Are you making the most of your neighborhood pool? Until recently, the pool has only been useful to me when I’ve been in need of a tan, some eye candy, or a few extra dollars (made by life guarding). Last summer when I was injured and unable to run, I learned the art of exercising in the pool, and how useful neighborhood pools can be (and later, when my pool closed, how convenient they are!). From running in the pool to swimming laps, I’ve compiled a few great workouts to help you stay in shape if you’re an injured runner, or to get into better shape while cooling off in the pool! 1. Aqua Jog- Running outside is great when it’s not humid and 60 degrees out, but it can get dangerous when temperatures soar and humidity builds during the summer. When the only safe time to run is at 7 am, and it just isn’t possible to wake up that early, aqua jogging is a great substitute to running. The goal of an aqua-jogging workout is to mimic a run on land. Take advantage of the deep end of your pool and move your arms and legs in the same way you would if you were running on land. At first, it will feel weird. To help beginners flot, aqua jogging belts can be used, but I would recommend not using the belt, and starting out for a shorter period of time and gradually increase the length of the workout as fitness increases. Workouts can be long, steady jogs or more intense intervals, depending on what you want out of the workout. If you’re the type of person who gets bored running in the same place for a period of time, try visualizing that you are running outside or on a track. This has really helped me. Bringing friends and a stereo is another great way to be entertained while aqua jogging! Two examples of workouts are listed below. 30-Minute Interval Workout 10 minute warm-up (jog at an easy pace) 10 x 30 seconds fast, 30 seconds easy 10-15 min cool down 60-Minute Intervals and Endurance 10 minute warm-up 20 minutes increasing effort every 5 minutes 10 x I minute faster, 1 minute easy 10 minute cooldown 2. Swim laps- Grab some goggles and a cap (especially if you have long hair), and challenge yourself to swim a mile (64 laps). If the idea of swimming straight for 64 laps, or 1650 yards seems boring and daunting, switch it up by swimming 10 laps warm up, then add a short interval workout for the next 40 laps, and take it easy for the last 14 laps. The intervals can be as simple as one lap fast one lap easy, or as complex as 10 x 4 laps “build”, or increasing speed every lap until you reach sprint speed. Bring a kickboard along if you want extra leg work, and challenge yourself to swim half of it just kicking.
It all started with one 5k. Three miles, two feet, and one long blonde ponytail flying behind a skinny 7 year old girl with the biggest smile on her face. I’m still uncertain whether it was the endorphins from running or the door prizes given out at the end of the race, but from the moment I finished my first road race, was sure of one thing: I was a running adict. As a member of the cross country team in high school, my passion for running and all types of exercise grew. I set my sights on running in college, and am currently a member of the Elon track and cross country teams. This blog isn’t about training to become an elite athlete. There’s plenty of blogs like that on the Internet, and, they’re intimidating, I know. This isn’t meant to intimidate, it’s meant to inspire. My goal is to share the how and why of exercising. This summer, I challenge you to make a change. Become more active, even if you already exercise daily, make some kind of change so when you return to Elon, your friends, and most importantly, you will notice a difference in how you feel, act, and look. Whether you’re an experienced runner or new to the sport, summer is a great time to train for a road race. It can be a 5k, 10k, half marathon, or marathon. Set a goal race to participate in, and start training. Go out for runs, do core work, and actually train. If you don’t see yourself as a runner right now, start thinking “I am a runner”. Eat like a runner, think like a runner, if you’re going out for runs consistently, you are a runner. I really improved and started to love running when I began seeing myself as a runner.
Everyone's done for the semester and it's time for new jobs, new cities, new friends and new news. Instead of the regular, weekly Sunday Sweep, this summer we'll be posting twice monthly "cheat sheets" that span multiple topics in the news instead of just one.
Do you remember reading about these stories when they first came out in print? Here are this year’s top 7 stories, straight from the news editors’ desks. FALL *Creating a place to worship: New multi-faith center seeks to raise awareness and acceptance for students: Plans for a new building to replace the Truitt Center and create more meeting and worship space for all denominations on campus were unveiled early during fall semester.
According to insidehighered.com, a recent study focused on the research papers of first-year college students at 15 different schools and found many students "simply copy chunks of text from the sources they cite without truly grasping the underlying argument, quality or context." As a service to students and faculty alike, the Writing Center's purpose is to help students improve their writing techniques and develop strategies and practices that will make them be more effective writers in any situation. But how helpful is the Center, in reality? Paula Patch, English lecturer and college writing professor, said she believes the Writing Center is beneficial for students because writers are forced to compile more than one draft after visiting with a consultant.
While the Blog had some exciting international news this week, I am going to turn the focus back to Elon and Student Government Association.
The response to President Barack Obama's announcement of Osama bin Laden's death was swift. Within minutes of his speech, throngs of people, mostly college students, had gathered at the gates of the White House waving flags and chanting as images of the scene was played across millions of televisions.
Timing was certainly not to our advantage when the news hit. It was at around 10:00 p.m. Sunday night that I first began to notice the Tweets rolling in about an announcement from President Barack Obama planned for 10:30.
Former Pendulum staff photographer Julia Murphy spent the spring semester studying abroad in London and had the opportunity to attend the royal wedding last Friday.
For more than a decade, four Elon University professors have been riding to and from work together in an effort to make their 40-plus minute drive more interesting.
Below are a few items discussed at the SGA meeting Thursday. Look for more in-depth articles in The Pendulum to better understand how these changes will affect you!Hiring process- in addition to hiring a chaplain they still have to replace Niki Turley and Leigh-Anne Royster because they were promoted earlier this year.
This was written by Pendulum columnist Rebecca Cummings. How do we prepare for the end of the year? Most students would probably agree there is no real time to stop and think about it.
This was written by Pendulum columnist Nicole Monge. Like it or not, “Gossip Girl” and “The Real Housewives” series are television programs that have made their way onto our televisions and into our culture. One of the negative facets of both shows is they tend to teach audiences that manipulating people and stabbing them in the back are practical behaviors for personal gains.
This is the semester of the "Arab Spring," and the uprisings in the Middle East seem to be far from over.
Elon University's fifth-year senior percentage is low in and of itself. But, when compared to other universities, it is only emphasized further. For universities of high populations, around 15,000+ undergraduate students, graduation within four years is very unlikely for students.
The next week at Elon will be fairly hectic. Tomorrow, it's a safe bet that at least the campus will empty out with people heading home or to friends' for Easter break.
SGA passed two new resolutions in an effort to demonstrate support of the victims of the two recent natural disasters. It is customary and normally appropriate for a legislative body to pass a resolution following a tragedy in order to demonstrate sympathy for the victims, according to Darien Flowers, junior class senate member. SGA voted 29-0-1 to pass S.R.
An Elon senior filed suit against Elon University and N.C. Attorney General Roy Cooper for withholding Campus Safety and Police records concerning the arrest of a student last year. Nick Ochsner, a reporter for Phoenix14 News, Elon's student television news program, filed the lawsuit April 13, 2011. "I filed the lawsuit because I believe that the documents I am seeking are public records," Ochsner said. Ochsner said he was trying to obtain an arrest narrative, a document that describes the events surrounding an arrest. "(Campus Safety and Police's) practices subvert state law and I believe that the state public records law intends for the information that I am seeking to be public," he said. This is not the first time records have been withheld, he said, and about half of the police departments across the state do not release the records. Dan Anderson, director of University Relations, released a statement concerning the pending litigation. It states: Elon University is surprised that this case moved to litigation despite the best efforts by the university and its attorneys over the past year to respond to this student's request for records concerning the arrest of another student.
Elon’s license with Blackboard expires October 2012 and the Teaching and Learning Technologies department is evaluating other options. According to Chris Fulkerson, assistant vice president of technology, although the license expires in October, the university would switch over to another program during the summer of 2012 in order to cause less stress and confusion during the following semester. The university is very interested in Moodle, a learning management system very similar to Blackboard, but it does have some differences. Moodle is a free web application and open source learning management system software, while Blackboard is a proprietary form of software partially owned by Microsoft. Unlike Blackboard, Moodle would not require the university to pay for the software since it is an open source learning management system software.
