Senior Community Health Major
SPH Student Ambassador
It was yet another exciting year for Maryland Day and another beautiful day to enjoy it! The events were amazing, the food was delicious and the people were fantastic! Maryland Day is truly a unique experience that you can only get on this campus. To top off the amazing environment, was the superb talent of the Gymkana Troupe. These Maryland gymnasts really put on a show today, and encouraged the audience to see some of the benefits to staying healthy.
This group performed amazing stunts. Their synchronization was a unique display of true teamwork. They did it all, from backflips to hand stands, to even performing these stunts while on top of each other! They also danced stunningly to the music using powerful and graceful gymnastic techniques to awe the growing crowd of spectators. After watching each breathtaking performance, I, along with many others, was left speechless. Experiences such as this are what make Maryland Day so beautiful and diverse. 
Not only did Gymkana demonstrate how incredible gymnastics can be, but they also illustrated just how important it is to stay healthy. Gymkana is proof of how much more fun life can be if we were more physically active. As a student in the School of Public Health, I have learned that being physically fit and active not only decreases health issues, but also gives the body more energy and increases productivity. Starting and maintaining a new physical routine may be the hardest part of the journey but like Newton said, “Once an object is in motion, it stays in motion.” As Gymkana Troupe members flew through the air at Maryland Day, this idea began to seem true even for people.
Gymkana’s performance taught me that though most of us live busy lives, we could all benefit from taking a break every once in a while for a walk, or some other form of physical activity. Two minutes of walking increases the functions of 75 genes in the body, according to an Australian study in the Journal of Applied Physiology. And though I don’t anticipate doing a handstand on a pile of stacked chairs in the near future, walking in my jeans to improve my genes sounds like a good place to start. 
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