NLCS JEJU Sports Council Newsletter #25 [Feb 27th 2022]

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With the 2022 Winter Olympics taking place just a week ago, sport is in action! Despite a couple days of online

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lessons in the past two weeks, I hope all of you are staying

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healthy. In this newsletter, we introduce you to articles and

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a comic strip that tackle the common issue amongst

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everyone in the NLCSJ community, which is exercising

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during school, both online, and in-person. We also have

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Here is a fun quote that emphasizes the significance of

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exercising despite its hardships

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“You can feel sore tomorrow, or you can feel sorry tomorrow.You

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The Significance of Exercisin Shabell: Sharon Yoon & Bella Ki Because of the online learning that has been occurring in NLCS Jeju and in many other schools for the past few weeks, our beloved students are suffering because of the lack of exercise and movement! Teachers tell us to go outside and get some fresh air, but to us, it seems like it doesn’t really matter! For us, our priority is the upcoming annual exams! However, exercising is indeed important! To encourage students to move around a little bit, we decided to make a fun comic strip! We hope you really enjoy it because we put a lot of effort into it! ;)

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Simple daily exercises that you can do during the school da JY Le Many students may find exercising during school days difficult. They may be busy with assignments, exams, or projects and aren’t unable to find the time to exercise. Some might be too tired to get up on their feet and go out on a run.

However, exercise is essential for students who spend most of their days sitting at their desks studying. If you can’t find the time or energy to take some time to exercise, how about doing it in your daily lives

Here are some simple exercises you could do during your day in school

1. Lunge

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Lunges strengthen your glutes, quads, and hamstrings. Lunges are whole-body exercises that require your core strength as well. When doing lunges, you should stand with your feet hip-width apart, keep your back straight, your shoulders back, and your abs tight. Take a step forward and slowly bend both knees, until your back knee is just above the floor. Then stand back up and repeat the movement. This exercise could be done when climbing the stairs. Taking two stairs at a time makes the same effect as doing lunges.

2. Squat

Squats are also another type of whole-body exercise. It works on your glutes, hip flexors, quads and your abs, calves, hamstrings, and lower back. To do a squat, stand up with your feet shoulderwidth apart. Then bend your knees, press your hips back and stop the movement once the hip joint is slightly lower than the knees.You must press your heels into the floor to return to the initial position. It is important to make sure your knees don’t go past the tip of your toes and keep your back straight so that you don’t injure yourself.

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3. Calf raise

Calf raises strengthen your calves and lower part of the legs.You should stand with your torso upright, your feet hip-width apart, and your toes pointing forward. Then you raise your heels off the floor and squeeze your calves. Return to the starting position, by slowly lowering your heels, then repeat. Calf raises can help protect your Achilles tendon and calves from injuries as it increases your muscle flexibility

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4. Arm Circle

Arm circles work your shoulders and upper back muscles.You should stand straight with your feet shoulder-width apart and raise and extend your arms to the sides without bending the elbows. Then, slowly rotate your arms forward, making small circles of about 1 foot in diameter.

Many students have round shoulders from sitting down for long periods of time. Working on the shoulder and back muscles can help straighten your back and maintain good posture

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5. Forward Leg Swing

Forward leg swings strengthen your hips and hamstrings, quads, and calves. To begin, stand straight with your feet hip-width apart and hold onto a wall. Whilst keeping one leg stationary, slowly swing the opposite leg forward and backward in a single smooth movement. Then switch sides and repeat it. This exercise can stretch the hip muscles and the hip joint. Students don’t get the chance to exercise their hip muscles which means that usually, the hip muscles are one of the areas that students have the weakest muscles. It is important to stretch these muscles to be able to be sat down studying for long hours without having back and hip pain.

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Lewis Hamilton: A Timeless Legen William Ki When it comes to Formula 1, I couldn't help but mention this person, a dominant figure on the race track: Lewis Hamilton. Lewis Hamilton is a British racing driver who currently competes in Formula One for Mercedes. In Formula One, Hamilton has won a joint-record seven World Drivers' Championship titles, tied with Michael Schumacher, and holds the records for the most wins (103), pole positions (103), and podium finishes (182), among others. Ferrari's Sebastian Vettel became Hamilton's closest rival in two intense championship battles, in which Hamilton twice overturned mid-season point deficits to claim consecutive titles again in 2017 and 2018. His third and fourth consecutive titles followed in 2019 and 2020 to equal Schumacher's record of seven drivers' titles

It all started with karting in 1993 when Hamilton was eight and quickly racking up race wins and cadet class championships. One day, ten-year-old Hamilton approached McLaren Formula One

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team boss Ron Dennis and told him, “Hi. I’m Lewis Hamilton. I won the British Championship and one day I want to be racing your cars.” To that, Dennis replied, “Phone me in nine years, we’ll sort out something then.” Hamilton was getting one step closer to achieving his ultimate dream of becoming a Formula One racer.

Despite criticism concerning his self-important associate degreed dangerous sort of driving, Hamilton commands his head high and accumulated 5 victories and 10 rostrum finishes––points that were merely enough for the young Brit to beat Brazilian favorite Felipe Massa and clinch a Formula One World Championship; Hamilton’s first however on no account his last. Nonetheless, Hamilton’s era with McLaren was returning to a finish once a series of unacceptable races thanks to a less competitive automotive with mediocre machinery, but primarily due to Hamilton’s loss of motivation and focus. For the first time, Hamilton had been out-scored by mate Jenson Button, and in the remaining four seasons, he did not end beyond fourth within the drivers’ standings. The general public painted Hamilton as no more than a one-hit-wonder

“You will knock American state down, however, I purchase up doubly as strong.” Hamilton stuck to his words. With a stunning move to Mercedes in 2013, Hamilton joined childhood karting associate Nico Rosberg and established his value by winning the Hungarian Grand Prix, aboard 5 pulpit finishes and five pole positions. Regulation changes before the 2014 season, that mandated the employment of turbo-hybrid engines, contributed to the beginning of a victorious era for Hamilton as he found himself within the most dominant automotive on the grid. That year saw the Silver Arrows winning sixteen of the nineteen races, eleven of these secured by Hamilton, which was enough to earn his second World Championship trophy. The domination continued within the 2015 season; Hamilton won 10 races, stood on the theater a record seventeen times, associate degree matched his hero Ayrton Senna’s 3 World Championship titles

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In 2016, despite recording more pole positions and race wins than the other driver, Hamilton saw the championship title slip removed from his hands following an unfortunate engine blowout in Malaysia; Rosberg took advantage and edged out Hamilton by 5 points

Hamilton and Mercedes established their worth and came back grifter than ever. Lewis Hamilton was named 2017, 2018, 2019 World Champion, and secured his seventh title when winning the 2020 Turkish Grand Prix in November. And for Mercedes, the team recorded their seven consecutive World Constructors’ Championship––statistics that capture the endless, peerless hours the drivers, engineers, strategists, and mechanics have invested within the team. Optimistic Lewis Hamilton is ‘coming back stronger’ to chase the F1 title once more

Whereas Hamilton attained well-deserved respect on the track, he struggled and still faces racist abuse because he is not only the first, but also the one and only black driver to race in Formula One. On one occasion, throughout the pre-season testing part at the Circuit First State Catalunya before the 2008 Spanish Grand Prix, Hamilton was mocked and verbally abused by spectators who wore black face paint and black wigs. Since then, Hamilton has perpetually received discriminatory comments on social media platforms and online websites. Toto Wolff, Hamilton’s Mercedes team boss, noted however Hamilton was “scarred for life” by racist abuse inflicted during his teenage years. In a group discussion in 2018, Hamilton condemned the dearth of diversity in Formula One, commenting how nothing had been modified within the past eleven years. “Kids, people, there are such a lot of jobs during this sport that anybody, irrespective of your quality or background, will create it and work in.

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Hamilton’s sports career so far has been a disruptive one.Yet, once the chances were against him, Hamilton took a step back, reflected, associated performed––signs of an activist and a fighter

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Recommendations from the Sports Counci Song: Heat Waves by Glass Animal Movie I - Tony

‘I, Tonya’ is a biographical sports film following the life of Tonya Harding, a competitive ice skater who rises to fame despite her personal struggles. The film is recommended for those of you who know about figure skating and are interested in exploring the unfortunate figure skater Tonya Harding and the events that happened amongst her during her figure skating career.

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