Narrative Essay On Weightlifting

My new mantra for life became “Train harder and smarter.” My new mindset allowed me to achieve long-term success while not compromising my health and encouraging self-destructive behavior. The perfectionism and diligence I had developed after years of training translated into my schoolwork. My hard work and attention to detail allowed me to maintain high marks throughout high school; however, it made me obsess over results by putting too much pressure on myself and getting frustrated when my grades were short of my expectations. As a result, I found an efficient way to structure my studying so I could get good grades while enjoying the process of learning and not burning myself out.

For the most part, I followed my plan to start out with exercising three days a week and building up off of that. My end goal was five days a week, and honestly, that was just unrealistic. Four days a week was a lot, too, but it was manageable. A strategy that really helped me stay on track was getting a workout buddy. I have three different friends that I would usually go workout with at the Rec, but sometimes it was nice to just go by myself.

With the stereotype that college athletes get special treatment, the prospect that they can get paid and other students in college do not would seem fair. There are students in these schools that work hard every day. Yet as a college athlete everything is harder on them. College athletes have early morning practices and early morning classes. Then they practice again in the afternoon and have to find time to study and complete their school work while having to find time to workout throughout the week as well.

At our practices we do warm-ups like any other sport. For our warm-ups we have to run, and stretch; to prevent muscle soreness. Examples of stretches we do include: leg stretches, calf-raises, torso stretches, quad-stretches, and much more. Also everyday we have to do “basics”, which mean we practice basic marching, forward, backward, sideways, and block eights (also called figure eights). Running is essential to learning to control breathing, for example we run across the field and back and do breathing exercises to control breathing, and lung expansion.

In gym the teachers are always telling the students that they should get this amount of exercise and this amount of rest. But if the school board is not giving them what they had taught the students, 60 minutes of exercise. Hectic

Competitive youth sports have many benefits for kids and teens. However, many other people are convinced that sports can have a negative impact for children. But, there are still more positive effects in competitive sports. I believe that sports are beneficial for kids because they develop long-term life skills, improve physical well-being and health, and help expand their social skills. One positive effect of youth sports is that they help teach athletes important and long lasting lessons to have during their life.

I was twelve when my team won the championship. “ Championships bring joy and happiness ,but takes a lot of work to get there. It was a warm and sunny day as I prepared to run the drills before the game. As my team and I were doing the drills such as sprinting,shooting, and passing I was already thinking about the game ,but realized I had to stay focused on the drills for now.

This school is intense and the work is very time consuming, so I found myself placing academics over all other parts of my life more frequently than I would like to admit. During SSP, I am trying to take those classes that I did not have time to take during my time at BB&N and learn the skills that I brushed aside in order to work as hard as I possibly could at school. As an athlete and someone who likes to travel and hike, I decided to take the Sports Medicine mini-course which will help me understand more about sports medicine, injury prevention, injury treatment, and also, add concrete examples to some of the things that I learned in Advanced Biology this year. I am taking the Middlemarch mini-course simply because I love Mr. Leith’s teaching style, and it is his favorite book of all time. The Life Skill mini-course is the one that ties my whole SSP together because it teaches us students the small skills that every adult should know.

As a full time student athlete I am constantly reminded that school comes first either by my coaches, parents, or teachers at school. Its really important to me to succeed in school not only to make my parents proud but also so I know at the end of high school I won’t regret anything and all my work will finally pay off. I know it is extremely hard to manage your time as a student athlete, but I also know that anyone is capable of doing it. It hard being a student a student athlete because unlike the regular student population I can’t go home right after school and start on all my assignments because I have practice for two to four hours a day everyday and if I don’t have practice I have a game and I am lucky to get home before sundown.

The sound of loud music, people cheering on, and the rattling of metal weights are what made me an addict to this sport. These are just a few things that Robert T described in his article Powerlifting. “I’m an addict, and have been since freshman year.” Alright, this is a small quote I relate very much to it. I entered the weight room as a freshman and I knew I would never stop going.

With practices ranging from four to five hours a day, each member puts all of their energy into their choreography. “Usually two to three hours before we compete, we have a quick rehearsal to have everything fresh in our mind. The team then splits into half, so one half can spin saber while the others practice flags. We spend about an hour and a half then move on to swing flag,” stated sophomore Jessy He when asked about how they prep for competition.

I love cutting and styling customers hair because it makes them feel good about themselves, I can not wait until I get to do what I have a passion for. In conclusion, The “dragon” that I would like to defeat is getting my cosmetology license. I am going to slay my “dragon” by working hard in cosmetology and studying from the book every night. I will feel very accomplished after I pass my state board

I was determined to make it my senior year after that disappointment. My senior year I practiced on my own for at least a thirty minutes everyday and with my voice coach at least one hour a week. We practiced my solo, sight-reading music, and everything in between. I met with my choir director to do mock auditions and he would judge me on my performances.

The debate over whether or not college athletes should be paid has really heated up over the past couple of years. Imagine you are a college athlete; your typical daily routine would consist of an early wake up, an early morning practice, classes and tutoring sessions, and another practice or workout. Oh yeah, you have to fit in time for 4-5 meals to maintain energy throughout such an exhausting day. Athletes have to follow this routine all year long making it impossible to obtain a job to earn money. All of this hard work and time leads to success on and off the field but it also leads to enormous profit for the NCAA.

We have come such a long way in helping people with technology over the years. I learned that ultrasound can help warm muscles up in spots that are hard to warm up. Since I will be taking kinesiology next semester and I am really looking forward to it. I asked Nicole what some of the content will be like in the class.