For our senior project, Josh Bass and I are working with Lem Adams, the athletic trainer and kinesiologist at Beechmont country club as well as Linda Chapman, a registered and licensed dietician. The ultimate goal of our project is not only to learn how to live a healthy lifestyle through proper diet and exercise but also to learn the aspects of having a job in the field of athletic training and health. At the end of our project we plan to put all of these lessons together and create a diet plan and a 3 week workout plan for student athletes at Hawken.
Our days consist of performing hours of varied exercises and helping with tasks around the fitness center. During the next several weeks we will be getting in shape, helping with maintenance, and assisting members of Beechmont with their workouts.
Lem is not only teaching us a variety of different exercises designed to target certain parts of the body, but is also teaching us how to perform these exercises with correct form and posture. It is quite surprising how much more effective a workout can be with the use of proper techniques. Something as simple as the width of your grip or the placement of your fingers can completely alter an exercise and increase your productivity dramatically.
I am looking forward to our project because it will give me skills that I will be able to use long after I graduate from Hawken. I see it as an opportunity to change my body and improve my lifestyle. My starting weight is 142 pounds and I have set a goal of reaching 155 - 160 pounds by the end of project.
Pictures coming soon. Shout out to swole-nation.
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