The Physical and Mental Improvements as an Effect of Physical Fitness

For 2 years I was a member of the Central Toronto Athletic Club. CTAC is a competitive middle distance running club that trains its athletes to compete in track and field and cross country events. It is a year round athletic club that is a platform for talented people of almost all ages to train and to focus on their self-progress as an athlete. At CTAC I was encouraged to push myself to test the limits of my speed, endurance and strength and to discover what my body is truly capable of. Running was a very satisfying sport because my achievements were directly proportional to the amount of work that I put in. At CTAC, I learned discipline, dedication and perseverance. I had to balance my schoolwork with daily practices or workouts, I ran six

I ran as fast as I could, I was tired but knew that I had to keep going. The sun shone down ferociously making it very bright and torrid. I felt sweat drip from just above my brow into my right eye. My eye began to get a burning sensation just as I turned the corner. My muscles ached, but I knew I had to shift into overdrive and pick up the pace. I started to run faster and faster. I began to get the feeling like I was about to throw up, but knew that I couldn’t stop now. I continued to sprint to the finish, and just as I crossed the finish line I looked to the clock and noticed that I set a new PR. The feeling of happiness that swelled up inside me took me back to the practice on the tuesday of the previous week: That day it was hot as fire

As I entered the first day of my junior year in highschool, I walked into my first class, Blended Guided Fitness with Mrs. P and Mrs. Bergo. Although I may have just made that class sound very intimidating, it was far from that, it was a great opportunity to learn about time management and self motivation. On the first day we learned the structure of the class, and how the students in the class must be physically motivated outside of school. Due to my continued commitment to swimming I knew this class would be a great fit. As the year progressed into late September we began to do fitness testing. We also did more fitness testing in December to measure our improvements in muscular endurance, muscular strength, and flexibility. In regards

I wake up barely dawn, when the early morning is still unpleasantly chilly and most of my peers are comfortably cuddled in their blankets. I, on the other hand, will dive into the pool. My weary limbs urging me to go back to bed, but my ambitious heart encouraging me to move forward. I keep going, training, and racing for the next two and a half hour; everyday, until my arms are too tired to lift my aching body out of the pool. Some days were easy. I had motivation and full of energy. Others, were much more difficult and I had to improvise, adapt, and overcome.

This study was performed at Arizona State University (ASU) and Karolinska Institutet(KI). The participants from ASU numbered 712 and consisted of randomly selected staff, faculty and graduate students on campus, ages 20 to 65 years. KI had 1,406 participants, falling under the same category as those at ASU. Three hundred and fifty-five of the 2,118 participants, 355 were randomly chosen to participate in fitness testing. Participants were given a pedometer and told to record the number of steps per day with their ultimate goal of walking at

Britton changed what the act of exercise itself meant to me, “It can be comfortable, or you can put in hard work.” I was not sure what the benefit of the, “hard work” really was. From day one, when the class was required to run at the beginning for five minutes; I began to understand his theory. What started as a comfortable task, due to being overweight, became a personal challenge. Alone, I would run in the rectangular path of the room which seemed infinite, with annoying Top-40 pop songs blaring from the speakers overhead. It was a challenge from the start. I was breathing heavy, sweating more as time progressed, wanting to give up. With motivation from Mr. Britton and myself, giving up never happened. Though I struggled to the very end each day, I felt accomplished and surprisingly energetic afterwards. These feelings that running had never given to me before became addictive. What I took the most from his class was a newfound love for running and learning to push myself. Little did I know that this spark for running would have a significant

The summer after freshman year, my determination to improve my heart strength pushed me to start jogging every other day. It took many frightening instances of pushing myself to nearly fainting to find the balance between aerobic efficiency and overexertion. The thought of giving up would often surface, but my ambition drove me to push forward. By slowly increasing the distance of my runs from hundreds of yards a day to a mile a day, my cardiovascular system gradually improved. By the end of summer, I felt proud to be in the best shape of my life.

Physical education trends have developed recently to incorporate a greater variety of activities. Introducing students to activities like bowling, walking/hiking, or Frisbee at an early age can help students develop good activity habits that will carry over into adulthood. Some teachers have even begun to incorporate stress-reduction techniques such as yoga and deep-breathing. Teaching non-traditional sports to students may also provide the necessary motivation for students to increase their activity, and can help

Athletic trainer can be on the side line but cannot get on the field unless called on by referees or during timeouts for water. Coach may take a player out and instruct to the side line and see athletic trainer. Athletic trainer must clear the athlete after an injury before they are able to go back into the game.

Two weeks passed and I began to notice a considerable change in my overall physical ability. I could finally complete fifty push-ups, and sprint without severe signs of physical fatigue. I was excited beyond belief and determined to get back on my feet; I learned from cross country that an unyielding will was needed in order to accomplish any goal, and I will continue to live my life as someone who will never quit. Consequently; about a year has passed, I am now healthy and fully able to use my body to its limits. In addition, I plan on training intensely over the winter season so I will have a chance to break my school’s 400 meter dash record and qualify for the state track

All of us have had at least one moment or event that has changed our lives for the better or the worse. This can take place through sports, dramatic events, etc. Many events have shaped me into the person I am today. Running has been the main activity in my life that has had an impact in shaping my life. In both cross-country and track I have learned many lessons that will help me throughout my entire life. Through running I have not only gained exemplary health and a close group of friends, but I have also obtained certain qualities and traits that have made me a better person.

Athletic training is an allied health care profession that is recognized by the American Medical Association (Prentice, 2015, p. 33). To become an athletic trainer, one must graduate with a degree from an accredited organization and pass the certification exam. There are many different groups/organizations for athletic training such as NATA, CAATE, and the BOC.

Throughout physical education class, there were numerous factors that led to the changes in my fitness test scores. Regarding exercise, I would consider myself to be an active person throughout the year, which probably led to some improvement in my results. In school, I participated in physical education class in my 9th and 10th-grade year, which allowed me to apply the principles of specificity and progression. Physical education allowed me to get more exercise through workouts and games, which would definitely lead to an improvement in my fitness testing. With school sports, I participated in cross country in the fall, basketball in the winter, and track and field in the spring. These sports helped me improve my cardiovascular endurance,

Throughout the past eight weeks of this class, I have pushed myself to grow in ways that I needed to and got to see some results from it. Not only was this growth in my physical fitness, there was also psychological growth. Though my results were not incredible or life altering, they were sufficient enough to make me happy and for me to notice a difference. Over the past eight weeks we have seen neuromuscular responses and adaptions and how they have led to strength gains. Endocrine responses and how over the eight weeks produced specific hormones that influenced or made an impact on strength, energy, and endurance. Lastly, but most importantly cardiorespiratory responses, and how these changes led to an increase in fitness and how aerobic

The study concluded that all of the measured psychological benefits of the program were significantly due to the program (as compared to a normal exercise regimen). The significance of this study is that the Coach Approach, which targets physical and psychological improvement, is effective in both ways, which only adds to its credibility as an effective exercise program.