A World Of Exercise With Dr. Haile

 A World Of Exercise With Dr. Haile

Exercise Science Bulletin Board (Centennial Hall)

    In our day and age exercise and physical activity are often overlooked and barely taken seriously. Most have grown to not exercise or participate in any physical activity, especially nowadays after corona. Preventable diseases such as diabetes and heart disease run rampant throughout the United States. According to the CDC, every 34 seconds someone dies from heart disease. For more information check out the CDC's website. https://www.cdc.gov/heartdisease/statistics_maps.htm. "Exercise Science is not just a study of how we move but how we live a healthier quality of life." Dr. Haile proudly stated, sitting in his leather chair with his giant Yeti water bottle looming over his notebook. Exercise science is such a complex field for those who start out but when you really get into it and pay attention you can find so many opportunities with it and can find careers you least expect to be related to the major, marked Dr. Haile.

Dr. Luke Haile Teaching Health and Wellness

    Exercise Science can lead to vast planes of study based on what you are into. Jobs vary between either physical therapy, gym teacher, high-school coach, professional team coach, or even a chiropractor. All are related to one another in a similar way. For more information on the degree visit https://www.bloomu.edu/exercise_science. When it comes to exercise science as a whole for Dr. Haile. He primarily leans toward the teaching side rather than being an actual practitioner within the field. Dr. Haile states, "I really like to teach but I also really like to learn while I teach" Being a teacher is one thing but learning Is my favorite part. The field constantly changes so when I present information to students, I am also learning alongside them, answered Dr. Haile. I personally was in one of Dr. Haile's classes and have learned along side him in the introductory class, "Intro to Exercise Science" where we went over the basic fields and what they involve regarding exercise science, and it is a true eye opener when you pay attention. 

Bloomsburg Student Recreational Center

    Outside of being a professor for the Exercise Science department, Dr. Haile lives in a very involved way of life. I say this because he is probably one of the biggest people persons I've ever met. He strives to connect with those outside of his job by selling vintage clothing, participating in conferences about the health and wellness field, playing basketball and working out here at the recreational center at Bloom all while having a family of three. When I asked why he participates in so much outside of work. Dr. Haile simply states, "It is good to find hobbies outside of your work that relate to what you do in a way even if they seem a little different." In the field of exercise science, you connect and meet with others to learn and find solutions to complex problems or even simple ones and since it's such an extroverted field it's paramount to develop good people skills and that is what Dr. Haile is exactly doing by attending conferences, selling conferences, and participating in recreational activity.   

    Returning to the field, I asked Dr. Haile a "what if" question asking "if everyone followed the principles of exercise science what would that world look like?" "Oh well this would be fantastic, if we applied exercise science to our daily lives we would lose stress and have a better mood at almost all times because we would feel good about ourselves.  Overall, it would be a higher quality of life and would prevent the preventable diseases that plague our country." Explained Dr. Haile. It is true when he says we would have a higher quality of life. Ever since I started to be an athlete and trained everyday back In high-school my moral has significantly boosted.

    To wrap this up I asked one more question "where did you find your passion for exercise science?" “I played soccer for bloom awhile back and I love science at the same time as I really liked to stay fit. So, I chose exercise science as my primary focus when I went to school here, I also went to a grad program at PITT and learned to teach the major which gave me more knowledge of the field.” What I learned about Dr. Haile is he doesn't just do exercise science because it makes him money, but he truly has a passion for the field, and he tries his hardest to be involved and learn along the way. Out of all the candidates for this blog Dr. Haile was an easy choice because he is a very interesting person as a teacher. student, and an athlete.