Personal Narrative: My Muscular Strength

Muscular endurance is being able to work a muscle or muscle group for a long period of time at less than maximum effort, (Amezdrox, G. Dickens, S, Hosford, G. and Davis, D. 2012). Muscular endurance was tested by completing a sit up and push up test. My rating for the sit up test were super and for the push up test my rating was excellent, (see appendix 1). These tests were chosen instead of others because if you have a strong core whilst playing touch football, it is seen that you can perform better and this is what these tests work on, (Touch Football Australia, 2013).

“By the end of the day you must achieve something tangible in order to feel good about yourself. No matter how much you may feel you deserve a day of rest, if the day passes without some form of achievement, no matter how small, you will feel dissatisfied.” (PH.Ds, Clifton, O., Anderson, E., Schreiner, L., Pg 26) When I read this quote in our StrengthsQuest text I felt as if I was describing my own personality while starring at myself in the mirror. If there was a sentence to explain “Chrissy” this would be it, or at least a very good candidate when summarizing my number one strength. After completing my StrengthQuest survey online and analyzing my results with the three people who

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.

I became a ballet student at the University of North Carolina School of the Arts in 2014. Being a high school student here gave me the opportunity to expand my horizons and take in as much art as I possibly could. During my first fall at UNCSA, I attended the Emerging Choreographers performance and was privileged to see works created by fourth year contemporary majors. These stunning works showed me the possibilities that dance holds to truly convey powerful and meaning messages. One work in particular stood out to me. It was a piece that showcased five dancers all dressed in pedestrian clothing. At first it appeared to be a casual street scene but a the music progressed one girl began making incredible sharp movements as if she was possessed. She made tiny movements of her hands and feet all the while moving a great distance across the stage. The others started going off what she was doing and all moved together as one giant body supporting the girl in the middle. She continued dancing in the most amazing way have many small movements combined with huge movements that made her seem a thousand feet tall. Intrigued I spoke to one of the dancers about the intention of the dance. She told me that the

At my teenage age I wish I had a trainer like these guys in the video, I would have become a retired heavy weight champion of the world. That didn’t happen during my time, but for these guys here in the video I am sure they will get there. Seeing their moves indicates they are serious and ready to do the damages to their adversaries. I salute you guys and keep it

I actively participate in a variety of extracurricular activities. Both seeing a need and having an interest, I along with some other girls founded our school’s first Athletic Training Program during my freshman year. In the program, we educate students on common injuries seen in high school sports. As the head trainer for our school’s swim team and girl’s track team, I attend to athletes’ sore muscles, apply wraps, and provide assistance to our new trainers (2015-2018). I’m also a leader within my school’s division of Future Health Professionals of America(HOSA), helping to energize the students preparing for healthcare jobs in the future. I became one of the founding members of Stem Moms in 2014, a program that educates students about

When I did Cross Country and Track for the first time, I fell short as a star runner. Instead, weightlifting became the place in high school athletics where I was able to find my niche.

“Are you OK Logan?” It was my Gymnastics coach. I was lying on a mat with feet and face all covered in blood, the only word I could manage to say was ouch.

I had Gwen go into meeting as soon as she completed fit training. I gave her he weekly scorecard sheet and praised her for a wonderful FBC completion percentage. I had a made a note on there about that and also notated that she also needed to continue working hard on her DPO and add-on sales.

My physical body was not the greatest, so I had to deal with being scrawny. Being underweight troubled me a lot back in elementary and middle school. I wanted to stronger, so I decided to exercise at 10 pm in the house. It was tough for me because I would be really tired. At the end I stopped exercising and went back to the way I was. Being underweight for my whole life, I decided to fix it by joining boxing and it helped dramatically in my physical and mental health.

Muscular strength is the ability of muscles to generate force against some type of resistance. Muscle endurance is the ability to continue to generate or force over period of time or for a number of repetitions. Muscular strength and endurance helps performance in physical activities, to improve the physical appearance, which helps a lot with weight

¨Stay strong.Finish strong.¨ A phrase I hear constantly during track practice.It could be said just to encourage runners to hurry up and finish faster, but I use it on and off the track. When I was six years old, I was left in the care of my grandmother my mother had left me and my father stayed in California while my mom came back to Washington alone after she found out she was pregnant with me. At such a young age, I was confused and couldn't comprehend what was going on. Being the oldest child I had to take on the role of an adult in a household of my grandma,my handicapped auntie, and my two younger siblings which was a huge responsibility for a ten year old. I lost an important part of my childhood having to mature so early. I did the

With not be able to get my gym membership I had to come up with another plan to lose weight, I started running around my block and using my brother's weight he had in his room. I did this for a couple of weeks but I felt like I hit a plateau and my weight stayed the same, this was not ok with my I needed to do more. Not being happy with my current weight I started running more, I would run in the middle of the night, after school, before school, any free time I had I was running. Even with this entire running I would still see the same number on the scale 121, I was at a standstill, I couldn't understand what more I could do. All my options were exhausted so I turned to my friend Tiffany for help on what more I could do to lose weight. What

Forty-three individual muscles form the human face; forty-three muscles that allow humans to smile, frown, close their eyes, raise their eyebrows, and flare their nostrils. These simple tasks that no one bats an eye for are the exact tasks that my body stole from me. For two and a half months, I was unable to close my eye, raise my eyebrow, smile, or even flare my nostril. During the two months of relying solely on my words to express my feelings, I learned more about myself than I ever had before. I am my experiences, and I found an opening that allowed me to climb out of the table.

Muscular endurance is the ability to repeat an activity many times, or to hold a particular position for an extended amount of time. For an athlete, muscular endurance is absolutely essential. Muscular endurance is usually improved with a lower weight with higher repetitions. Muscular endurance exercises usually make a person’s body more