Saturday, December 12, 2009
Final Blog-Blogging
So, this semester we have been blogging about different things. These blogs have taught me that blogging is a good way to exchange different types of information. This is the first time that I have ever blogged for any reason and found it quite interesting to write my own blogs and read others blogs. I also learned how easy it is to make your own blog and how starting one up is just a matter of a couple of minutes. I don't know if i will continue to write blogs, but now that I know how easy it is, it is a possibility.
tips to stay healthy this winter
Keeping your immune system working during the winter months is very important, here are a few different ways to make sure you don'g get sick:
1) Work Out Smarter- Working out at least three times a week for 1 hour intervals releases endorphines and endorphines help to boost the immune system by increasing your white blood cell count.
2)Make sure you are getting enough sleep, which for most people is about 8 hours. This will ward off illness.
3) Getting a wide variety of foods in your diet can help keep your immune system in check for obvious reasons.
4) Washing your hands is important to keep germs away. Make sure you are washing your hands frequently and you will have a better chance of avoiding illnesses.
Folllow these guidelines and you just may stay healthy this holiday season.
for more info, go to: http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m0846/is_4_26/ai_n16882301/
1) Work Out Smarter- Working out at least three times a week for 1 hour intervals releases endorphines and endorphines help to boost the immune system by increasing your white blood cell count.
2)Make sure you are getting enough sleep, which for most people is about 8 hours. This will ward off illness.
3) Getting a wide variety of foods in your diet can help keep your immune system in check for obvious reasons.
4) Washing your hands is important to keep germs away. Make sure you are washing your hands frequently and you will have a better chance of avoiding illnesses.
Folllow these guidelines and you just may stay healthy this holiday season.
for more info, go to: http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m0846/is_4_26/ai_n16882301/
Thursday, December 10, 2009
growth in technology
Technology is growing exponentially. This has been the case for a while, and it begs the question, can technology continue to grow in such a positively accelerating pattern, or will it at some time level off. Population growth over thousands of years has followed the same pattern, and i think that this has something to do with the growth of technology. The more people, the more ideas, and the better chance that there will be groundbreaking ideas that influence changes in technology. Another reason i think technology is growing so quickly is the fact that new technology is the greatest tool we have to develop more new technology. So it's like we are developing things that help us develop more things in the future, and this seems like an endless cycle.
Sunday, December 6, 2009
DVR
So, I love having DVR. I have time warner and our package comes with free dvr (digital video recorder) and it is a great invention. I've had dvr for a while but have eben using it a lot more lately. Anytime I can't be here to watch something that i have been waiting to watch, i can just record it and watch it at my leisure. The best part is i can fast forward through the commercials. It's especially great right now because i get to record all the christmas movies that are on. I try not to watch too much tv, but it's just an example of how technology is making our lives much more convenient.
Stress relivers for finals week
With finals week quickly approaching, I thought that i would share a few activities that can reduce a persons stress. Here are a few of those strategies:
1)Deep Breathing-Breathing deeply is often a good way for one to reduce their own stress. Breath in deep for a count of 4 seconds, hold your breath for 2 seconds, and then exhale for 4 seconds. Repeat this 2 to 4 times several times a day and this will help.
2)Stretching- If you take a moment every now and then to get up and stretch, this can be another way to reduce stress levels. Stretching increases your blood flow and makes you less tense. Try it out.
3)Short Walks- This is another good way to reduce stress. It can be very relaxing to take a walk and just enjoy your surroundings.
if you want to find a few more, go to http://www.stressmanagementtips.com/exercises.htm
1)Deep Breathing-Breathing deeply is often a good way for one to reduce their own stress. Breath in deep for a count of 4 seconds, hold your breath for 2 seconds, and then exhale for 4 seconds. Repeat this 2 to 4 times several times a day and this will help.
2)Stretching- If you take a moment every now and then to get up and stretch, this can be another way to reduce stress levels. Stretching increases your blood flow and makes you less tense. Try it out.
3)Short Walks- This is another good way to reduce stress. It can be very relaxing to take a walk and just enjoy your surroundings.
if you want to find a few more, go to http://www.stressmanagementtips.com/exercises.htm
Monday, November 30, 2009
thanksgiving
Normally I try to eat fairly healthy and stick to foods that are more nutritious, but every thanksgiving I put those thoughts aside and endulge............this thanksgiving was no exception.
I love thanksgiving, not only because i spend time with my family and get a break from school, but the food is always great. The turkey, mashed potatoes, and stuffing, all topped with gravy. The cranberry sauce, green bean casserole, and the multitude of pies. All delicious, all filling, and all artery-clogging. Cant be worse than a meal at McDonalds though.
I love thanksgiving, not only because i spend time with my family and get a break from school, but the food is always great. The turkey, mashed potatoes, and stuffing, all topped with gravy. The cranberry sauce, green bean casserole, and the multitude of pies. All delicious, all filling, and all artery-clogging. Cant be worse than a meal at McDonalds though.
Monday, November 2, 2009
change in times
As a kid, i remember that my favorite thing to do was to go outside and meet up with all my friends and do something fun.........OUTSIDE. We would all go outside and play, and whatever we did, it always involved physical activity like running or climbing or sports. I get the feeling that nowadays, kids aren't the same way, and they always want to play inside and do sit down activities. Growing up, i lived in a residential apartment complex type neighborhood and there were always kids outside, rain or snow. I had video game systems growing up and television, but i spent most of my time outside. i now live in talmar woods, which is kind of the same type of place where i grew up, but i never see kids outside, i realize that a lot of people that live in talmar are college students, but its also a split of low-income families that live there, so there are children in the neighborhood, i just never see them. I don't know what other people are seeing and I definitaly could be wrong, but it just seems to me that kids today have more of a tendancy to stay inside.
Monday, October 19, 2009
Technology in sports
Sports have always been about competition. Whether it's one on one or a team sport, it has always been about who is the best competitor, but lately in some sports, it's about who's equipment gives them the best advantage.
In baseball, it seems we are just leaving the steroid era. Steroids were intergrated into the game by people who wanted to take the easy way to success instead of do the hard work that it takes along with the natural skill to get better. At first it was just steroids, but when the MLB started enforcing policies on steroids, developers started coming up with new ways for players to take performance enhancing drugs without being caught. They came out with "the clear", a human growth hormone (HGH) that was not detectable by the methods that the MLB was using.
In swimming, they had the "super suits" controversy and they have now been banned. The suits made the swimmers too aerodynamic and because of it, records kept getting broken and people were complaining that it was too much a product of the suit than real talent. Michael Phelps refused to wear the suit because he believe that if he broke any more records, they would then be tainted because of the suit.
In NASCAR, this is very prevelent. Though NASCAR isn't a true sport, it does take a degree of skill to drive like they do, but its not always the best driver that wins, most of the time it's the best car.
Golf is a sport where the equipment is making mostly a generational difference instead of giving players unfair advantages. Most players in the PGA have the best clubs and equipment they can get.
In baseball, it seems we are just leaving the steroid era. Steroids were intergrated into the game by people who wanted to take the easy way to success instead of do the hard work that it takes along with the natural skill to get better. At first it was just steroids, but when the MLB started enforcing policies on steroids, developers started coming up with new ways for players to take performance enhancing drugs without being caught. They came out with "the clear", a human growth hormone (HGH) that was not detectable by the methods that the MLB was using.
In swimming, they had the "super suits" controversy and they have now been banned. The suits made the swimmers too aerodynamic and because of it, records kept getting broken and people were complaining that it was too much a product of the suit than real talent. Michael Phelps refused to wear the suit because he believe that if he broke any more records, they would then be tainted because of the suit.
In NASCAR, this is very prevelent. Though NASCAR isn't a true sport, it does take a degree of skill to drive like they do, but its not always the best driver that wins, most of the time it's the best car.
Golf is a sport where the equipment is making mostly a generational difference instead of giving players unfair advantages. Most players in the PGA have the best clubs and equipment they can get.
technology in physical tests
In the older days, physical tests were all done by simple means, like seeing how many push-ups one can do, or how far or fast someone can run. Today, these tests are still used to measure physical skills/wellness, but there are a lot more technology based tests today that give educated measurements of all kinds of things.
The VO2 max machine measures all kinds of things from someones heart rate, to the amount and concentration of gases expired from the mouth. These things together measure a persons VO2 max, which is thier maximum oxygen uptake. This number gives you the best idea of an athletes anaerobic threshold.
There are devices that are like scales that hook into computers that can measure ones strength, both static and dynamic. With a machine like this, the person would exert force the surface that does the measuring and the computer would calculate how much force was being exerted.
Another good strength test is the hand grip dynomometer. This machine measures grip strength, which is very indicitive of a persons upper body strength. There are many more machines that measure physical thresholds and there continues to be more that come out every year.
The VO2 max machine measures all kinds of things from someones heart rate, to the amount and concentration of gases expired from the mouth. These things together measure a persons VO2 max, which is thier maximum oxygen uptake. This number gives you the best idea of an athletes anaerobic threshold.
There are devices that are like scales that hook into computers that can measure ones strength, both static and dynamic. With a machine like this, the person would exert force the surface that does the measuring and the computer would calculate how much force was being exerted.
Another good strength test is the hand grip dynomometer. This machine measures grip strength, which is very indicitive of a persons upper body strength. There are many more machines that measure physical thresholds and there continues to be more that come out every year.
Monday, September 14, 2009
making exercise fun
Exercise is great. Along with healthy eating, it keeps us healthy, makes us live longer, and drastically improves our chances of not getting sick or injured. The one knock on exercise one could make is the repetitiveness and the eventual boredom that sets in for some people. This boredom and lack of motivation can be helped by the use of personal trainers, so that is definatly a good route to take.
Video games are fun. playing them can be very entertaining and can make some people mentally happy, but they definatly do not provide a physically healthy lifestyle, but that seems to be changing.
Video games now are becoming much more interactive and movement oriented. For America, fitness wise, this is definatly a step in the right direction. i remember back in the early days of home video game systems there was a track game for the regular nintendo. Instead of using the classic controller, it featured a pad that you would use to run on in running events. The faster you tapped your feet to the pad, the faster the guy on your screen would run. Other than that game, i hadn't seen many movement oriented games until recently. about 7 or 8 years ago, they came out with a game called dance dance revolution (ddr), and it's controls were two foot pads to the sides of you, one in the front, and one in the back. DDR can be slow for less skilled players, but can also be very fast for the more skilled players, and this is a great way to get people who live sedintary lifestyles because they just wanna play video games to exercise while playing one. At first this game was only available in the arcade, but quickly became available to people at home.
Another video game system that has hit the market that involves getting up and moving around is the Wii. The Wii is a system that the primary controls for the game involve different upper body movements. There are varios titles for the Wii that include sports simulated movements, which can be good for people who want to work on timing and hand-eye coordination. The movement factor is not huge in most cases but its better than holding a contoller.
Lastly, they're developing a controller that forces the user to use thier muscles while they play. Say it's a racing game, the steering wheel gives extra resistance and other games may involve different body movements and provide resistance for those body parts. Things in the video game industry are getting a little better.
Video games are fun. playing them can be very entertaining and can make some people mentally happy, but they definatly do not provide a physically healthy lifestyle, but that seems to be changing.
Video games now are becoming much more interactive and movement oriented. For America, fitness wise, this is definatly a step in the right direction. i remember back in the early days of home video game systems there was a track game for the regular nintendo. Instead of using the classic controller, it featured a pad that you would use to run on in running events. The faster you tapped your feet to the pad, the faster the guy on your screen would run. Other than that game, i hadn't seen many movement oriented games until recently. about 7 or 8 years ago, they came out with a game called dance dance revolution (ddr), and it's controls were two foot pads to the sides of you, one in the front, and one in the back. DDR can be slow for less skilled players, but can also be very fast for the more skilled players, and this is a great way to get people who live sedintary lifestyles because they just wanna play video games to exercise while playing one. At first this game was only available in the arcade, but quickly became available to people at home.
Another video game system that has hit the market that involves getting up and moving around is the Wii. The Wii is a system that the primary controls for the game involve different upper body movements. There are varios titles for the Wii that include sports simulated movements, which can be good for people who want to work on timing and hand-eye coordination. The movement factor is not huge in most cases but its better than holding a contoller.
Lastly, they're developing a controller that forces the user to use thier muscles while they play. Say it's a racing game, the steering wheel gives extra resistance and other games may involve different body movements and provide resistance for those body parts. Things in the video game industry are getting a little better.
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