Humanities Homework Help

1.Knowing you’ve been learning a lot about fitness and health, a friend asks you to help them get started because they feel overwhelmed at all the information online. 

Respond to their questions with what you’ve learned so far. Remember that you are encouraged to review the resourced provided in the course while crafting your responses.

“I know I should work out really hard right away because I’ve always heard ‘no pain no gain,’ but I’m just worried I don’t know what I’m doing and might get hurt.” 

Based on what you’ve learned in the course, discuss the idea of “no pain, no gain” with your friend. Is this an adage (a saying that express a simple truth) or just a cliche and meaningless platitude? Is it somewhere in-between? (10 pts total) 

Demonstrate a knowledge of the Seven Principles of Adaptation while thinking critically as you respond to this phrase. (5 pt)

Reference the recommendations for physical activity provided within the course. (5 pt)

• 2.”How do I know how hard to do it then? I wanted to start lifting weights so I can get my upper body stronger but I don’t want to hurt myself and I never know how many times to do the exercises, or even how many different exercises to do!”

Help them understand how to decide how to set up a muscular resistance training plan based on the information you learned in the course. Remember you are encouraged to use the summaries and articles provided within the course. (10 points total)

Reference the recommendations for how many resistance exercises to select. (2 pts)

Explain how the different repetition ranges result in different muscular fitness adaptations (e.g., how many reps to do for strength, how many reps to do for endurance, etc.). (3 pts)

• Suggest one specific exercise and tell them how many repetitions of it to do based on their goal to get stronger in the upper body. (5 pts

3.”Oh, okay. Can I jump right into my workout? I always see people jogging before they lift the weights, does that matter?”Referencing the recommendations from the course, give a few reasons that warm-ups are important and how to incorporate them. (5 pt)

• Share at least 2 benefits of a warm-up as explained in this course. (2 pt)

When using jogging for a warm-up, explain how heart rate can be used to keep track of intensity. (2pt)

Offer a strategy or two (such as from the discussion board) on how to fit a warm-up into their plan. (1pt)

4.Oh okay but I can skip stretching, right? I’ve seen people kind of swing their arms around, but it doesn’t seem like anyone really takes it seriously.”

Referencing what you learned in the Flexibility section of the course, explain why flexibility is an important part of health and wellbeing. (5 points)

• Summarize the long-term benefits for both the body and mind of including flexibility exercises throughout your week. (1 pt)

Define “dynamic” stretching and explain why it is best done before a workout. (2 pt) 

• Define “static” stretching and explain why it is best done after a workout (2 pt)

5. “Ok okay that makes sense. So I follow this influencer and they look amazing in every photo they post. If I do all this, how many weeks will it take me to look like them?”As you explored in this course, adaptations to exercise take time to develop as the muscles, brain, and cardiovascular system build their ability. It also sounds like your friend’s expectations might be influenced by images from social media. (15 pts)

• Referencing our material, explain why visible results are unlikely for the first few weeks. (5 pts)

Explain how and why the images that the influencer posts may be misleading as to what is realistic. (5 pts)

Referencing the “built environment of attention” what would you say to your friend about this influencer’s possible motivations? (5 pts)

6.A few days later, your friend texts you that they’re thinking about buying an “altitude training mask” to help their jogging program after seeing an influencer talk about all the benefits these products have for beginners.They send you a screenshot from the influencer’s page:

• (Above: An photo showing an individual with extremely low body fat posing with an “altitude training mask.”) 
• Pointing to the mask in the influencer’s photo, your friend says they’re considering getting one themselves since the influencer says that the masks are scientifically supported to help performance in running and that beginners can jump-start their program with it. 

In Practical Activity #1, you were able to critically evaluate an invitation to join a network marketing company by asking questions about the authors and their reasons for writing those sources.

• Use what you learned in that process to evaluate whether this is a good option for your friend. Navigate (in a new browser) to Google.com and search for “altitude training mask.” Review the search results and then answer the questions below. (10 points total)

What are the lowest and highest prices you see on Google for an “altitude training mask”? (2 pt)

What are the most sensational benefits that sellers claim the “altitude training mask” has? (2 pt)

What is it that wearing the “altitude training mask” during exercise actually does? (5 pt)

(Hint: Look for the quotation from a researcher quoted in the Runner’s World article “Does Running With a Training Mask Actually Work?” that should be high up in the search results.

What are the credentials of the person quoted in that article and what motives might they have for giving the statements they did? (1 pt)

7. Now that you’ve done some due diligence and learned more about the “altitude training mask,” help your friend by responding to the prompts below.Referencing what you learned in this class and the last prompt, decide whether this mask is a good choice for someone who is just beginning to exercise and explain your decision making process to your friend. (10 points)

Briefly summarize what you found through your short search. (1 pt)

Think back to the three types of psuedoinformation (compared to valid information) and explain which type most describes the influencer’s endorsement of the product. (2 pt)

• Reference what you learned researcher from the article and summarize their credentials. Why might the researcher and the influencer have differing motives and claims? (2 pt)
• Explain whether the mask is a likely to be a good investment of time, money, and energy for your friend as they begin their workout plan. (5 pt)
• 8. Applying the concepts of needs, metacognition, emotional intelligence, and “shortcuts” in thinking, consider how the influencer’s endorsement might be trying to mislead their followers. (15 points)

Which areas of Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs might the influencer’s endorsement of the mask be intended to appeal to? Name one or more and explain your answer. (5 pts)

Recall, from foundational to top: Survival, Safety, Love and Belonging, Esteem, Self-Actualization

• Which emotional experiences might the influencer’s endorsement of the mask be intended to appeal to? Name at least two and explain your answer. (5 pts)
• Recall the 27 overlapping emotions from the study earlier in the course: admiration, adoration, aesthetic appreciation,  amusement, anger, anxiety, awe, awkwardness, boredom,  calmness, confusion, craving, disgust, empathic pain, entrancement, excitement, fear, horror, interest, joy, nostalgia,  relief, romance, sadness, satisfaction, sexual desire, surprise.
• Which cognitive biases or distortions might the influencer’s endorsement of the mask be intended to appeal to? Name at least two and explain your answer. (5 pts)