A big part of our project is trying to gain more experience in different types of workouts. Doing this allows us to understand what ways they best implement fitness in their lives. For example, some instructors think that strength training holds the most important within their fitness lives. When we went to (blank), we gained the perspective of Anne miller whitsoul, who focuses her sessions on full-body workouts. By attending these classes we can observe what works best for the instructor and their class structure, some classes focused heavily on motivation. In Anne's classes, she does the workouts with the rest of her class which brings in more community. She talked about the importance community has in motivating people to continue to push through their obstacles. In our rise nation classes, the instructor does some of the workouts with the class, but at the end of the session, they sweat just as much as us. They exert most of their energy verbally motivating people to keep going and not to stop. Considering that rise nation exercises are cardio, it is more difficult to keep up for all 30 minutes. Rise nation's class setup is extremely purposeful. The climber machines are organized in an arch around the instructor's climber so that everyone can see the new rhythm and motions demonstrated by the instructor. The room is extremely dark and during the session, there are very bright lights that go along with the beat of the songs. The most important aspect in my opinion is the MUSIC. Being on the climber machine for long periods of time would be impossible without the beat of the music. All the songs and classes are set up perfectly to the beats of the exercise. Combining all of those components allows the entire class to be enjoyable. I remember coming off the machine smiling and after talking to other people who participate in the classes weekly rise nation found a way to make working out fun.
As a reflection on my time during this project, I think about the various opinions and perspectives I’ve absorbed. from people who believed fitness was the most important part of health to people who believed nutrition was the most important part of health. I gained a better understanding of how important our experiences are to the shaping of our perspective of health. after interviewing so many professionals in the field I’ve decided that I think all three pillars, nutrition, fitness, and mindset are all important components to overall health. within my life, I’ve noticed my health was lowest when I left out one part of the three pillars. but I also realize that it’s very difficult to focus on all three pillars because outside influences heavily focus on only one. this is why one of my biggest takeaways was the importance of community. even though all instructors had different goals within Health a common theme that I saw was community. Group classes all were based on encouragement. w...
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