Sports
Corona Athletes Teens stay in shape while at home
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TJ Hailstock & Marcus Romec
unning track. Lifting weights. Running for antine. Athletes across the world are using makeshift the goalie. Sports is over for 2020. Athequipment such as lifting suitcases or by making a letes still want to stay in shape, but it’s not bench press at home to stay in shape for whenever easy finding ways to work out. sports are able to come back and life goes back to The head football coach Michael Allen and boys’ normal. basketball head coach Jared Adamson are sending “While I’m stuck in the house, I go on jogs through workout routines through Google Classroom to their the neighborhood and lift weights around my house,” student athletes. For the students who have the weight said Khalid Washington (‘22), a varsity basketball lifting class, these Google Classroom workouts are player. “When all the sports were cancelled, it felt like basically how they complete e-learning for that class. all my hard work was wasted.” These workouts are body Some kids are still hanging weight exercises so all stuff you out and seeing their friends. “While I’m stuck at home, can do without any equipment. Some kids are working out toOther coaches are sending out gether still and are not socially I usually go on a mile run their workouts through email distancing while they’re with in the morning, and then do and text messages as well. each other. “I am not able to leave the “During the lockdown, I some form of online workout.” neighborhood, but luckily I usually go to the field with have a friend that lives down a couple of friends and run the street, and I am allowed to workout with him,” a couple of miles, then we will do online workouts said Jackson Sims (’22), a student in Coach Allen’s and yoga,” said Eva Moulds (2022) varsity volleyball Physical Conditioning class and also a part of the player. baseball and football teams. Life in quarantine has been affecting athletes evSome students have gone to some impressive erywhere. “While I’m stuck at home I usually go on a lengths to stay healthy. “I have a personal trainer to mile run in the morning, and then do some form of workout with everyday,” said Micheal Agnew (’22), a online workout,” said varsity volleyball player Gianna student athlete who is also in Coach Allen’s class. “I Cespedes (‘22). don’t really think this outbreak will affect my school No one was ready for the outbreak of COVID-19, schedule. I workout early, so I can do school work so it took athletes by surprise. The toll on athletes' later.” work out regimes is affecting people around the People aren’t used to being stuck in the house all world. Athletes are working at home and trying to the time, so staying mentally healthy has become a stay in great shape for whenever their season comes big challenge. back around but it seems as if no matter what there While many students are playing games inside the will be a small loss. No matter how hard people try house, others are also exercising inside and out to to keep endurance up and get stronger, there will be stay physically and mentally healthy during this quar- some kind of a loss in atheletic ability or endurance. Spring 2020
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