Personal Narrative: Working Out At The Gym

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.

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.

It all started on June 2014, I was uncomfortable in my own skin. I was underweight and was always out of breath. I ran like a turtle. At that time, I weighed only 115 pounds. I wanted to make a change for the better, wanting a better lifestyle. So I decided to sign up for the gym. That day changed my life forever. The gym made me fit, healthier, but most importantly it made me a better person which is who I am today.

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

On 03/03/2017 at approximately 0900 hours, I woke up and started getting ready for the gym. I drank my pre-workout drink and left my house for the gym. On my way to the gym, i stopped to one-stop nutrition shop for a protein shake. I worked out on my shoulders in the gym. On my way to home from the gym, i stopped at a hot bagel shop and got two turkey burritos. After i got home from the gym, i start getting ready for work. At 1245 hours, i left my house for work. On my way to work, i stopped for gas at Chevron gas station on the carefree highway. I bought two monster drinks and one protein bar from the gas station. I arrived at work at 1330 hours, but my briefing for work start at 1400 hours. My sergeant brought pizza for the whole squad.

I have always been physically active and I have participated in many sports and athletic activities and programs throughout my life. However, one thing that I have never considered to improve my fitness was just going out for a walk! Engaging in walking activity has improved so many areas of my life. I have become more health conscience and through this new perspective I have begun to make better fitness decisions that are helping me live a happier, healthier life. I first noticed a change in my fitness level when I was at soccer summer camp. At the camp, we had to run a mile around the field. I remember how last summer I had been really out of shape and I had struggled to run the course. However, this summer, because of my keeping up with my walking program

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.

I would like to improve my muscular endurance and muscular strength because I play softball and I believe it would help me become a better athlete. While completing RIGHT ANGLE PUSHUPS and the PACER during fitness testing, I found my muscles got very tired and weak. I think if I improved my MUSCULAR ENDURANCE and my MUSCULAR STRENGTH, I would do better next time during fitness testing than I did recently. Muscular endurance allows muscles to sustain repeated contractions for an extended period of time. In softball there are various movements that muscle endurance can contribute to. In softball you need to be able to throw repeatedly, as well as standing in a squatting, ready position. Your muscles will be in use for a certain amount of time,

Community is the often missing link in a world marked by self-interests and cynicism; it fosters affinity, understanding and unified action. What I found within my passion for weightlifting is an extraordinarily powerful, diverse foundation of strong-minded individuals united in one core purpose: to improve themselves. Yet, this purpose is by no means self-centered; for it is not so much the weights as it is the sense of togetherness and selfless commitment to one another that has brought me to love the sport.

Olympic weightlifting has a special place in my heart. It’s a sport that many young athletes don’t consider; in fact, I didn’t consider partaking in this athletic discipline myself. It wasn’t until I realized what I was cable of; shaping and moulding myself into a strong, powerfully built, individual. The concept of improving myself was a fixed goal that I was willing to pursue. From there on, my weightlifting career quickly blossomed. I was first informed by my soon to be coach, that I would be competing in the school’s weightlifting competition. The word competition brought excitement and fear. A proper mind set was needed in order to compete. Building confidence on the platform and being consistent with my technique was the main focus. Countless

My hands are shaking, my skin is covered in goose bumps awaiting this big moment. I’ve been waiting for this moment my entire life, I’ve been working so hard for this moment and it’s finally about to come true. Looking back on my life I realize that the countless hours I have spent in the gym trying to come as close to perfection as I could at the game. It was not easy, but if there is one thing I have learned about life is that nothing worth having comes easy and work has to be required. What if my name does not get called? What if all that time and sacrifice I put in the gym is irrelevant? So what. Just because the you reach a road block that does not that mean you stop chasing the dream. My mindset was that I worked so hard for this dream

VO ALEX:” I’m Alex, I was going to be an FBI agent, I almost made it, but I failed a certain test-

P.E. has been very diffrent for the past three weeks. Nylina and I (esme) work our butts off even though sometimes we were lazy. For the past week we been working on our triceps, bicep, pectorals, latissimus doirs, ect. The workouts were very intense. Specifically Tuesday! Every tuesday we did medicine balls & step ups with weights. Thoes killed us, but we did it. It was very hot in the loocker room too.

About half way through gym class I missed 3 days of school because I was at the St Cloud Hospital in the behavior health unit. After I got out, I tried everyday in gym to get caught up to others, and to improve my look. I was very insecure about my looks and myself, so I worked hard in gym and I would also exercise outside of school. I would spend more time exercising than anything else. Also I was trying to get into shape for the lacrosse season. In 9th grade the only test that had had a declining score was my 12-minute swim, it declined because I had just gotten out of the swim season and towards the posttest, it had been a long time since I had swam as intensely as I had at swim practice. Also during the summer, I biked and ran a lot because I didn’t hang out with a lot of friends. I also had a 2-week summer job teach young girls on the basics of lacrosse, which included biking to and from Pine Meadow to my house and running while I am there. I was also a nanny so I ran around with the two young girls I was watching and giving them lots of piggyback rides. In the beginning of my 10th grade gym class, I was not in any sports but was the manager for the boys’ hockey team. This provided me with no exercise and caused me to be very busy. In the spring I was in lacrosse so I was exercising more often. However, I injured my hip in lacrosse and it hurt to run, do the wall sit and sometimes even walk. I tried to stay eating healthy to still stay in shape as well as I could. Also during 10th grade physical education class, I had a bad attitude towards my grades and how hard I tried in class, most of the time I didn’t try very hard in