Good health is important to people, and losing weight and staying in shape are key to maintaing good health.
Two Bakersfield College students, Jobe Espinoza and Eric Saldana, have given the Renegade Rip their weight loss goals for this year.
Espinoza, a third-year student attending BC, was a former basketball for Bakersfield Christian High School and has decided to get back into shape and get his high school body back.
He has been running over the summer and enrolled in the fitness center class in order to get more workout time. Espinoza has been doing a lot of running on the treadmill and on his own on the bluffs Mondays through Thursdays and does weight training on Fridays.
With the exercise also comes dieting. He has been cutting down on how much junk food he eats, and he watches his daily caloric intake.
He has decided he wants to drop from 175 pounds to 160 pounds in order to get ready for the BC track season, where he plans on doing long distance events.
“I want to get back into shape like I was in high school and live a healthier lifestyle, so I may live longer and excel in sports.”
Eric Saldana, a second-year student attending BC, has been training over the summer for his second year of track and field and wants to be ahead of the game. Saldana graduated from Bakersfield High School and played a variety of sports including football, wrestling, soccer and track and field.
Saldana has started conditioning training for track and field.
His practice varies from sprints, long distance, and weight lifting.
He wants to drop from 238 pounds to 215 pounds in order to prepare for the 2011 track season.
“I want to be healthier, look better, and get a high metabolism so I can eat whatever I want.”
The Rip will be doing a follow-up on these two students and will update on how their weight loss goals went in the last issue of The Rip, which comes out Dec 1, 2010.