Negatives and Positives of Exercise

Exercise can sometimes be looked at in a negative way. Past physical or athletic experiences may have help shaped this false outlook. Such as being punished with exercise or chosen last in a pick up game. Also being ridiculed or feeling embarrassed because of poor skill. It is no wonder so many people will not participate in sports or exercise. Who wants to do something that is associated with pain, punishment, or embarrassment? Obviously, not all people can excel in athletics, and it is easier for exercise to seem more like work rather then fun. There are plenty of ways to take this negative idea and put in back into a positive light. For example, work out with friends. They can help keep your mind focused on other things making your work out less tedious and more enjoyable. Also, set goals and strive to achieve them. That feeling of accomplishment is guaranteed to put a smile on your face, and reaching your goals will not only make you feel great but look great! Then, reward your self for all your hard work. Remember to take baby steps, and not to be too hard on yourself. There are plenty of unconventional ways to get active so take the time to research things that you enjoy doing. Try to work those things into your exercise routine in order to mix things up and help prevent you from becoming bored. If you can get yourself past the hurdle of starting an exercise regime and sticking to it long enough to realize the benefits, you have succeeded at something crucial to the quality and longevity of your life.

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OBESITY IN AMERICA

Without exercise, people develop diseases such as obesity, every day. If you do not start to develop an exercise regimen, there is a great chance that you might be one of those people, sometime in the near future. If you begin to exercise, you will greatly reduce your risk of becoming sick. Losing weight isn’t all about dieting; in fact dieting is bad for you. Exercise is great way to burn calories, as well as relieving stress and tension that you might have. You may not be motivated to exercise, so here are six easy ways to slip exercise into your everyday routine. The first thing you should do is take the stairs during your daily routine. Whenever you might find yourself going to use an elevator or escalator whether you are at work or the mall, use the stairs. It is easy to go up or down a level with nothing but a minimal amount of effort and your own two feet. A second way to incorporate exercise into your life is to exercise during commercial breaks. Many of you watch television on a daily basis. While you are in front of the television and a commercial comes on, stand up for a quick exercise session. You may decide to do some cardio, or a few stretches. Anything you do to increase your heart rate will help you. Number three, turn your morning commute to exercise. Depending on how far you work or your errand is, walk or ride a bike. Even try swapping your car for a form of public transportation. You will find yourself walking and moving more than if you drove your car to work every day. A fourth idea is to exercise while you are on the phone, take a walk around your backyard, or around the block. This will easily burn calories and you won’t even realize you are doing it! Number five, exercise while you are parking. Shopping at a mall is exercise enough, but if you are going somewhere, park you’re car a little further than usual. This will allow you to walk a little further and burn more calories. Last but not least, dance! While getting ready to start your day, dance your way through it. You don’t have to worry about looking silly, because you are in the privacy of your own home. You will start your day in a great mood, and this will certainly get your blood pumping.

*This is a fear message showing obesity among the U.S states as a drastic problem

WORK OUT NOW!

* this is a simple message with distractors, showing two attractive people trying to induce the audience to workout, using their peripheral route processing.

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Mens Health

http://www.menshealth.com/ is a great site for men to build a diet and workout regiment that is fun and easy to follow.

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Gym Culture

The culture of gyms have evolved over the past decade, they have gone from dreary and basic, to being upscale and savvy. They are now seen as a experience rather then a daily chore, and it has helped to get people out of the house and into the gym.

* This is classical conditioning that pairs a behavior we want to get, by showing a nice gym in order to illicit a positive repsonse

Losing weight according to credible sources!

http://www.nflrush.com/ Is a website that promotes active lifestyles for kids. It pushes kids to get out of the house for sixty minutes a day, it has effective commercials and has enlisted the help of superstars like Drew Brees, Demarcus Ware, and Antonio Gates to promote a healthy lifestyle for children.

John Basedow is someone that we all know and recognize from television. We associate him with exercise and healthy living, and when he promotes new equipment we tend to believe that it is effective equipment due to the fact that he is supporting it.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oz2NFxhgtYI

* This is a very powerful tool of persuasion, because you are taking someone who is well know, and respected, and who is phyisically fit and having them send a message to the audience that exercise is important.

NIKE SUBLIMINAL MESSAGES

This video below from Nike, illustrates how showing top athletes can send subliminal messages to not just buy Nike products, but to start working out in order to achieve a better you.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sQ7Q2oE1Wc0

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HD6oabwzVbQ&NR=1

* Subliminal messages are extremely effective, by showing people woring out and playing intense music in the background it gets a positive reaction from audience to make them want to work out.

DRASTIC WEIGHT LOSS

Debbie lost over one hundred pounds in a year using jenny craig dieting tips, and by working out daily.

* Intensity is probably the most effective way to get people to exericise, it makes people see visible results and allows the audience to know that even drastic results are possible.

JILLIAN WORKS OUT, SO CAN YOU!

Jillian Michaels of TV’s Biggest Loser allows millions of U.S viewers to see how to exercise in fun and creative ways, but also lets everyone know the hard work that must go into the exercise process.
http://yourtotalhealth.ivillage.com/diet-fitness/biggest-loser-trainer-jillian-michaels.html

* This message shows an attractive person, that is easily identified with, in order to get a response.

Social Engineering

It approximatley cost $500,000 for a school to begin a physical education program, and with obesity up in American espescially within young children, physical education is drastically down in schools across the country.

Click Here to read an article on excersing in our school's
http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2005/01/27/earlyshow/contributors/debbyeturner/main669760.shtml

We need to promote exercising to our children, and though many experts say that children and young adults under the age of fourteen should not work out with weights or be in a gym, it still does not mean that they cannot be involved in sports and other extra curricullar activities that allow them to be outside and active.

Many people would love to exercise more, but unfortunatley they feel that their work schedule doesnt allow them to work out as much as they potentially would. Here are some quick tips to help increase health at work.

*Sit on an exercise ball instead of a chair. This will strengthen your abs and back and you'll work on your posture without even trying.

*Set an alarm to go off every hour to remind you to stand up and move around. Even if you just swing your arms or take a deep breath, you'll feel more alert.

*Use the restroom on another floor and take the stairs

*Use a pedometer and keep track of how many steps you take. Aim for 6,000 to 10,000 steps a day.

*Deliver documents or messages to co-workers in person rather than by email

*Go to the mall for lunch and park on the opposite end of the food court.

These tips are minor tools to help you get through the day, but in the end you will have to find time and make the sacrifice to get a formal workout schedule.

Technological Fixes????

Over 80,000,000 Americans have admitted to using diet pills, and there still has been very few actually promoted and approved by the FDA for weight loss.

Technogical Fixes that actually help with weight loss and excercising are workout machines. Many of us are unable to afford machines for our home, so a gym membership is necessary for people to acquire in order to get in shape effectively.

We will post in the future a detailed outline of how to use machines for both men and women, and a weekly routine you can follow.

Exercising and History

Hello fellow bloggers,
This Blog is an open forum for people to discuss exercising and dieting tips, and just for people to find moral support while they embark on their journey to get out and get HEALTHY! Obesity has been a rising problem in the United States, and in the last decade we have seen many fad diets and workout routines come and go, but none have truly stuck and shown people how accomplish their exercising goals. This blog is promoting the simple and most effective way of losing weight, building muscle, and getting in shape and that is to eat healthy and work out effectively.

The history of exercising is ancient, and embedded in our human nature. We have been always trying to reach our highest pinnacle of physical health since creation. The past decade has put brought exercising to the forefront once again, with rising problems such as obesity, diabeties and other conditions becoming rampant in our society; doctors and experts are stressing the importance of exercise.

Below is brief outline of the history of exercise.
http://www.personalpowertraining.net/Articles/history_of_exercise.htm

Enjoy,
Hayley M, Hayley R, Cameron M, Deena F.