Task 1 To help you improve your overall physical fitness‚ produce an information sheet that describes one method of assessing the main components of fitness i.e. flexibility‚ strength‚ BMI‚ speed‚ power and aerobic and muscular endurance. P1 Flexibility- The range of movement possible at joints The sit and reach test is a common measure of flexibility‚ and it specifically measures the flexibility of the lower back and hamstring muscles. This test involves sitting on the floor
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Obesity is a world-wide problem in the United States. I recently viewed an article called “Check Your Food Privilege before Judging Obesity”‚ by Namwan Leavell. This article explains how obesity can be either an epidemic or a lifestyle choice but is not bias towards either problem. Leavell states “While the severity of this phenomenon is undeniable‚ there’s a certain attitude commonly adopted towards obese people bothers me.” Therefore‚ in my opinion it is morally wrong to judge obese people without
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Based on the information of the BMI data that was gathered from https://www.nhlbi.nih.gov/health/educational/lose_wt/BMI/bmicalc.htm‚ my BMI is 22.4‚ which is considered to be a normal BMI for my height and weight. Body mass index (BMI) is a measure of body fat based on height and weight that applies to adult men and women. To find out BMI‚ I inputed my weight and height using standard or metric measures and it stated that I’m in the range of a healthy BMI. To be healthy‚ a balance in my health triangle
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Weight loss surgery is not a sufficient way to lose weight. Weight loss surgery is not an effective way of losing weight due to the many inconsistent tendencies that may occur. Such statistics‚ showing that most people regain their weight by relapsing. Also weight loss surgery is taking the easier way out. But their are also positive things about weight loss surgery which does not make it the easier way out. Some pros to weight loss surgery are that the surgery is kind of a boost for people who
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Body weight is a hot topic in today’s society. Recent trends involving body weight include the protest against body shaming accompanied by the encouragement of the acceptance of bodies of all shapes and sizes. That being said‚ there is some cultural inconsistency that exists in the United States because although society ideally wants to accept people of all sizes and view them without judgement‚ many people allow a bias to cloud their views of people whose body weight is deviant from the norm. These
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Numerous sport coaches push players to diet for the idea they will play better and run faster. This is promoting an ideology idea the thinner is better performance. Pushing this mindset in sports can lead to everyday males‚ such as my boyfriend‚ to lose weight so he can have better performance. By this argument that thinner equals a better player‚ how thin is enough? Should Eli Manning lose weight to be a better player? Should we keep pushing male athletes to be as thin as they can be to gain better
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UNITED STATES SPORTS ACADEMY Health Effects of Weight Cutting on an Athlete A Class Paper Submitted for SAD 356 Sports Nutrition Professor: Wirt Edwards by: Nikhil Vashist Daphne‚ Alabama May‚ 2013 Weight cutting is an old and traditional practice many athletes and coaches implement as part of a pre-competition regime‚ making weight for a competition‚ or simply trying to attempt to lose weight for a variety of personal reasons. Weight
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I. Introduction/Statement of the Problem The medical definition for obesity is having too much body fat. Many people tend to get obesity and being overweight mixed up. Being obese is different from being overweight in that being overweight is the status of weighing too much. This weight can come from many places‚ such as muscle‚ bone‚ fat‚ and/or body water. While technically they don’t mean the same thing‚ they both‚ however‚ mean that a person’s weight is greater than what is considered healthy
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Before entering a ring you should first work your body out to get in the shape you need to be‚ jump roping is a very great exercise. Going to the gym and boxing the equipment you will need to start off with is: a jump rope; hand wraps; boxing gloves; and water. After you get in shape learn the fundamentals in boxing like how to stand and throw punches‚ what punches to throw and how. Your strong hand should always be behind your weak hand‚ make sure that your chin is tucked‚ your hands are up and
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Clinislim is one of the safest and most powerful ways to help you lose weight fast. After years of clinical research on almost every weight loss ingredient available‚ Clinislim was formulated with the most effective all-natural ingredients in the world. The three clinically proven weight loss compounds blended together in Clinislim have proven to help individuals lose more than 30 pounds in just two months. All three weight loss compounds in Clinislim have been scientifically tested by major medical
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