For my Monday wellness assignment, my partner Taylor and I discussed warmups and cool downs. The activities that proceed and follow a proper work out. We chose this topic because we both play varsity water polo and know how beneficial a good warm up can be on the body and athletic performance. We also know how much better you feel after a work out when you cool down. On the other hand we have also experienced the opposite affects when we didn't warm up and skipped cooling down. So we agreed that it was important to stress the importance of these activities and how vital it is to preform them correctly and completely, to the many students and student athletes in the class.
One of the most interesting thing that I discovered during research process was how crucial it is to stay hydrated and drink lots of water. I have definitely started to drink more water throughout my days and while I exercise. Being dehydrated cause light headedness and weakness that I have witnessed and experienced so I was very glad to have come across that information cause it has certainly helped me avoid those feelings. I also didn’t realize that I needed to stretch throughly before, and after exercising. This assignment taught Taylor and I a lot about safe, healthy, exercise and we decided that maybe others would learn a lot too.
This topic is important to health and wellness because most people in high school exercise regularly through sports, PE, club sports and other means. So that means people need to understand the importance of warming up and cooling down because if you don't properly warm up, your blood vessels with not be dilated resulting in stress on your heart. The heart, lungs, and muscles, not ready to supply or receive the increase demand of oxygen resulting in hindered abilities. If you don't cool down and stretch sufficiently after working out the athlete is likely to experience soreness, stiffness, and cramping in the muscles. Many people, myself included, often don't give warming up the respect it deserves and don't complete it properly. And many have reported that they don't cool down at all. So it is important to the health of the person who is performing the exercise to realize the importance of these activities and learn to execute them in a safe and sufficient way.
If I had to grade myself on a scale of 1-10 I would probably say an 8. I felt confident in the presentation and in my understanding of the information, but looking back, I realize I read from my notes more than I would have liked. I do believe Taylor and I worked well together, and I liked our activity cause it was very interactive and general, yet informative and, hopefully, helpful to someone! I think our powerpoint was well-organized but we definitely should have rehearsed a little more, to insure we were prepared and in sync. Although, overall, I did like our presentation and I do think it was fun and information. I know I learned very much throughout this assignment and I hope others learned as well.
https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/174YfI86ll-wqBeWOV-odRIM0vDHIaYrYbmOegVihlg8/edit#slide=id.gbceffb9ad_1_25
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