Kine Paper

From the beginning of this semester I already knew I was in relatively good health. I was very active during high school, playing a number of sports including soccer, cross country, and ballet. This being over the summer instead of continuing my normal degree of activity, I got a job and ceased most of my physical activity. My body was not ready for this unexpected change and I started to gain weight along with losing my higher level of fitness. I could not run for as long and as fast as I used to be able too. This was a shock for me and so I made a goal at the beginning of this semester to try and gain back my fitness level, and to work towards a healthier diet.

After our first Self Assessment Profile test I came out with a score of 40 for my estimated VO2 Max, this putting me above 90% of women in my age group. This does show that I was still fairly in good shape, but I knew was not to my full potential. Therefor I started taking the work outs in class very seriously, I would push myself more than necessary because I loved the feeling of the burning in my legs after a good work out. I started feeling better about myself when I started losing the weight I had gained over the summer. Once the workouts in class began I felt the need to start working out outside of class. I didn’t want to over exert myself, so I did short work out up to an hour on non-class days. Finally after the Post Assessment test I ended up with a score of 45. There was not much change but I was proud of myself for the distance that I had come. The number difference may have been small, but my self-confidence level was greatly leveled. I now know how to really keep my body physically healthy from different activities.

Not only did I learn how to keep myself active, but I was greatly impacted on learning how to keep my body healthy in ways such as healthy dieting, avoiding health risks like smoking and alcohol, and how to keep myself protected from different human diseases. In the beginning...