General: Health
Topic: American health and fitness and where it is lacking
Question: How could we fix Americans? (Obesity, health and healthcare cost, self esteem, etc.)
Part 1 - Housekeeping:
These are real problems (insert statistic here), here is why. The view that people's feelings are more important than addressing the problem is an impediment that must be overcome. Sorry if you don't want to hear it, but this is bigger than you.
Part 2 - Obesity:
While there might be some genetic disposition to this disease, it is preventable for the vast majority. It is now the leading #1 preventable killer in US. How do we fix this? The mechanisms are no secret: eat less, do more. I am hoping that people will start striving for what they want in life - be it, more fit, more successful, etc.. We need to redefine our culture: Americans are lazy. I am too. Change the stance on exercise - not boring, not a waste, but a duty and obligation you owe to yourself and fellow citizens.
Part 3 - Mental & Miscellaneous Health Benefits:
I've been on both sides of the coin on this, so I intend to use my personal experience to supplement scientific studies on how exercise decreases risk of mental ailments. From stress relief to self esteem boosters I wish to explain why movement does the body good. I am from a demographic of kids who suffer the worst from these conditions, and they only seem to be rising: of course I think I have part of the cure. (chemicals of brain, add how it works) (amount of people on anti- depression, anxiety, etc pills)
Part 4 - Pain and Why I Can Fix People:
Yet another topic that I have personal experience with, I plan on highlighting a few "problem areas" for common folk. I don't mean that stubborn belly fat, I mean those pesky arches, shoulders, hips, ankles, and back. I will be explaining briefly how tissues become dysfunctional and why Western medicine sucks at fixing it (mostly). I might explain specific mobilization exercises to use for these areas, especially with my personal story of having had flat feet. I, of course, will use my personal anecdote to explain that it is possible and I am not being romantic. At the end I will relate back to practical application: if people knew how they worked, then the could perform basic self-maintenance they would life healthier, more active, and less expensive lives.
Part 5 - A Note On Testimony, The Opinionated Insight Gained:
Most of the developed world's health problems come from two things: what we put in our bodies and what we do with our bodies. Education on these topics is essential and is already beginning (at least with nutrition... gym class has yet to be relevant). For the most part, people have heard what to eat and how to move 1,000 times (and if you haven't the information is readily available for free or cheap online). So we know what to do, we simply don't... well here's why I think everyone should (aside from all the other nonsense I just talked about): development of personality. From a more romantic perspective, the setting and completion of goals through a little bit of hard work can go a long ways to molding a person who can get what they want. It will breed people who don't simply accept that they're born broken and destined never to do great things. It will breed teens who aren't offended by the "media's ridiculous standards of beauty" because they feel like they themselves reflect the real kind. It will build "doers." And that is what I want, to be surrounded by peers who are willing to take responsibility for their lives, rather than complain about it. Victim hood is mainstream, take the less traveled path.
"If you learn to walk with crutches, you'll never know what it's like to run."
-Me
Topic: American health and fitness and where it is lacking
Question: How could we fix Americans? (Obesity, health and healthcare cost, self esteem, etc.)
Part 1 - Housekeeping:
These are real problems (insert statistic here), here is why. The view that people's feelings are more important than addressing the problem is an impediment that must be overcome. Sorry if you don't want to hear it, but this is bigger than you.
Part 2 - Obesity:
While there might be some genetic disposition to this disease, it is preventable for the vast majority. It is now the leading #1 preventable killer in US. How do we fix this? The mechanisms are no secret: eat less, do more. I am hoping that people will start striving for what they want in life - be it, more fit, more successful, etc.. We need to redefine our culture: Americans are lazy. I am too. Change the stance on exercise - not boring, not a waste, but a duty and obligation you owe to yourself and fellow citizens.
Part 3 - Mental & Miscellaneous Health Benefits:
I've been on both sides of the coin on this, so I intend to use my personal experience to supplement scientific studies on how exercise decreases risk of mental ailments. From stress relief to self esteem boosters I wish to explain why movement does the body good. I am from a demographic of kids who suffer the worst from these conditions, and they only seem to be rising: of course I think I have part of the cure. (chemicals of brain, add how it works) (amount of people on anti- depression, anxiety, etc pills)
Part 4 - Pain and Why I Can Fix People:
Yet another topic that I have personal experience with, I plan on highlighting a few "problem areas" for common folk. I don't mean that stubborn belly fat, I mean those pesky arches, shoulders, hips, ankles, and back. I will be explaining briefly how tissues become dysfunctional and why Western medicine sucks at fixing it (mostly). I might explain specific mobilization exercises to use for these areas, especially with my personal story of having had flat feet. I, of course, will use my personal anecdote to explain that it is possible and I am not being romantic. At the end I will relate back to practical application: if people knew how they worked, then the could perform basic self-maintenance they would life healthier, more active, and less expensive lives.
Part 5 - A Note On Testimony, The Opinionated Insight Gained:
Most of the developed world's health problems come from two things: what we put in our bodies and what we do with our bodies. Education on these topics is essential and is already beginning (at least with nutrition... gym class has yet to be relevant). For the most part, people have heard what to eat and how to move 1,000 times (and if you haven't the information is readily available for free or cheap online). So we know what to do, we simply don't... well here's why I think everyone should (aside from all the other nonsense I just talked about): development of personality. From a more romantic perspective, the setting and completion of goals through a little bit of hard work can go a long ways to molding a person who can get what they want. It will breed people who don't simply accept that they're born broken and destined never to do great things. It will breed teens who aren't offended by the "media's ridiculous standards of beauty" because they feel like they themselves reflect the real kind. It will build "doers." And that is what I want, to be surrounded by peers who are willing to take responsibility for their lives, rather than complain about it. Victim hood is mainstream, take the less traveled path.
"If you learn to walk with crutches, you'll never know what it's like to run."
-Me