{"id":6970,"date":"2021-05-15T11:13:27","date_gmt":"2021-05-15T04:13:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.austincc.edu\/accent\/?p=6970"},"modified":"2021-06-10T03:19:54","modified_gmt":"2021-06-09T20:19:54","slug":"how-students-stay-active","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.austincc.edu\/accent\/how-students-stay-active\/","title":{"rendered":"How Students Stay Active"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">By: Pete Ramirez<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-youtube wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"ACCENT: Staying Active\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ax7JEDJILSk?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>One of the most significant ways the pandemic has affected Austin Community College is by the cancellation of in-person intramural sports. Losing these extracurricular events placed a hold on what is normally a fun way for students to stay active and socialize with their classmates.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>No one has felt this loss greater than Tracy Partin, intramurals coordinator and health &amp; kinesiology professor at ACC.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s been kind of tough, the last year, not being able to see my students or get out on the court with them,\u201d Partin said.<\/p>\n\n\n\r\n\t<div class=\"slideshow_container slideshow_container_style-light\" style=\"height: 200px; \" data-slideshow-id=\"6976\" data-style-name=\"style-light\" data-style-version=\"2.3.1\" >\r\n\r\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"slideshow_loading_icon\"><\/div>\r\n\t\t\r\n\t\t<div class=\"slideshow_content\" style=\"display: none;\">\r\n\r\n\t\t\t<div class=\"slideshow_view\">\r\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"slideshow_slide slideshow_slide_image\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img src=\"https:\/\/sites.austincc.edu\/accent\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/157\/2021\/05\/Second_Image-Brienz-Edwards.png\" alt=\"Brienz Edwards\" width=\"1258\" height=\"665\" \/>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"slideshow_description_box slideshow_transparent\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"slideshow_title\">Brienz Edwards<\/h2>\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"slideshow_description\">ACC student, speaks to Pete Ramirez, ACCENT reporter, via Zoom.<\/div>\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div style=\"clear: both;\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"slideshow_view\">\r\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"slideshow_slide slideshow_slide_image\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img src=\"https:\/\/sites.austincc.edu\/accent\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/157\/2021\/05\/Third_Image-Jeshika-Lamsal.png\" alt=\"Jeshika Lamsal\" width=\"1266\" height=\"720\" \/>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"slideshow_description_box slideshow_transparent\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"slideshow_title\">Jeshika Lamsal<\/h2>\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"slideshow_description\">prospective ACC student, speaks to Pete Ramirez, ACCENT reporter, via Zoom.<\/div>\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div style=\"clear: both;\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"slideshow_view\">\r\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"slideshow_slide slideshow_slide_image\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img src=\"https:\/\/sites.austincc.edu\/accent\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/157\/2021\/05\/Fourth_Image.png\" alt=\"Tracy Partin\" width=\"1437\" height=\"706\" \/>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"slideshow_description_box slideshow_transparent\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"slideshow_title\">Tracy Partin<\/h2>\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"slideshow_description\">intramural coordinator and health &amp; kinesiology professor at ACC, talks to Pete Ramriez, ACCENT reporter, via Google Meet.<\/div>\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div style=\"clear: both;\"><\/div><\/div>\r\n\t\t<\/div>\r\n\r\n\t\t<div class=\"slideshow_controlPanel slideshow_transparent\" style=\"display: none;\"><ul><li class=\"slideshow_togglePlay\" data-play-text=\"Play\" data-pause-text=\"Pause\"><\/li><\/ul><\/div>\r\n\r\n\t\t<div class=\"slideshow_button slideshow_previous slideshow_transparent\" role=\"button\" data-previous-text=\"Previous\" style=\"display: none;\"><\/div>\r\n\t\t<div class=\"slideshow_button slideshow_next slideshow_transparent\" role=\"button\" data-next-text=\"Next\" style=\"display: none;\"><\/div>\r\n\r\n\t\t<div class=\"slideshow_pagination\" style=\"display: none;\" data-go-to-text=\"Go to slide\"><div class=\"slideshow_pagination_center\"><\/div><\/div>\r\n\r\n\t\t<!-- WordPress Slideshow Version 2.3.1 -->\r\n\r\n\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\r\n\n\n\n\n<p>Knowing that COVID-19 restrictions would push people towards the couch, Partin found a way to continue to inspire ACC students to work on their fitness. Last March, Partin began sending an email with workouts and health tips to his subscribers every Tuesday and Thursday during the semester.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Partin\u2019s email fitness program hasn\u2019t missed a semester since it began a year ago.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cTracy\u2019s emails have been great,\u201d said Brienz Edwards, a student at ACC studying peace and conflict within the interdisciplinary studies program. \u201cI used to think that a gym was a pretty necessary part of working out and it has been quite the revelation for me that that\u2019s not what I really need.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Edwards mentioned underestimating a workout Tracy sent earlier this semester that only called for using a kitchen chair for the movements.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cI was like, \u2018oh I can do a chair workout, that\u2019s no problem\u2019 and I was immediately sweating,\u201d Edwards said. \u201cIt sounds ridiculous that you can sit in a chair for ten minutes and sweat but I promise you.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Partin\u2019s fitness emails not only include workouts for beginner, intermediate, and advanced levels but they also touch on mental health and wellness advice.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cI send them suggested YouTube workout videos,\u201d Partin said. \u201cAnd on Thursdays I touch upon mental health a little bit. Stress relief. Things that you can do mentally to help your mindset.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For Jeshika Lamsal, a prospective ACC student and subscriber to Tracy\u2019s fitness emails, staying active means being conscious about what you are doing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cMy favorite way to stay active is first meditation and second is working out,\u201d Lamsal said. \u201cI think everyone should try to meditate.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Lamsal encouraged ACC students to adopt a meditation practice a few times a week at first and then slowly increase the frequency as time progresses.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Lamsal also compared starting a meditation practice to going to kindergarten and learning the alphabet. When you first begin, you may not know anything about the subject but as you continue to practice, you learn and grow to have a better grasp of the practice.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Regardless of the route Partin\u2019s students take to stay active, his ultimate goal is to get his subscribers to reconnect with their bodies and improve their mental and physical health.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cIt gets those endorphins going and it does make you feel better so anything you can do &#8211; whether it\u2019s taking a walk, whether it\u2019s doing some exercises at the house &#8211; it helps\u201d, Partin said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Edwards said her favorite way to stay active is by taking walks at her own pace through her neighborhood.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s a really good way for me to get back into my body and be able to think clearly\u201d, said Edwards. \u201cIt helps me organize my thoughts for whatever I need to do next and reconnect with myself but also with the world outside.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>With his fitness emails, Partin wants ACC students to realize that there are simple yet effective things they can do to be active while staying within and nearby your home.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cMost importantly, try to keep a consistent time when you are going to workout\u201d, Partin said. \u201cThere\u2019s going to be those days where you are tired and want to blow it off, but you\u2019ve got to push through.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Partin said he will begin to send out his summer semester fitness emails on June 8 and students will be able to sign up via Student Life.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cI would just like for the students to know they can contact me at any time,\u201d Partin said. \u201cI want them to know that there is somebody out there, that we do care about them.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Knowing that COVID-19 restrictions would push people towards the couch, Partin found a way to continue to inspire ACC students to work on their fitness.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4103,"featured_media":6971,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5,15,20],"tags":[1131,1128,1166,1104,38],"class_list":["post-6970","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-campus-viewpoint","category-opinion","category-reviews","tag-communitysupport","tag-covid19","tag-stayactive","tag-studentnews","tag-acc"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.austincc.edu\/accent\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6970","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.austincc.edu\/accent\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.austincc.edu\/accent\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.austincc.edu\/accent\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4103"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.austincc.edu\/accent\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6970"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sites.austincc.edu\/accent\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6970\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.austincc.edu\/accent\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6971"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.austincc.edu\/accent\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6970"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.austincc.edu\/accent\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6970"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.austincc.edu\/accent\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6970"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}