Personal Narrative: All About Fitness

Everyone has something they’re talented at, and many people have to try multiple things before they find their talent(s) that they have. As a child, my parents like many others had me participate in multiple activities. For example, I took dance classes, played a great amount of sports, and was a participant in many plays. In my freshman year, I tried running track and field. During the course of it, I developed shin splints and I proceeded to go to the athletic trainer. The athletic trainer here, Todd Korabek, has a system that works for the whole program. New injuries will see an aide, and that aide will then write up a card for them which lists their name, sport, injury, and body part. The aide doesn’t write the injury because only the athletic trainer can diagnose. After the athletic trainer treats all old injuries, he evaluates the new injuries, which happened to be me at that moment. Watching the aides assist Mr. Korabek really inspired me and his profession intrigued me.

My first year of high school, I had experience with injured football players during my physical education class. We had a certified trainer who would come in and check them out. She was excellent and all of the football players and staff loved her. I was so interested in her work and later thought about making it my career goal. As time passed, I transferred schools. At my new school, there was an opportunity with two other girls to join the football team. One of my friends that I already knew before I changed schools. He introduced me to the girls and the helped me get involved. The job was to assist the athletic trainer and also help the football coach with any laundry, equipment, etc.

The first time I realized that I wanted to be an athletic trainer was during my eighth grade summer at camp. I was working on a project where I had to find careers that I was interested in. Doing this project helped me realize how many job choices there were, but only one intrigued me as much as this one. My choice to major in kinesiology was made clear during my freshman year after I job shadowed an athletic trainer at my local college and high school. High school has helped me realize who I am and what I want to become, and college will help me become that person.

I grew up overweight, amidst incessant teasing and judging glances so frequent they felt normal. I knew I was unhealthy. I wanted to improve, and I did try to work out and eat right a lot of times - but to no avail. It never worked. In hindsight, it is clear my failures were because I prioritized health below everything - academics, a social life - you name it. Moving to the US for college, leaving behind a support structure for a foreign culture, I knew I had a fresh start that I could make the most of if I so tried.

As I looked at the barbell stacked with two 45 lbs plates on both sides, I questioned my own ability, and think to myself there is no way in hell I am able to lift this without injuring myself.

My clinical rotation for the fall semester of my junior year is with the King’s College Men’s soccer team. As an athletic training student, I hold a lot of responsibilities regarding the prevention, evaluation, diagnosis, management, and treatment of these student athletes. Most of my daily activities can be separated into three groups, the pre-practice, pre-game, during the activity, and post- practice and post-game.

Our interim report will discuss the company background, as well as financial ratios for Foot Locker when compared to Finish Line since Charm City Run’s financial ratios are not public records. We discuss strategic resources for Charm City Run, one being its organizational structure and its exceptional customer service. We will also discuss a possible opportunity for Charm City Run to expand their target market into a broader shoe market for consumers beyond the athlete industry. We go into detail about how the threat of substitutes poses a threat in our industry and possibly affects our opportunity for growth. Our appendix and references

Foot Locker Retail, Inc. is an American footwear and sportswear merchandiser that was established in 1974, but founded as a separate corporation in 1988. Foot Locker’s headquarters is located in Midtown Manhattan, New York City and operates in 23 countries worldwide with over 3,000 stores located throughout the United States, Canada, Europe, Asia, Australia and New Zealand.

The athletic training program at my school, many times our supervisor would let us take the lead when it came to treating a patient and diagnosing them. The biggest obstacle I face through this was doubting my confidence. One time as we were on watch during a game, a player had fallen and was in great pain. I was the next in line to go with the trainer to help the player, when we approached I began to feel my confidence dwindle. Yet I knew I had a duty to the player and was able to overcome this barrier.

One day after eight hours of work, I was sitting on my couch watching television when I saw a commercial showing a man who had lost fifty pounds in six months. Having seen similar commercials over the years, I really did not give it much thought. However, a couple hours later the commercial still lingered in my mind. I stopped for a second and thought, “Why don’t I work out, but to gain muscle instead of losing weight?” I decided to join a gym with two goals in mind, to gain muscle and become fit; I did not want to be the skinny kid anymore. I began working out four days per week, doing squats, sit ups, push ups, bench press and deadlift reps. Pushing through the pain and exhaustion has made me a better person. My perseverance has taught me

My main goal is to increase my cardiorespiratory fitness so that I can play sports for a long duration without getting tired. I can do this by using the overload principle, the principle of progression, the principle of reversibility, and FITT formula. I will incorporate all of these with interval training. Using the overload principle with the interval training will allow me to build up my cardiorespiratory system in intervals at greater loads. This leads into progression, as I will need to be able to do this gradually, and not all at once. Making sure the progression is done gradually will allow for my body to adapt to each overload. The principle of reversibility will ensure that I am continuing to work, and not failing to exercise. These

Being locked under the pressure of 350 pounds of metal while several men with Boston accents shout motivational phrases at you is not a situation in which most want to find themselves. It is in this specific situation that I find the most happiness. I am of course talking about bench pressing, an exercise that sparked my love for fitness as an adolescent. I simply could not get enough of this exercise. One day I found myself going to a gym that I had never been to before but was excited to try out. I was planning to bench press that day. I warmed up with all of the equipment that I usually would have at my home gym however once it was time for me to bench press, I could not find one. This gym had everything I needed to warm up, but did not have a bench press— the one exercise I was greatly looking forward to.

Throughout the year in blended guided fitness my level of fitness did not change drastically because of my continued commitment to swimming. In terms of all my fitness testing throughout the year, beginning with the sit ups i showed a significant improvement, with a base line of thirty-two and ended the year with eighty sit-ups. I think the major reasoning for this improvement is dry land work that I participated in during my high school swim season, which focused on abdominal strength and building muscular endurance. The next fitness test I had was the push up test, my baseline for pushups in September was 10 push ups. My score increased to 12. Although it was not as much of a drastic improvement as my sit-ups, I still think it reflected

I am Abinaya (Abi) and I am from India. I am a junior doing a double major in Mathematics and Marketing. I also work part-time at Grafton Library. Some of my hobbies include watching movies, listening to songs, reading and taking long walks. My favorite drinks include coke and tea. I am a vegetarian except for the occasional egg. I love to eat spicy food. My favorite cuisines include Indian and Chinese. I also enjoy playing sports, specifically basketball and badminton.

As of this morning, Compete shows 48 associates registered for the challenge. Fitness is still doing weigh-in this weekend so we could possibly see a couple more associates jump on before the official Monday start. I’ll update you, and the team, at next huddle if that’s the case. Next year I will start advertising the associate challenge as early as possible as well explore more creative ideas to encourage participation. On the member side, the total this morning was 161 registered so we have a grand total of