I am required by Longwood University to take a physical education class.

I decided to take Phed this semester because it fit my schedule. After asking people what they truly thought about the class, they all told me it was a ridiculous class they hated taking. After the first week, I saw how much online work there was and was not happy about that. As a student who hates online work, I started to hate the class every time I had to do work for it. It got to the point that I stopped caring so much about my grade, and focused more on my other classes.

It got so bad that I did not even get 10,000 steps in every day like I was supposed to. After I saw my grade slipping a bit, I paid more attention to the class. It was not until two weeks before spring break when I started too actually like the class, and see why it was an important class to take.

I started to change my habits and started going to the gym more each week. By going to the gym, I started to double the number of steps I needed, which made me feel great!

I realized that after going to the gym every day, it helped me stay more focused on my school work. By having to use a fitness pedometer, I actually liked seeing how many steps I took every day. If it was not for my phed class, I would have not gone to the gym as much as I did. I would have probably not been focusing as well as I did by working out and eliminating any stress that I had.