch on the weekends. Seeing their faces knowing

In securing my Field Experience Placement I had some options I could go in a new route and look for a place that was new to me or I could go with a place that I had volunteered before and that I was familiar with. I decided to go with a place that I was familiar with and had been with before, St. Benedict’s Senior Community. I had just volunteered there this past spring for another class and enjoyed it, so I felt it was a great fit to go with again. Knowing where I wanted to go I then emailed the Volunteer coordinator Jo Ellen Johnson. I emailed the criteria for the Field Experience along with asking if they were interested in

“We all have a responsibility to volunteer somewhere and I'm lucky that I get the education and get taken to places to see what's out there and see what's happening and to then be a part of it in hopefully an impactful way.”-Jennifer Garner. I believe through this experience, I have been given the opportunity to experience something I have never done before. This project has given me a reason to volunteer, and because of this I would like to volunteer more. I choose to volunteer at San Dimas Community Hospital located 0.2 miles away from my house. It was very easy to volunteer there because I could just take a short walk and arrive at the hospital. Before I could begin volunteering at the hospital, I had to fill out a detailed application before. After completing the application, I waited one month, before finally getting the call that I was selected. After the acceptance, I was ask to go to a meeting, where we had to sign tons of papers and take two extensive tests. Finally, after that we received badges that allowed us into the hospitals

My family and i wanted to join a charity program near by to help out around us. But we found out that, these programs do not take in everybody who is in need. They do plenty of screening to pick out only couple people from hundreds of people that are just outside the building. I thought of giving out of own food from us to them who didn't got accepted to programs such as red cross or salvation army. So we started to give out homemade food, chips, drinks to about 30-40 people at local park in downtown san Jose. It started with just me and my family giving out every Sunday. As week by week went by, we got more people in line for our food. So i decided to ask for more help so i posted about our service on Facebook and the next week, we had about 10 families and good amount of donation so that we could buy our own food. We then started to buy 25 boxes of pizza, water, juices, milk, muffins, bananas. It came to point that we were serving about 120-130 people every Sunday with the help of 40-50 people. These people would come up to me and say, “ why are you guys doing this, you guys are probably getting paid or having some benefit by doing this”. My reply was that i always believed in second chances. We all believe that you guys deserve another chance so that least we could do is help you guys stay healthy.

The service I voluntarily participated in was helping victims of hurricane Irma clean up debris and cut down trees in Key West, Florida. We were divided up into three large groups. A local church (St. Peter Catholic Church), a water revised (John Pennekamp Coral Reef State Park), and a museum (Crane Point Museum & Nature Center) were the three destinations for our cleanup crews. The team I was placed in went to help the St. Peter Catholic church. This multicultural church is ran by an Haitian American Priest that has been a pastor for twenty-five years of his life. During the service we cut down trees, stacked and removed debris. After about an hour and thirty minutes of this labor we helped replenish the handmade tomatoes garden built

As an intern for a non- for profit I worked closely with community volunteers within the agency. The approach to network with the local community members and university to better provide assistance to families in need, worked best for this small community. As a university student of the Social Work program I brought ethical principles, classroom training and work history to the agency. In my position as a counselor, I interview clients utilizing an intake form to gather information about one’s household size, income, and services they required. I had developed a strategy to devote time to the client as well as collect their food and clothing items. An army veteran and long- term volunteer and I worked together to serve clients. I became

Working out can appeal to many different types of people. Various individuals have different motivations for visiting their local gym. I have found that just by observing people around me while working out, helps pass the time and distract me from my screaming muscles. In my observations I have determined there to be three different general types of people that spend time in the gym. Those types are: The Muscle Heads, the Average Joes and the Socials.

I was visiting the local church for a community event when I met potential participant I wanted to include in a focus group. The Del City Church of Christ host a weekly initiative called the Community Cup, which takes place every Tuesday morning from 7:00 a.m. to 9:00 a.m. The church provides free donuts, coffee, juice, and milk for the community as we harvest free fresh fruits and vegetable. I arrived at 7:30 a.m. on June 13th to have donuts with my grandchildren, after sitting for a while and observing the different individuals and families that came in and out I started walking around and greeting everyone. I introduced myself as a student at UCO, enrolled in a summer class called Linking Families and the Community. Of course, they commended me for sticking with it and I explained my assignment to them and asked if anyone would be interested in being a part of a focus group. Six of the guest agreed to meet with me the following week at 8:00 a.m. at Del City Church of Christ in a designated area; 2 of the 6 canceled when I called to confirm our appointment. On June 20th, I met Mandy White; age 18, Maribeth Snap; age 63, Mike Brown; age 43, and Juanita (no last name) approximately age 56.