How will you adapt your PE plan into college or adulthood, given your fitness level may change?
My fitness level may decrease when I got to college because I will no longer be constantly competing on a track or cross country team.To adapt to these new conditions and prevent my fitness level from decreasing, I will find time and activities that fit into my new schedule. I will continue my athleticism by running every morning before college classes or work. Also, I will become a member at a local gym to play sports and take exercise classes I will enjoy.
How may your fitness needs change in order to prevent health related concerns?
As I get older I will need to focus more on flexibility to protect my bones and joints. I will also need to focus on less strenuous activities to preserve my health. However, I will still need constant physical activity so that I do not get illnesses attributed to a sedentary lifestyle.
How will your economic situation, motivation, accessibility to fitness resources, and ability to participate change as you go to college or enter your career?
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As a college student, my economic situation will change and I will need a job to support myself. This means however that I will have less free time to allocate to exercise so I will have to plan athletic activity into my schedule. My motivation may change because of my focus on college or my career. To stay motivated I can set short term fitness goals to encourage me to exercise daily. My accessibility to fitness resources will change when I go to college because I will no longer have access to my school gym and track and my local gym. I will have to find other places to exercise such as running at nearby parks and joining a new gym. My ability to participate will change because I will no longer be part of my school track team and will have to continue running on my
Students in college have to balance many activities: school, friends, work, health, and everything in between. Being a student athlete adds a whole new workload. Not only do student athletes have to balance class, studying, and homework, but they also have workouts, meetings, events, games, and of course, practice. Not even mentioning a social life, a student athlete 's daily schedule is already packed full. Typically, a student athlete wakes up, goes to a workout that is followed by classes, then another workout, and finally time for studying and homework.
In college, students tend to spend a huge portion of their day involved with academic activities. The students are pressured to do well in all of their required classes, even if physical education is not involved in their required classes. First semester college freshmen tend to spend most of their day in their room studying or doing homework, when in reality they should spend some of their day in a gym or playing an intense sport. For some students, the transition from high school (where fitness is a mandatory class) to college (where the students can take the classes they want whenever they want) is difficult. Since the classes they take enforce difficult topics, students tend to neglect physical education due to the increase amount of dedication
Furthermore, athletes who play at the college level work out constantly. All college competitors have been focused and experienced in their sport for quite a long time. Also, the commitment level has intensified in college sports. Playing a sport in college is a year round commitment, not a seasonal one. The sport consumes you and becomes your everyday life. If you are looking to have fun and work out here and there, a serious college sport might not be the route to go. Lastly, all college athletes must be able to balance academics and their sport. This requires a certain amount of maturity, experience, strength training, and commitment. All and all, stepping up to a college level sport after playing in high school is quite a leap. You have to be completely ready to do nothing else but that sport and maintain your
Fitness is something every college student struggles with. With the high levels demanded of college students, such as research papers, group projects, assignments, jobs, and overall lack of sleep it can become very difficult to find the time to workout or be active. Student like to be active thought because it helps put them in a better mood. They are able to relax and have more energy. If students come in with a plan though they are more likely to stick to their routine and maintain their workout plan. It also helps to have a person to workout with. This allows for both individuals to motivate each other to stay on their workout routine, this especially helps for women. Generally though, by setting your mind to staying fit, you will not only see the benefits physically, but it will also help individuals set goals that are achievable in life and help maintain their stress level (Whelan, 2016).
I plan on waking up at 8:30 A.M. on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays to participate in my program. My program consists a combination of walking, jogging, weightlifting, and occasionally riding a bike. I plan on walking and jogging into Pocahontas for 30 minutes doing 2 minute intervals of each exercise to keep my heart rate in the targeted zone. Then in the evenings I would participate in weightlifting with my father to relieve stress from the day. I want to participate in jogging and walking because it will be a great way to wake my body and mind up for my classes, and it is not devastating on my body. If it rains, I plan on going to the Annex and riding a bike for 30 minutes, and I choose the bike because I enjoy biking. I am a man of routine
In college you need to keep a 2.0 average to be able to stay in your sport. But won’t be a problem most athletic sports have a few things in common you run, lift, and you’re just active in plain general. When you are active running it will increase your brain performance by increase sing your heart rate it increases the flow of oxygen and rich blood into the body, including the brain this will lead into better grades on tests in class. You will have a better mood when doing
The article Predicting Physical Activity Outcomes During Episodes of Academic Goal Conflict, from the Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, explains the differential roles of action planning and coping planning in relation to students with conflicting fitness and academic goals. Action planning explains when and how goals will be completed. Coping planning is connecting goal striving with responses to coping. It is common for people to want to live an active, healthy life. But it is even more common for fitness or nutrition goals to fade because our focus is on living. Creating a preparation plan can be a useful, strategic move on our parts in increasing fitness activities. The purpose of this article was to examine whether creating a
As a child and throughout my teens I was very active. In elementary and middle school, I participated in many sports such as, soccer, cheerleading, and track. In high school I really started getting in to working out. I would go to the gym every weekday and I had a set workout plan that I loved. Unfortunately, I had to stop working out towards the end of my senior year because of health issues and I have not gotten back in my old routine since. I have been in and out of the gym since college, but because of my heavy school load and having a job, working out has not really been a huge priority
College life is a time full of fun, friends, activities, classes, and homework. All of these activities however, add up to a busy life style. Being busy is not in itself harmful but when the busyness becomes so great that it turns into stress, problems start to arise. The formation of stress leads to many unhealthy trends, such as lack of sleep, loss of immunity to disease, and a change in personality traits. How then can stress in the busy lives of college students be reduced? The answer is a simple one that has long been known; exercise relieves stress. Colleges across the country need to implement a program of required exercise classes to promote the well being of students.
There are many different reasons as to why individuals choose to participate in exercise, whether it is due to athletics, weight control, or behavior. This study is used to determine the difference in motivation levels between college athletes at Kansas Wesleyan University (KWU) and those who do not play sports at KWU. The health benefits of exercise are widely known but rarely put into use. The lack of physical activity has grown to become a problem in college-aged students, even to the point where a common phrase of “Freshman Forty” has become dominant. It seems the transition from high school to college leaves former athletes unaware of how to exercise without a sport or coach telling them what to do and how to do it. Motivation levels could be a determining factor as to why individuals choose to partake in exercise or are lacking in that area.
Topic and Purpose: In tonight's speech, I will present to you your very own how to guide on getting and staying fit in college.
I’m currently playing college soccer at the University of Northwestern Ohio. I probably wouldn’t be here if I didn’t change my lifestyle and joined a sport. I have learned that it is important to keep a healthy lifestyle not just to look good but to keep your body healthy. It’s always difficult to change your eating habits or to start exercising but the little things can make a huge difference. For example changing a bag of chips for a bag a nuts and adding an hour of exercise a day can come a long
-Most universities now have some form of a Campus gym. This allows you to find time to work out before, after or in between classes.
“Physical education hopes to accomplish, to engage all students, not just the athlete elite, in fun activities that will instill a lifelong commitment to fitness.” (Johnson, 264). Physical education in the classroom can be a vital steeping stone to the way that teenagers think about fitness. Lifelong fitness is something that everyone should be guaranteed, it mainly depends on the experience that a teenager has. Like many other subjects in school, the
Despite the many stereotypes that are connected with being a student athlete, student athletes in general are held to much higher standards by their institutions. Before a prospective student athlete even enters college, they are made fully aware of the academic standings and requirements of the college they choose. Although the academic requirements vary from college to college, the standards are still held high for all student athletes. The transition into college can be exceptionally difficult especially for the