Personal Narrative: My First Sports Conditioning

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Throughout high school, I branched out and made attempts to witness different types of work, culture, and mentality. Generally, I wouldn’t consider myself too athletic, but I could imagine I could keep up if I needed to do exercises or do activities as part of a group. This all changed when I started my first sports conditioning experience. Doing this conditioning was a humbling experience. I fell behind and quickly got exhausted. This made me question if I had what it took to continue. There was a good amount of self-doubt, but rather than quitting, I evaluated what I was gaining from doing this tough work. And I realized that although I’m underperforming, I can transform my struggles into something more beneficial. There was one particular workout I did with the rest of my teammates that was sub-par. Everyone across the board struggled, and the trainer we were working with expressed that. I didn’t feel strongly about my individual performance, so after …show more content…

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