I: The Road to Clarity
10:47 PM
From the time we began
the process of building up our research paper, I always had this general topic
in mind: water training. I bumped into this topic in an article I saw online,
which says that an elite cross country runner uses underwater training as a regimen
for success in her career. During that time, I didn’t bother to read and understand
the article fully as I was busy doing other things back then, but it was an
article that caught my interest above all. When we were asked to come up with a
topic, underwater training was the first thing that popped into my mind and I
just decided to stick with it since it was a topic that interested me in the
first place.
I first began with
underwater training and its physiologic effects on the human body. My topic was
very broad indeed! I then asked myself: Why would I want to research on my
topic? Why would readers be interested in my topic? What significance could my
research have on society? On a hunch, I decided to research the health problems
the Philippines is facing today. Surprisingly, the increasing occurrence of obesity
among Filipinos is one of the major health issues our beloved nation is facing
today. With the constant popularity increase of the fast food economy, the
constant work-related and academic-related stress, and other factors our modern
society is bringing us people are becoming more and more unconscious of what
they eat and what they do. This was how I came up with my topic on the effects
of aquatic-based training compared to land-based training and the effect of
aquatic-based training on the lactic acid of sedentary individuals.
Significant? Yes, I believe so.
Currently, as I am searching
for more previous studies about my research topic, I found out that aquatic
training is being extensively studied by more and more researchers most
specifically on rehabilitation. However, relatively fewer studies are present
about aquatic training and its effects on healthy individuals. Even though
there isn’t as many material to guide me in my research, those few studies that
I had read are significant enough to guide me and give me more ideas on how I
would conduct my research and on what angle I would take my research on. Most
authors included detailed suggestions and comments on the factors that could
affect aquatic-based training such as: musical cadence, water temperature,
water depth, etc. With that said, I’m optimistic about the outcome of my paper.
It may take a while; nonetheless, I’m positive about the research I would
produce.
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