Stretching Research Paper

The first cooking show I watched was Chopped. Chopped is a competition show where contestants are given a diverse array of ingredients that are unusual and don’t necessarily go well together. Some of the strange ingredients the contestants were given included pink marshmallow peeps, a chocolate bunny, and also a lamb leg. The idea is to create a dish using all the ingredients you are given to make a dish. There are three rounds, appetizer, entrée, and dessert. Each round one contestant is eliminated or “chopped” from the competition until two contestants are left standing in the dessert round. The show is hosted by a man, Ted Allen and there were three judges, this episode there was a male and two females. The contestants were equally distributed in respect to gender, two male, two female, also

Beyond athletes, Cutter High School also contains problematic coaches. Part of the reason T.J. doesn’t participate on other sports teams at school is because of the coaching staff. He explains, “Coaches have tried to get me to turn out for sports since junior high. Sometimes they’re insistent and sometimes downright nasty…even to the point of calling me a traitor” (11). These are grown men who place an overwhelming amount of importance on their sports and can’t look past their goal of winning. T.J. refers to Coach Benson, the football coach, and Coach Roundtree, the basketball coach, noting that at some point he’s sure the two coaches would “retreat to the time-tested and highly grating tool of public humiliation as a motivator” (12). Besides the way this coaching style grates personally on T.J., it shows a lack of tolerance from these coaches as well as a lack of respect for the very

Redlining is the practice of denying services, either directly or through selectively raising prices, to residents of certain areas based on the racial or ethnic makeups of those areas (Wikipedia). Redlining refers to the actual act of drawing red lines on maps to denote where banks were not going to invest in because they are a liability to the bank. This leads into the term being used to describe the discrimination against other people normally due to race or sex. Redlining is a disgusting idea that reminds us of the old days of inequality and it is saddening that people discriminate against others because they have a different skin tone.

Since Victorian times, Filey has been one of the North’s most popular seaside resorts where holidaymakers can enjoy beautiful sands which are both safe and clean. Its long crescent-shaped beach extends south from Filey Brigg to the start of Bempton Cliffs, a distance of about six miles.

As a group we decided to slackline. UTSA has a club called Slackers Association, which one of our group members is a part of it. We all tried to walk across the line and none of us were successful.

Unwinding children in order to save others began after the Heartland War. This war was fought between the pro-choice and pro-life supporters. The war led to the Bill of Life. The Bill stated that life was inviolable until a person turned 13. Once a child turns 13 the family can chose to have the child unwound. Which would mean that they would be taken to a special facility where he or she will be taken apart and reused in order to help others who are in need of them.

Throughout most of my days in my basketball gym class my teacher Mr.Blatt had taught us some important fundamental skills. One of the skills I feel that was very important for anybody to know is the Lay-ups.Lay-ups are the backbone of any team offense and every player's offensive repertoire. Without the threat of a lay-up being made, all other shots could become next to impossible to make it. Just imagine if you had to defend your team knowing that lay-ups were not allowed. What offense and, what screens would be set or, even one – on – one move would you make if you could not properly execute a lay-up? Yet the lay-up is the shot we spend the least time on and, it’s the most ignored shot of all.

“Being flexible also helps reduce the chance of muscle injury. Ideally, stretching should be done before and after other types of exercise” (http://www.pamf.org). As other activities “if you do it incorrectly you can hurt yourself” (http://www.pamf.org). Exercises that help flexibility are yoga and tai chi. The benefits of yoga are muscle strength and tone, improved respiration and energy, weight reduction, and improved athletic performance.

MindBodyGreen.com., 2013. MindBodyGreen. [online] Why Flexibility Is Important To Your Health. Available at: < http://www.mindbodygreen.com

Picture this: You're out biking with your friends, at no frills picking up some pop and chips. You finish your food and then you start biking around. You and your friends decide you want to go to your house but to get to your house you have to go up a really steep hill. So you guys decide to go up. So you start pedaling up the really steep and long hill. As you're about halfway up the hill you look behind you and there's a "sketchy" guy right behind you and you and your friends don't want to take any chances. so you pedal faster and faster and faster. once you get up the hill 5 minutes later you are REALLY sweaty and your feet are so numb you can't step off your bike without falling right head first into the hard solid cement. so a couple minutes

Working out is a complex but, is the best way to get in shape if you do it right. The first thing you focus on is what workouts to do. There are many different workouts you can do for what parts of your body you want to work on. To work on building muscle you can lift weights in various ways, like bench or free weights. Lifting weights is hard to do but if you keep with it and work hard you will see changes to your body soon. One very important thing you need to do is get a trainer. You need one to make sure your doing balanced workout, and they help push you. A trainer is a crucial to the effectiveness of your workouts, and they keep them very balanced.

Being a well informed citizen does not mean keeping with the latest political gossip. It means you are aware of how the government is organized, why they do what they do, and perhaps the most essential part: who represents you. The government is organized into a checks and balances system, thus the government has been broken down into three branches: Executive, Legislative and Judicial branch. Being broken down prevents one branch from having more power than another. The most important branch for citizens is the Legislative branch; they are in charge of making laws. The legislative branch is divided into three levels: local, state, and national. Local government is conceivably the most important to individuals seeing as it affects everyday

As we age, our bodies tend to lose flexibility for one reason or another. It becomes a bit harder to bend over, reach or even walk. Myotherapy

I generally use static stretching on my own. I do not go a gym or participate in any exercise routine. In the morning while getting ready for work. This help prepare my body for the drive and daily movement. Throughout the day I stretch my thigh muscles, since I wear high heels. Sometimes I take off my shoes and stretch my calf muscles. During high school the gym teachers would always incorporate ballistic stretching into the class. While it did not hurt, I was scared I would tear something. I think starting to include dynamic (functional) stretching as one ages would help to maintain stability as they grow older. As people age they lose some of the balance and this would help at least keep their body prepared for movements. This stretch

It’s time for another “Let us Make You Feel Bad Because You Were Untalented When You Were A Kid!” portion!