Experience In Track & Field
Experience in Track and Field
Participating in track and field has provided me with opportunities to grow not only in sports, but also in life. Throughout my life, track and field has significantly change the way I think, act and overall perform in different sports. Track and field contains numerous amount of activities such as sprints, long distance and field events, which include discus throw and hammer throw, among others. While for the most part track and field is an individual sport, track helps you to learn more about yourself and what you can or cannot achieve. It is through track and field I was able to surpass my limits and achieve gold medals. While running around and playing tag with friends, I felt really fast because no one was able to catch me nor tag me. I felt my muscles tightening up and the adrenaline coursing through my body. I felt free, like a mustang running through an open grass of land on a sunny day. More than just running, there are many things that go behind track and field. Often looked upon as a sport that anyone can do without any real training or commitment.
Training, a way of progressive exercise or work, truly helps you increase the ability in the muscular system, the nervous system as well as the metabolism. There are many types of training that a runner must do in order to perform at his or her absolute best. Different events demands different levels of athletes with special capability such as speed, flexibility, skills, strength and endurance. Obviously, speed is a huge part in a race but most people are not aware that reaction time is extremely important as well as movement time. Which is the time taken in the action of moving your limbs such as your arms and legs. Basically, how fast you are able to get your foot back on the turf or ground after you have lifted it between powerful strides. I improved this by weight training and speed interval exercises. Weight training is a common type of training used to increase balance, stability, flexibility and also build muscle by using the force of gravity in form of weighted bars. While interval training is a high intensity workout that involves short and high bust of speed with slow recovery phases repeated certain amount of times. Both workouts are quiet difficult at first, but eventually your body adjust to the changes.
Over the years I realize that the strength of an athlete affects many factors of their performance. Their speed and endurance can be enhance by their strength which I learned from my past coaches. In order for a runner to enhance his/her strength they must work on three types of muscle such as the cardiac muscle of the heart, the striated skeleton muscle and the muscle smooth muscles. The cardiac muscle of the heart helps pump blood throughout the entire body. The striated skeleton muscle, which is mainly attached to the bones and the skin is responsible for the mobility of the body and limbs, while the smooth muscle help with pushing materials such as food or blood through organs. Each muscles has a various task to complete throughout your body.
