As someone who did a ton of sports during high school I went through at least 100+ hours (no joke) of lectures about how to maintain a healthy body and how to avoid and deal with physical injuries. Most importantly when people say that they want to get "buff" or want to become an amazing runner you do not simply just go running, your body uses alot more muscles than you might know for just a simply activity. When I go running I also do various activities to help build my core, it also helps reduce fat in those areas and it also prevents cramps since they are stronger. As stated in the book on page 174 that if you overuse a part of your body beyond its physical limits it will cause injury, the trick to avoiding injury is to listen to your body, "Pain is a signal to stop!". If you do get an injury it is best not to do any workouts that involve using that body part, say you injure your leg, you can still do push-ups and pull-ups and possible run on an elliptical because it doesn't put the same stress on your leg as running would. You should also follow the RICE wellness guide featured on page 175, it is an acronym for Rest, Ice, Compression and Elevation, the basic and in my opinion the best ways to relieve yourself of an injury.
However some people are so determined to train or compete in an event they are willing to use drugs to block the pain to the area so they can perform as if they did not have the injury. Little do they know the pain is a signal telling them something is wrong, by overusing an injury they will only make it worse and it will take longer to recover, they also run the possibility of it becomes so injured that they may run into a bigger problem such as a stress fracture. Additionally people also use performance drugs that alter your bodies chemistry to make it perform better in certain areas, yet at the same time it can cause serious side-effects.
Quite possibly the most important part of maintaining a healthy body what goes into your body. I eat a majority of the food stated in the lectures with an exception to the salmon because I am allergic. The chilies, beef, black beans and carrots are typically put into my chili and I usually get my whole grain from my cereal in the morning, with an occasional banana tossed in there to spice things up.
Two words that I did not know was 'Metabolic equivalents' (MET's) and 'Physical fitness level' (PAL). These are standards for how the body uses energy and I found it very useful because you can actually better track the amount of energy that you are burning throughout the entire day throughout all of your exercises if you also add in how much energy your body burns through its normal metabolic activities.
I believe I have improved in this course quite a bit, mostly in the referencing my sources type of way. In the beginning part of the course I tended to forget to mention the book and get points taken off for it or I forget to reference an internet source. (In this Journal I felt it unnecessary with the amount that I knew about the subject of physical fitness) However one area that I could/need to improve upon is remembering to finish the participation assignments on time. Besides that I have learned and used much of what i have learned in this course to help better my everyday life.
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