Physical Education Requirements: Lakeland College

College Physical Education Requirements

Intro.

Many Americans live an inactive life-style. We typical spend all day at work or school, and then when we return home, all we want to do is eat and sit down in front of the television, or some sort of electronic device. These bad habitats have been forming in adults lives, since their early adulthood stage, ages 18 -25. When, people enter inti the real world and actual jobs, we are bombarded with stress and time crunches, which lead to these unhealthy habitats.

Problem Statement

Health is a growing concern for the entire nation with about one third of Americans being considered obese. In particular, 31.2 percent of adults in Wisconsin are considered obese, and the trends show that this percentage

It is a new world transitioning from high school to college, and it is very easy for bad habits to form or worsen. Students are over whelmed with a new environment, assignments, studying, meetings, and planning for their future careers. This leaves for no time to focus on healthy habits and leading a healthy life. How do we motivate college students to be active, without taking away their focus and time for class work? Lakeland College’s campus needs to start changing its environment to start promoting an active lifestyle. Yes, Lakeland College has a fitness centers and offers open-gym times for students to do recreational activities, but those facilities are often daunting for first-year, international, and low-fitness or skill-level students. This is way Lakeland College’s exercise facilities are often utilized by the healthier and athletic population of the student body. The key is to start targeting the entire student body, and, in particular, the inactive ones. The campus has started to make a healthier change by implementing their Wellness Champion program, but their needs to be more, in order to motivate students. The best way to incentivize and teach unexperienced students to be active is by giving college students what they need: credits. This way, while students are working out, they will not feel guilty spending valuable time away from their school work. They will actually be productive because they would be receiving the credits for their sweat and hard work. The wellness classes credits could be applied to general credits or as an elective