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The program is extremely beneficial to those seeking a better general fms. Once the challenges I've described previously are rectified I fell the program had an extremely bright future for the coming college year. Having such great leaders and educators of the program Its bout to succeed.

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In the training aspect I fell it would be extremely difficult to accommodate both school and community setting. our program in UCC had the chance to work with some fantastic educators of P.A. Gillian O Sullivan, Fiona Chamber and D.r Wesley O Brien. They had professionalism in abundance where different types of training was demonstrated to us first hand. If the program began to gain members I just feel their wouldn't be an adequate amount of experience and Idea to facilitate. Progression and regression were demonstrated to facilitate those who need them. It would be difficult to have hands on professional information like that in a school and community setting. If you could oversee this problem as been mentor in my own experience I think you could facilitate a number of mentee as I had a decent knowledge on P.A before coming into the program due to my sporty background which I fell in volunteerism in the school setting you would have in plenty.

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I feel volunteerism could work both in a mentors and mentee school setting. I feel it could really work with TY's. As i was a memeber of the M2M program we explained that our engagement in the m2m program would account to our final grade. Our work throughout the course would contribute towards the UCC Works Awards. In school setting if credits or extra percentages that would go towards their final grade. (Distinction). Without some sort of a reward for engagement I feel the program would suffer massively due to a lack of numbers and involvement. Mentors if they were involved would only be interest because they really enjoy promoting P.A and have passion towards helping other. Number would be very low as I feel students wouldn't have much interest due to age. Not knowing the benifits of  health related fitness.
I feel trying to recruit mentees would be extremely difficult both school and community setting as their would be that sence of embarresment if they cam forward. That might be due to excess weight or the lack of P.A in their overall scheme of things. One way this could be reversed for a community setting would be if the community was informed on what the program aims were on how it would improve weight loss.

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In my opinion I feel i could translate the Made2Move over into a community and school with regards to how the program went. I feel it run very smoothly and effectively.If the school was to be ran in a school setting. I would have TY's who could be club officers and also mentor similar to what our Made2Move structure. The would be both mentor and officer to whoever within the school setting wanted to participate in the Made2Move program. One reason why I feel this program would work extremely well is because it could be used as a buddy system for those who face the daunting challenge of starting secondary school. From my own personal experience It was quite nerve wrecking and i fell if a buddy system was in place it would have helped me settle in much easier. It would also be great way to meet new people and hopefully make friend for life. Officers could ask mentees what their interest are, then try to facilitate their interest. This program would then not only keep students active but they would be in a much better head space mentally. Along with making new friends on the way which would help them to gain confidence.

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(Wendy, Suzuki)

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1. No two people are the same, everyone is different in a good way.
this is important to know when arranging a program for that particular person.
2. The importnace of exercising.
I saw this first hand with my mentee how much exercise benifted him. Long term health was much improved from exercise which is accessible to all.
3. Learning different methods that worked to get the best possible work ethic out of mentees.
Different ways to communicate.
4. Gave me my own personal identity as mentor.
I would like to continue to help other in need of P.A if the requested it. Completing a P.T course this summer is my key objective. I've to thank Made2Move for blossoming this idea.
5. Importance of exercise
Metal Health and Wellbeing.
This really influenced me to get active and help others. The driving factor for me personally

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1. Enthusiastic
2. Good P.A knowledge
3. Great motivator
4. Showing leadership
5. Humble
6. Patient
7. Realistic
8. Showing positive.

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As I've mentioned in the weeks above when, where and how I physically encountered my mentee. He was a first year student who was attending UCC for the very first time. He was currently studying Mathematical sciences which to me indicates hes very intelligent student who's time time would be very much consumed around studying and completing assignment. He completed his questionnaire and physical assessment on the 4th week of the Made2Move program. I gained valuable information this day in regards to providing him a program which suit him both mentally and physically.
We then exchanged numbers on whats-app so I could keep in contact with him regarding his P.A levels during the week, also if he wanted to meet up to talk or just simple have a chat on how he was coping with the college work load. One challenge which i faced as a Made2Move mentor was keeping in contact with my mentee. For example, replying to my texts weather or not the program was suitable to him, was he meeting his P.A recommended levels or just a simple 'Hey, how are you doing?' This left my in dark where i was know in a position where I didn't know how to resolve the situation. Gillian and Fiona helped throughout the course of the academic year with us to try a resolve this issue but unfortunately for some mentor some mentees just didn't boy into the whole idea of Made2Move.
As a Made2Move mentor you need have certain attributes and characteristics. In my defense I felt I covered most of the characteristics listed.
Second semester on the other hand was much improved, where I had the opportunity to mentor one of my good friend who had been inactive for quite a while. There was a lot to work with as he was a current smoker and who had a injury a time back which restricted him from P.A. He is currently studying in UCC, BIS 3rd year. I designed a program suited to him, most of his spare time was either spent studying or socializing so trying to return that drive and motivation which he had once before was a though challenge. As his mentor, I went to the gym twice a week to provide support, motivation, knowledge and create a positive atmosphere so he would enjoy which in result leaded to him attending the gym weekly.
Throughout the program there was definitely more successes then challenges. In this case my mentee gained weight which was targeted, muscle and cardiovascular fitness. He also returned to horse riding which he loved as a teenager this was a massive positive i gained from my own personal experience along the journey with him. Returning to sport which you loved is always a tell sign for me that you as a mentor/coach have had a positive impact on this persons P.A levels.
He also attended may aqua classes in the mardyke swimming pool with me on a Tuesday and Thursday which I said helped with his recovery. We targeted on week 5 to run a 5 km distance. This was achieved recently down by the loach. Throughout the course of the semester, he commented on how influential the positivity i kept reassuring him, along with the inspirational talks which were given by certain famous athletes.
He was encouraged to download many apps such as My-fitness Pal ans a steps tracker. My Fitness Pal worked extremely well for my mentee as it tracked his calories, if he missed a meal due to college work My-fitness Pal would notify him. Where he could then add to his next meal.
Steps were sent via whats-app to me from my mentee either on a Monday morning or Sunday night. Which would then be recorded by Gillian. Some weeks it was challenging to receive the information due to his workload. I tracked his P.A levels each week, which gave me a great indication if he needed to perform less P.A or increase at the start of each week.
Overall, it was brilliant experience to mentor two mentees throughout the two semesters. Gaining many insights on prescribing a program to different P.A abilities from progression to regression.

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From week 8 we were given homework too interact with a app called 'Easal'. This tool gave us the chance to highlight the importance between mentee and mentor interaction.
Some other groups chose to use a different app which was then compared and showed to the class during our lesson.
Each group were expected to share this on a Whats-app group which was set up at the start to record any important info, later on in the year it was also use to insert the amount of steps our mentee had taken during their active week.
Following in we had a recap of how the last 8 weeks went . We were informed that we were currently in design sprint phase 4.
We discussed which age group/generation were most inquisitive and fascinated. Generation X was most apparent in all groups as they didn't have the pleasure of growing up with certain technology as we did.
Nowadays different generation to Z, it is much more difficult to keep adolescents active as there is technology there like playstations, gameboys etc. which will hamper with there interest. There creative side will become dormant due to other appeals.

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Throughout the first 8 weeks of the program we were fascinated to know what terminology and words were most evident.
We were introduce to a website that handed us the information of what words were most commonly used from week 1-8.
We took this as both positive and negative to work on as a club.
Apps that were brought to our attention were such as Cava and MyFitness Pal.
These such app were to benefit the mentees in anyway possible from simple tracking calories of foods if needed be or just daily step count.
We talked about how gain a competent training program which would suit both mentee and mentor.
3 area were talked about.

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1. Enthusiastic
2. Good P.A knowledge
3. Great motivator
4. Showing leadership
5. Humble
6. Patient
7. Realistic
8. Showing positive.

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1. Training program essentials
2. Good mentee/mentor characteristics.
3. Methods to gaining new mentees.

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Design thinking was again put to use in this week. Gillian kindly took the session, where we looked at the current generations A and Z. The theory we used was called Mark McCridndles. We also had a look at few TET talks along with blooms digital taxonomy.
A discussion about how we felt the club/society was coping with the lack of numbers at pod sessions. Major concern was around the lack of numbers at the pod sessions on Tuesday and Thursday evenings. Ideas were thrown out there regarding to counteract this problem.
our main focus was to gain new members and keep them interested in P.A.
In our pod groups, all ideas were encouraged. By creating a mind map format of every pods ideas it gave us as club the best possible chance to improve. We narrowed down the ideas into which ones were in the highest percentile. It was clear to us what areas need working on once all ideas were narrowed down.

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(Ardoy et al. 2013)

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Lecture 3 - Ardoy et al._ 2013 - PE and cognition (1)

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We based this class around the idea of design thinking (Tim, Brown).
Whole idea from this class was to gain ideas and knowledge to help our mentee regaining their P.A levels or for some were beginning. We arranged to meet at the mardyke arena, to be greeted by Gillian, where we were then slit into 3 different groups containing 3 different element within the groups.
Gillian demonstrated, similar to previous classes on useful exercises we could incorporate into out mentees program.
Following on we were escorted upstairs to the mardyke gymnasium where a member of staff kindly demonstrated the use of certain machines. Focusing, on correct technique and safety.
Importance of correct technique was really emphasized.
Cardiovascular machines were also demonstrated to us. A explanation of each machine was described Eg. treadmill main use is for improving cardiovascular fitness. Hamstring Curl for increasing strength (R.T).
Using these machines would be in the more advanced area from just using body weight exercises. But these can also be progressed again if the mentee is showing improvement along with showing that he/she is confidently and competently completing current program.

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'Padlet is an application to create an online bulletin board that you can use to display information for any topic. Easily create an account and build a new board. You can add images, links, videos, and more'.

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1. Body Weights
2. Smaller Free Weights
3. Focused on 8 muscles groups.

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This weeks topic was dominated by R.T (Resistence Training).
R.T was introduced in last weeks class. Dr. Wesley O' Brien introduced how we could incorporate it into our programs for the benefit if the mentee. Progressions and regressions were the forfront idea in a gym enviorment. The whole purpose was to either progress or regress if needed be by the mentee. Thanks to Wesley we would now be confident in that domain to prescribe if needed be.
From the sprint phase both positives a negatives were discussed. Fiona kindly then suggested the idea of using padlet for the design of our assignment, this would include keeping track weekly of what we've done during our Made2Move program along with the weekly report of our mentees progress.

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After four long weeks I was finally introduced to my mentee. He was currently in first year studying Mathematical Science. A screening test and questionnaire (PAR-Q)  were completed regarding their health and well-being.
Mentees were provided a mentor and were introduced in a manner which i felt was quite intimidating for first year students.  I felt the certain situation could have been improved. Finally the officers gave a quick description of what to expect and enjoy.
From the questonaires only the short parts were used as information. The theories which I have mentioned in previous blocks could now be put to use by creating a suitable a enjoyable program for my mentee.

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Obstacles for University Students and PA

(Gyurscik et al., 2004; Van Dyck et al., 2015; Allom et al., 2015)

1.Lack of time

2.Increased workload

3.Lack of support from family, friends and university for PA

4.Intimidated at the University PA facilities

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Was a huge week in regards to me going forward and learning as a mentor. Dr. Wesley O Brien had planned a session with us really emphasizing on the importance of not only having progressions for your mentee but regressions also. He incorporated movement extremely well by demonstrating to us as a class. This improved my design thinking and gave me room to grow and improve which would hence benefit the mentee.
Certain objects were used like beanbags for both progressions and regressions.
Many issues were highlighted from mentors that mentees lacked in certain areas E.g Motivation confidence, communication between program and mentee (digitally).
Gillian and Fiona then for the other parts of the class discussed the potential changes throughout the program. Examples of these situations were provided to us as a slide show and were also allocated on blackboard for future references.

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(Goligorsky, 2012)
This was the theory which we used around Made2Move. It utilised a four-stage design thinking approach.

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Collaboration: 'design thinkers readily work with others, particularly those from different disciplines. Often they themselves have significant training and experience in several fields'.  (Tim, Brown)

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Regarding design thinking
(Tim, Brown).
A appropriate program had to be provided for our mentees/mentee. Many theories were introduced to us.
1. FIIT
2. SMART
Myself, the FIIT principal seemed to appeal to me more as a mentor. I felt it could be a great stepping stone for me to provide a suitable program to my mentee. The questionnaire, finding out about his interests and also the physical assessment at the start etc I could then apply a program where it suited him. For example he was already currently training so the frequency levels wouldn't be as high as others. Our officers and advisers who were extremely helpful by coming along to each pod session asked for feedback after each pod session so us as a group could analyse and critique so us a society and movement could improve and move forward foe the mentees benefits.

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1. Leader
2. Supervisor (attendance)
3. Safety
4. Equipment

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Unfortunately, for myself I didn't receive a mentee until the forth week. My mentee completed the questionnaire (Par-Q) and physical assessment which I will go into more detail in the forth week. On our Thursday class we were then assigned a pod group with up to 4-5 members. Us being educators/mentors had to take certain responsibilities. Within the group we decided what roles we would be assigned. Myself I was assigned equipment officer. Taking on this role came with great responsibility. I had arrive to each pod session prior to everyone else with the equipment in order to have it set up and ready to go for the mentees. Time keeping was a massive element for this to work, which i felt help me to prepare and most of all locked encouraging for the mentees when they arrived. we had many different personalities within the made2move society which i found a great challenge which i relished and tried to help the mentees as much as i could be doing my job as equipment officer correctly.

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In the very first week of Made2Move we were introduced by Gillian and Fiona of what the module would contain and what would be expected form us as mentees/students. Various statistics were shown in regards to wellbeing and activity levels that would be required of adults/students. A brief description was announced regarding the content within Made2Move. We would be assigned at least three mentees who volunteered in signing up to our new Made2Move club. As mentors some of our duties were to give guidence, support, motivation and prescribe exercise prescription tailored to the mentees physical attributes. With our help, main objective would be to turn currently inactive students in active students by the end of the module. We have to organize a HIT or curcuit class each tuesday and thursday. Any member of the club could attend, they were highly encouraged to partake. The tuesdasy class would begin at 5pm and end at 6pm. Thursdays class would begin at 5pm and end at 6pm. Finally a description was clearly given on how we were going to assess our mentees physical attributes. Eg. Push up test/Height/Weight etc. This would be carried out in next weeks lesson.