Improving Your Personal Fitness
Discussion
Creative assignment 2 is in accordance with chapter 7 in your textbook: Improving Your Personal Fitness. Please submit both parts of this assignment as one document. As always, I expect your work to be neatly typed, with correct grammar and spelling. I do count off for incorrect grammar and spelling. You must submit both parts of the assignment and address all questions to receive full credit. Please write both parts in essay form, in one document. Assignment, including parts 1 and 2, should be 2-4 pages in length, double spaced.
Part 1: For this assignment, you will create your own personal fitness program. Be sure to address the following:
- Identify your goals
- Write 2 short term goals and 2 long term goals using the SMART system.
- Describe your current state of physical activity. Have you been inactive for a while? Do you engage in moderate activity? Are you extremely active?
- Describe any specific activities you will incorporate into your fitness routine.
- How will you incorporate your physical fitness routine in your regular schedule? Take into consideration your work schedule, school schedule, time with family and friends, or even social events.
- How will you incorporate the FITT principle in your fitness routine?
- What will you do to keep you motivated? Will you use incentives? If so, describe any incentives you will use.
- Explain any barriers or obstacles that may affect your fitness routine.
- How will you measure your progress?
- What results or improvements do you hope to see? These may range from physical, emotional, mental, spiritual, social, etc.
- How do you think your fitness program will change as your physical fitness level improves?
Part 2: For this assignment, you will create a personal fitness program for ONE of the following populations:
- Individuals with asthma
- Individuals who are obese
- Individuals with coronary heart disease
- Individuals with hypertension
- Individuals with diabetes
Be sure to address the following
- Identify your population
- Identify the goals of your fitness program
- Write 2 short term goals and 2 long term goals using the SMART system.
- How will you incorporate the FITT principle in this fitness routine for your population?
- How will you keep your participants motivated? Will you use incentives? If so, describe any incentives participants may receive.
- Explain any barriers or obstacles that may affect participation.
- How will you measure the progress of your participants?
- What results or improvements do you hope to see in your participants? These may range from physical, emotional, mental, spiritual, social, etc.
- How will participants benefit from your physical fitness program?