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Blake   Buford
News editor

     According to getamericafit.org, obesity rates are higher than 35 percent in both men and women, so students around the Hill are looking for ways to stay healthy and keep their “excercise more” resolution alive. With a full schedule, it can be difficult to find time to excercise but junior music major Tareva Moore is putting it at the top of her priority list this year. She says that getting healthy is more important to her than losing weight.

“By keeping my goal toward health, I assure myself I’m doing this so I can live longer and have a more fulfilling life in the long run.”

Moore says she wakes up and asks herself if she can eat healthy and exercise that day. By focusing on one day at a time, she finds the monumental task of getting healthy more tangible.

Other students are taking advantage of Shorter’s two activity course requirement to stay in shape.

Senior English major Justin Phillips   said he is glad he is taking the karate course.

“Karate has been way more of a work out than I expected. I’m glad I’m taking it.”

     There are a variety of courses students can take to help them stay active, from karate, tennis, volleyball and fitness walking to slimnastics and women’s self defense.  Additionally, students have free access to the RAC fitness center.     Senior middle grades education major Ally Blackwell, who made a resolution in 2010 to get healthier, believes becoming healthier is a series of small changes.”Being healthy doesn’t have to be one huge dramatic change,” said Blackwell.  “It can be making small changes that become a part of your lifestyle that turn into big changes in the future.”

Blackwell encourages others to try to stay healthy.

“Staying healthy is definitely a challenge, but it’s worth every bit of it,” said Blackwell.  “It’s a constant commitment to doing what is best for yourself.”

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Audrey Speight

Editor-in-chief

 

A large percentage of Shorter students are athletes, but what are non-athletes doing to stay in shape? Three students, Trice Riddle, Courtney Trippe and Andy Pichardo, are training this semester for the Spring Fling Triathlon in West Point, Ga.

The triathlon is taking place April 29 and has three parts consisting of running 3.1 miles, biking 15 miles and swimming   600 yards. The students are currently training by running, swimming and biking to make sure their bodies are prepared for the upcoming race.

“Right now we are at the beginning of training, but we run, bike and swim a lot,” said Trippe, junior communication major.

The three students are preparing for the event by setting aside time for their daily routines. Each day Riddle, senior business   management major, swims for an hour, runs a mile and bikes between six and 12 miles. In addition, he works out at the gym and sometimes runs from his apartment to the gym for extra training.

“I’m mainly doing this to stay in shape and because I want something competitive. I like to compete against others,” said Riddle.

The students believe the training is intense, but worth it.

“To be honest, it is a challenge to put   in so much time on training while still having to go to class and do   homework,” said Pichardo, “but the reason I am doing the tri is because I love the training you have to put into it, but also the feeling you get when   you finish the race.”

These three students encourage one another and help hold the others accountable. They believe having friends to train with and compete against makes it more exciting.

“I am looking forward to doing the triathlon with the guys. Last time Andy and I did one it was awesome, but having another person just adds that much more accountability and that much more competition,” said Trippe. “It’s going to be fun to see how all of us do compared to ourselves and compared to each other.”

Riddle, Trippe and Pichardo are embracing the training process while anxiously awaiting the big day. They have faced both   physical and mental challenges, but refuse to give up.

“The training is intense because it’s tough on your legs,” said Riddle. “The hardest part, though, is that it’s mostly mentally   tough. But I’m excited and ready.”

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