Exercise: The Motion Potion
Enviro-Tacklebox
Details
Collection:LPB
Genre: Educational
Place Covered: Louisiana
Copyright Holder: Louisiana Educational Television Authority
Date Issued: 1999-10-27
Duration: 00:19:15
Subjects: Educational films | Science | Exercise | Health | Sports | Rubin, Chanda, 1976- | Patterson, Carly, 1988- | SWIMMING | TENNIS | Gymnastics
Contributors:
- Grandy, Greg Host
- LaBauve, Randy Producer
- Welsch, Michael Interviewee
- Ripple, Shelly Interviewee
- Rubin, Chanda Interviewee
- Moyal, Johnnie Interviewee
- Patterson, Carly Interviewee
- Azene, Hendekea Speaker
- Nunes, Daniel Speaker
- Smith, Molly Speaker
Description
In this episode of the series “Enviro-Tacklebox” from October 27, 1999, host Greg Grandy explores the importance of exercise and physical fitness. Grandy highlights endurance, strength, and flexibility exercises. He visits Michael Welsch, a sports physiologist, at his sports kinesiology lab as he studies what happens to a person’s body as they exercise. Grandy also interviews: Shelly Ripple, a world class swimmer and student at Parkview Baptist High School in Baton Rouge; Chanda Rubin, a professional tennis player from Lafayette; Johnnie Moyal, the gymnastics coach at Elite Gymnastics in Baton Rouge; and several of the gymnasts at Elite Gymnastics, including future Olympic Gold medalist Carly Patterson.