From kindergarten to twelfth grade, one may be required to take many different types of physical education and health classes. In the first few years they more than likely would have learned some of the basic movements: hop, skip, jump, and gallop. As the years pass, they would go on to learn how to play different sports and proceed to specialize in different aspects of sports. Today the United States is facing an epidemic in which parents could outlive their children due to unhealthy bodies.
The sheer energy of a gymnast alone can be felt by audiences of all ages, but what the spectators lack the ability to feel is the pounding of the bodies that bear the impact of the athletes in action. Gymnastics consists of a mixture of acrobatic performances of four different events for females, and six different events for males (Gianoulis 1). Gymnastics is demanding in a multitude of ways, including: physically, emotionally and mentally. It requires countless hours of dedication. The concerns
Gymnastics is considered by most to be one of the top 3 hardest sports in existence. There are aspects of the sport of gymnastics that exceed all other sports. The strength, flexibility, speed, power, and the intense training and competition all play factors in what make gymnastics so difficult. This sport requires as much or more than most other collegiate athletes while the teams receive much less money than that of a football team. The first point will introduce the massive benefits of gymnastics
Cheerleading and Gymnastics are different sports that are capable of multiple things. Cheerleading was an all boy sport, became popular after sometime, and it also became a competitive sport that still takes place today. Gymnastics is another sport that came from ancient Greek, was brought to the United States, and to this day became one of the most attractive sports. These two different sports are different and comparable, but have come a long way. Cheerleading first started in the 1800s.
Today thousands of gymnasts around the world participate in the sport of gymnastics. This is a sport that has existed for more than 2,000 years. Every day children practice for many hours hoping that someday they can follow their dream of becoming an olympian. Before kids could practice gymnastics as a sport, it was used for many different things in history. It was used in a way that no one would have ever thought that gymnastics would have been more of a girls sport than a guys. Gymnastics relates
Ever since Friedrich Ludwig Jahn first brought gymnastics to the United States in the early 19th century, America has been obsessed with different and intriguing ways to workout. Every few years new workout trends start and take the entire nation by storm. These exercise workouts are interesting because not only are they fun, but they also describe the state America was in when they were made. High Intensity Interval Training is the next instalment in this long line of exercise workouts. Its inexpensive
dating back 50,000 years, Bonn is considered to be one of Germany’s oldest cities (History). The city of Bonn “celebrated its 2000th anniversary in 1989, based on the date of its first written mention by the Roman writer Florus in 11 BC” (History). “Friedrich Schlegel once called Bonn a “friendly” town and it has been a friendly town throughout the whole 2000 years if its existence, which dates back to the foundation of the Drusus fort in the year 13 BC (Schleifer).” Around 11 BC, a Roman army placed
occur without Bismarck, but he made it happen sooner rather than later. The Germans shared a common identity in the form of race, language, culture and heritage. The works of 18th and 19th century thinkers and writers such as Ernst Randt and Friedrich Jahn who promoted the idea of one nation based on common culture and language. Developments in transport such as railways and better roads improved communication. This made the Germans more aware of a common identity and brought the town and country
mentioning, was cultural cohesion and social change. During the nineteenth century the Romantic movement developed throughout Europe and in Germany it took the form of celebrating the German heritage and promoting cultural pride. Romantics such as Friedrich Ludwig Jahn glorified the rich history of the German peoples. Through literature and art romantics expressed the idea of Germany as “an organic folk community wrapped in a cloak of tradition” They strived to create a homogenous identity for all Germans