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[edit] The Importance of Exercise on Daily Activity
[edit] Descriptive Study
Like an athlete you have prepared your body for its daily activity. For instance, a basketball player has to have great stamina because of the continuous running up and down the court. Although individuals are not professional basketball players, how important is exercising on a daily bases affects the body in your daily activities?
[edit] Abstract
The human body is like a car, if you don’t do the regular schedule maintenance on it, it does not operate as smooth as it is capable of. Doing regular exercises is like sit ups, push ups, standing squats or lungs, is like getting that tune up, tire rotation and oil change. Daily activity does not always allow an individual the opportunity to use major muscle. Strength training allows the use of all major muscles. In order to see how many individual actually do some type of strength training, I went to the Volusia County Mall located in Daytona Beach Florida and randomly selected individuals to answer a questionnaire. In the questionnaire, I gave strength training the definition as: performing an exercise(s) that allow the muscles to fatigue and stretch for a given number of reps and sets. By giving the definition, everyone has the same opportunity to participate in the survey.
[edit] Introduction
You have been at your job for about 5 years now as a clerk and always had an intern to run documents to your boss. In front of you is a stair well that has 12 steps, this is the hallway between you and your boss’s office. Your boss normally calls you on the phone for information that he wants and a young intern assistant runs the documents up the stairs to him. The intern is gone for a couple of days on family emergency and the documents still have to get to your boss. How many times will it take for you to go up and down those stairs before you get tired? If you were strength training on a daily basis do you think your body will be better prepared to complete the daily activity such as walking up the stairs? Going up stairs repeatedly requires strength in the legs, lungs and heart. What can you do to make sure your body is prepared for the task?
[edit] Literature Review
Various muscles are associated with specific organs and glands, and that weakness in a muscle can signal a problem elsewhere in the body (for instance, a weak deltoid muscle may reflect a problem in the lungs or a nutritional deficiency affecting the respiratory system). Likewise, correcting a muscular problem can relieve a disorder in associated organs (for instance, strengthening certain leg muscles can stimulate the adrenal glands) (Sifton, 2000). Physical activity lowers your blood glucose, blood pressure, and cholesterol. It reduces your risk of having a heart attack or stroke. It relieves stress, fights depression, and improves your mood. Exercise also strengthens muscles and bones and reduces joint stiffness. And, perhaps best of all, it simply makes you feel better (Fitness, 2005). Strength training or weight training means doing exercises that build muscle strength. To build muscle you can lift free weights, use weight machines, or do exercises that use your own body resistance (such as push-ups, pull-ups or sit-ups). Proper strength training makes muscles stronger by asking them to do more than usual. The body responds to this challenge by becoming stronger. Strength training must be done gradually and carefully, but can be done at any age (Rouzier, 2004).
[edit] Methods
There were 50 randomly picked subject used from the Volusia County Mall. The subjects’ age, gender and body type were not used as a factor in the random chosen field. The only things that could have affected the field would have been that some individuals decline to take the time for participation, time of day, and the location I picked from in the Mall. For instance, I was next to an ice cream stand in the food court because most individuals go pass the food court either for something to eat, drink or look for other individuals. Both gender and body types are also in this area of the Mall. I thought that it would be a good place for a random sample based on those terms. On the other hand, if I were to stand in front of a lady’s clothing store, the chance of males being in the sample field would have been greatly diminished, and depending on the clothing store body types could also have played a huge roll in the sample field. All subjects were giving the same questions in the same order. The questionnaire contained 5 multiple choice questions so that everyone had to put there answer into a perspective. It asked question pertaining to physical fitness, strength training and daily activities.
[edit] Results
According to the questionnaire, 100% of all the subjects agreed that they had some typed of daily activity that involved some type of physical activity. Using the factor table below, factor 1: contained 4 subjects, factor 2: contained 26 subjects, factor 3: contained 12 subjects and factor 4: contained 8 subjects. Only 42% (21 out of 50) answered that they did some type of strength training on a daily bases that help them with their daily activities. But 52% (26 out of 50) answered they did at least 3-5 hours of strength training a week, while 10% (5 out of 50) laughed (noted when sheet returned) and answered that they did 0-2 hours of physical fitness a week. When asked if doing some type of strength training on a daily bases would help improve their performance and/or attitude at work 92% (46 out of 50) answered yes to the question.
Empirical Studies:
Majority of the sample field agreed that exercising on a daily bases will increase their performance of the daily activities.
- What happened?
- Expected, unexpected?
- Significant, not significant?
Details are very important so that others can understand what happened in your study as well as you do.
Lit Review:
What the literature says. This section is combined with discussion in literature reviews.
[edit] Discussion of Results
Required for Experiments and Empirical Studies in general; is mixed in with the results in a Lit Review.
Empirical Studies:
- Why do you think you got the results you did?
Lit Review:
What the literature means when considered together, wholistically. This section is combined with discussion in literature reviews.
[edit] Further Study
Not Required, but is often very helpful. It often helps explain the significance of your study.
- What questions does your study leave unanswered?
- What are interesting topics for future research or further study?
- Especially those suggested by the results of this study.
- What are unanswered related questions that would help clarify the results of your study?
- If answers to these questions are in the literature, you know your Lit Review sucks.
- What kind of research questions does your study inspire?
[edit] Conclusions
Required
Summarize the results of the experiment, explain the significance.
[edit] References
Alternative Medicine (1994). The Definitive Guide. The Burton Goldberg Group. Puyallup, WA: Future Medicine Inc.
Fentress, D. (2005). Live fit: A family-friendly guide to getting more physical activity. Diabetes Forecast, 58(3), 49.
International College of Applied Kinesiology-USA (1992, June 16). Applied Kinesiology Status Statement. (www.icakusa.com).
Quackwatch B. S. (1998 May). Applied Kinesiology: Muscle-Testing for "Allergies" and "Nutrient Deficiencies." (www.quackwatch.com).
Rouzier, P (2004 January). Clinical Reference Systems. p2934.
Sifton, D. W. (2000). The PDR Family Guide to Natural Medicines and Healing Therapies. Applied Kinesiology. Montvale, NJ: Medical Economics.
[edit] Variables & Concepts
Key terms: exercise, daily activity
Factor 1: Heavily Manual labor.
Factor 2: Moderate Manual labor.
Factor 3: Little Manual labor.
Factor 4: Very Little Manual labor.
[edit] Diagrams & Figures
Factor 1: Heavily Manual labor. Factor 2: Moderate Manual labor. Factor 3: Little Manual labor. Factor 4: Very Little Manual labor.
