Essays on Stretches

Many elderly people spend more hours daily just lying or sitting down, thereby making them the sedentary age group. It is due to this inactivity that they tend to be prone to heart diseases, obesity or even early deaths as compared to the general population (Sullivan & Pomidor, 2015). Moreover, it has also been noted that as one grows older, their bodily functions decline. Physical activities can, therefore, help in slowing down this rate of deterioration. Furthermore, many seniors still want to keep in touch with their friends, neighbors and the community in general. Based on this and other factors, ...

Human development patterns allow us in making generalizations concerning various stages as the infancy phase, childhood phase, adolescence, and finally the adulthood stage. For the first year following the birth, a baby is referred to as an infant. The childhood stage begins in the second year after birth and stretches until adolescence. Childhood stage is often divided into early childhood and middle childhood. Early childhood includes the pre-school years whereas middle childhood stage includes elementary school years, through the fifth or sixth grade. The adolescence stage is the second last stage of human development before adulthood. This stage is ...

DEFLECTION OF BEAMSIntroduction

Any kind of modern day construction makes use of a component called structural beam, or beam. A beam helps in adding strength of any design or structure. Generally manufactured using steel, wood, or concrete, it is commonly used for spanning any open element of a structure. In any design work based on iron, steel I beam is the most commonly used one. On the other hand, home-based constructions generally make use of wooden beams. When steel I beam is encased within concrete, it forms a concrete beam and is typically used in the construction of heavy structures, such as ...

Introduction

A physical trainer should consider various aspects when training an individual who is unfit. The trainer should incorporate .dynamic stretches in the exercise schedule

Exercise prescription

Dynamic stretching is the active movement of muscle that brings about a stretch but is not transfixed in a particular end position. In dynamic stretching, the individual’s body continues to metabolize the process of stretching. Warming up increases the temperature of the body's muscles thereby preparing the muscles for any form of physical exercise ("Physical Fitness Assessments and Norms for Adults and Law Enforcement - Cooper Institute", 2007). The stretching also increases the metabolism ...

The resistance training program that will aid the athlete/participant to reach their goals/objectives and to build muscles, shore up the bones and increase the burning of calories. The resistance training programs will help the athlete improve their performance and have competitive edge even during the off-season (Dahab, et al., 2009). The training should target at least a 10-week workout program to help the athletes stay strong through simple exercises such as leg abduction, leg adduction, arm raises, straight leg raises, plank/side plank, arc squats, heel step downs and internal and external rotation to strengthen the core and can also ...

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Introduction

In the last few centuries, our understanding of universe has grown by leaps and bounds. Before seventeenth century, people generally believed that the Earth is at centre of the universe and all heavenly bodies move around the Earth. Galileo challenged the idea and published his papers in support of Copernican heliocentric theory that the Earth and other planets move around the Sun. Our understanding of universe grew further. We realized that the Sun is not unique and there are hundreds of billions of stars in the galaxy, which are brighter ...