Ambassador College - Envoy Yearbook (Big Sandy, TX)

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SWIMMING CAN PROVIDE one of the best all-around fitness programs. It requires the use of all muscle sets and spreads the benefits of the workout around. Swim- mers are among the most proportionately developed ath- letes. BICYCLING IS ONE of the six most popular physical- conditioning sports in the United States. The others are running, swimming, weight-training, basketball and rac- quet sports. Radiant teal CT From the Middle English helth, physical and mental well-being. mbassador College places strong emphasis on de- veloping radiant health, because a person must be in good health to participate fully in life’s op- portunities and achieve true success. Health isn’t something that comes by chance. It can be main- tained only by making a conscientious effort to follow the principles that produce good health. Fitness in- volves sound nutrition, rest and relaxation, exercise, good mental health and avoiding circumstances that in- cline toward disease and injury. Many authorities have attributed much sickness and a aa Se disease to faulty diet. Yet many people ignore the fact that it matters what they eat and drink. Ambassador pays a great deal of attention to assure that students learn the principles of a sound, wholesome diet. At the same time, Ambassador emphasizes that stu- dents pay attention to their life-styles, that they adhere to personal habits that produce radiant health. Keeping regular hours and getting sufficient rest and relaxation are important. Sufficient sleep, for example, greatly en- hances energy levels and helps minimize illness. A third rule for developing and maintaining optimum health is exercise. Most people need to set aside time for exercise. Ambassador’s physical education depart- ment, as well as its intramural sports program, pro- vides many opportunities for students to develop robust health through a wide variety of stimulating activities. Ultimately, the benefits of good nutrition, exercise, rest and a positive attitude go far beyond the physical, because there is a direct correlation between our physi- cal and mental fitness. “Today millions of us are learning that physical fit- ness and mental fitness are closely allied,’ wrote George Leonard, contributing editor for Esquire magazine. “We are rediscovering the essential unity of body, mind and spirit.” Herbert W. Armstrong was aware of that essential unity long ago. “The mind and the body form the most wonderful mechanism we know,” he wrote. ‘‘Without health one is direly handicapped, if not to- tally cut off from achievement.” 10 SRE