SPORTS & REC
RE-DEFINING THE HEALTHY SUMMER BODY
BY BRENDAN LABRA
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s the spring flowers blossom, many students may start looking forward to the warm months of summer. Others may be anxious about the way they look and are rushing to get into shape. This is the idea of the “summer body.”
and faculty of Messiah College at the Falcon Fitness Center as a trainer all year. She has often heard “getting my summer body” used as a goal of those that she works with. Glatfelter is attempting to get away from the use of this language.
A summer body is a popular fitness trend that usually takes over the mind of young people from the turn of the New Year to the summer months. People tend to hit the gym in an attempt to get into perfect shape before they go out and show off their work at the beach. While this may seem rather harmless, there may be some issues with using the term “summer body”.
“I don’t like this term because it emphasizes the importance of what our body looks like when that’s not at all what it’s about,” Glatfelter said.
Alexa Glatfelter, a senior applied health science major, has been working with students
Our concept of a healthy body has become twisted. This is due to the constant over-exposure from the media to maintain the American concept of health. What does a healthy body and healthy lifestyle look like according to Glatfelter?
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