Health and fitness

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This reflection assignment is an exercise in applying material from Chapter 5- Cardiorespiratory Fitness (p.141 – 181)- to alter, adjust, enhance, and/or improve your current activity logging.  The assignment has two parts. Part I- Reflection on Current Plan Answer the following prompts based on your recent experience of logging the past 3 weeks of activities: Are you following the plan as you originally set out to do in your first reflection?  Why?  Why not?  What barriers have you encountered recently that may have set you back with keeping up with the plan you created? What part of your plan is easiest for you to continue to follow/accomplish? What resources have you been using to decide what activities to engage in? What benefits/positive changes have you observed in yourself (p. 147 – 149) as a result of your activity levels? Discuss your progress on your SMART goal from Reflection 1.  Are you on your way to accomplishing it?  Have you fallen behind?  What factors would you directly attribute to your progress or lack thereof? Part II- Improving the Plan Applying the information provided for you on pages 151 – 157, answer the following prompts: In what ways could you alter the plan you have created to better accomplish your SMART goal(s)?  Discuss specifically an alteration to the frequency of your activities chosen based on results you have observed/not obtained yet.  (Which protocol for frequency have you been doing (2 or 3 days/week)?  Is it working?  Does it match accurately with your training status (beginner/intermediate/advanced)?) Discuss specifically an alteration to the intensity of your activities chosen based on results you have observed/not obtained yet. (What amount of weight(s)/resistance have you been choosing?  Does this weight(s)/resistance support your goal?  Have you been using sets/reps protocol?)  Discuss specifically an alteration to the time of your activities chosen based on results you have observed/not obtained yet.  (How long are your sessions?  Are you able to lengthen your time working?  Do you find you fatigue too quick and would want to do shorter sessions?) Discuss specifically an alteration to the type of your activities chosen based on results you have observed/not obtained yet.  (Are you varying up your activity choices?  Could you now try adding in new activities?  What new activities would you add?) It is best for the purposes of this assignment that you are extremely honest with yourself.  I want you to be able to create a plan and see it through!  If you find that you are not progressing in your program, it is always important to reflect, adjust, reset, and try again.  Your body has so much to teach you!  Applying the concepts of strength training takes time and patience.  As you continue to move, you will deepen your understanding of the material. I look forward to reading how everything is going!  Let me know if you have any questions at all.