When interviewing people of different culture, age, and gender, I found that cultural background and gender did not really affect the activities they participated in as much as age. After interviewing three people and reviewing the information, there were quite a few activities they participated in or were interested in participating in. However, cultural background and gender did not affect what people participated in as much as they felt age, as well as time did. One person did not believe that they’re cultural background influenced the activities as much as just what sports their parents or other relatives had done.In fact, all three of the people interviewed believed that different things influenced the activities they participated in …show more content…
more than others, making it so that there wasn’t one conclusive answer. The first person interviewed is age 14, male, and has a mostly English background.
They played seasonal sports such as soccer, year round, as well as participating in track. They however did not have a set workout or stretching schedule and only did the two occasionally. When they did stretch and workout, person #1 usually did about 2 to 3 times a week. They also stated that along with the sports they participate in, they also jogged twice weekly. Along with the sports they already participate in they stated that if they were to participate in an additional sport, they would be inclined to participate in basketball. Person #1 preferred to participate in activities such as soccer as well as weight training over some other activities. They believed that rather than certain other physical activities, jogging was one of the more important ones. The person interviewed also believed that they didn’t really face any major challenges while the were participating in physical activities. Person #1 also didn’t really believe that any of the three, age, gender, or cultural background, really affected the activities that he participated in. They believed that the people around him, such as friends and family, is more influenced what he was participating in, based on the activities that they are …show more content…
doing. For the second person interviewed, the are age 30, a female, and has American, racially white, ethnically Irish, and Abenaki Native American cultural background. One of the physical activities that this person participates in is kickboxing. She also regularly works out and stretches about four times a week. Along with kickboxing, person two also participates in yoga. This person would also be inclined to participate in softball if they were to participate in another physical activity.Person #2 also prefers to participate in high energy, low impact activities. The also believe that workouts such as stretching, core muscle workouts , and cardio are important activities to participate in. The person interviewed did believe that they faced a challenge when exercising.They believed that three previously broken vertebrae gives her a challenge when participating in physical activities. Person #2 believed that the largest constraint on what physical activities they participate in is their age, limiting what they are able to complete and participate in. They also believed that time was definitely the biggest constraint on what they were able to do when participating in physical activities. That the limited amount of time they had for exercising was definitely a limit on what they could complete as well as what they had time to do. The third person interviewed is age 15, a female, and has caucasian and Métis Inuit background. The regularly participate in seasonal sports such as cross country and track and field. During sports season, person #3 regularly workout, they continue to workout outside of their sports season however it becomes irregular. They however do not regularly stretch since they feel that for their sport it is not the most necessary activity, but occasionally they will stretch. Within season, this person works out about six times a week,but outside of the season she workouts about every other week. Person #3 doesn’t participate in any other sports related physical activities, but around their house, the haul wood, grain, and hay. She also says that if she had to participate in other sports or physical activities she would be most inclined to participate in soccer, field hockey, and basketball. They also prefer activities ha ae mostly running based or involve elements of skill, coordination, and thinking. Out Of other physical activities, she feels that things such as running and cardio are the most important ones to engage in.While exercising, person #3 felt that the amount of running they do and pushing their self improve challenges them the most. The also believed that their family background and what sports they have and do participate in effects what sports and activities she participates in the most This person also believes that time is a large constraint of the amount of physical activity they can and have the time to participate in. Throughout the three different interviews, there were some similar patterns between them, as well as some differences.
For the most part, through all of the people interviewed, they believed that one of the largest constraints on how much physical activity they were able to participate in was a lack of time. Culture was found also to not really affect someone's physical activities as much as some thought age, as well as just the people around them affected what activities they participated in. a difference that was found throughout the interview is that the younger participants were more interested in team based activities and major sports in general. Rather than the second participant, who was more interested in a more training and personal building based activity. Each person, when asked did have another activity in mind that they would be inclined to participate in, and they were mostly large group sports that the people were mostly inclined to do. All participants also felt that cardio is one of the more important activities to do and participate in things relating to it. Based on gender, there were not really any differences except for the fact that the two females expressed the fact they felt challenged when exercising, versus the male who did not feel like they were particularly challenged by anything.The survey ended up showing that each individual did have similar beliefs in what's important and what's a restraint when exercising; However here was not a conclusive
result for what they feel influenced what they participated in except for age and the people surrounding them.
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...h/where you grew up. There are personal views affected by culture, such as views on relationships. For example, some people believe in arranged marriages and look down on casual relationships while these laid back relationships are considered normal for someone else. It is believed that the effect culture has is dependent on the “magnitude of the parent’s cultural identification” (Shim 92-27).
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