PE100 - Personalized Fitness Program

By Yuka
In fall term 2007, I took Personalized Fitness Program for Physical Education class. This class is the most difficult class of all PE chasses, but it is very helpful for my future at the university. I want to introduce what I did and what I learned in the class.

Generally speaking, students move and do exercises in Physical Education class such as playing basketball, dancing, and doing yoga. However, even though Personalized Fitness Program is a PE class, we have assignments like presentations, reports, and essays. I had to prepare a presentation about food nutrition labels. All students should choose one food label and check the nutrition. We searched about Recommended Daily Allowances listed on the food label and presented in front of native speaking students and teacher. Research was the easiest assignment for me. I recorded what I ate every day for a week and calculated how many calories I ate these days. The final assignment was a Personal Program which means creating my own program for making my body healthy. In the class, I had already learned exercise modalities, nutrition, and weight management, so I had to think about what I learned in this class and make personal program and write about it in an essay.

When you read what I did, I guess you feel Personalized Fitness class is too difficult to pass, but I think this class is very good for international students. In the future, we might present in front of native speakers in a more difficult class than Physical Education. If I have a presentation in business class, I might feel more nervous than PE’s presentation. PE’s vocabulary is more familiar and PE is only 1 credit. Also, it is a good opportunity to display our presentation or writing skills. We have learned in language schools how to present and write. We need to give presentations and write essays, not only in language schools, but also in the university which is our purpose to study English.

In conclusion, I learned a lot of things in Personalized Fitness class. Even though it is not so easy for us, we should be challenged to practice our skills. Although you feel you cannot do the assignments well, you can ask your kind teachers and friendly classmates for help. I also asked many questions Don’t hesitate to speak English in front of native speakers. Don’t be nervous about grammar mistakes. I believe that all students have the power to succeed. If you are interested in Personalized Fitness class, please try. I hope you can do it!!