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Text Cut: Leesha

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Originally Posted by Sonea

Standing among the other student's with her broom in her hand and shivering slightly because of the weather she listened silently, flying lessons were fun, she actually liked it to fly because that way she was able to have fun and to really enjoy herself, but talking about health wasn't exactly her favorite subject of all... Of course she knew what to answer, she would have been stupid if not, buuuuut, she did not wanted to speak up yet because, why would she? Listening to the others was way more easy!

Haraldur hovered past the older Slytherin towards the Ravenclaw Prefect who looked prepared to answer his question. Leesha wasn't the only one who decided to stay quiet during this first part of the lesson.

Text Cut: Jessa

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Originally Posted by DaniDiNardo

Jessa caught the waves of the Hufflepuffs (Emmalyn and Daisy) returning them in kind despite most of her attention well and truly being on the books. "I'm alright." She said answering the man's question simply. The Ravenclaw saw no need to go into detail for what had been a polite question typically asked when seeing someone. Yes. She was alright. Alright was about the best word she could use for it right now. Not happy. Not sad. Just there.

Her nose wrinkled somewhat at the mention of exercise and why they did it and even more at having to wait to figure out the items that were placed before them--could'a left them hidden until needed. Now she would spend at least half the class trying to work it through in her head. The topic made sense, this being flying and all but there were very few things she hated as much.

Of course, over the summer (which now felt like a lifetime away and another world entirely), there'd been some appeal. She could see herself continuing it then and the results were instant but now....back here in the castle where she literally had everything else to focus on, exercise had become the one chore she never usually pushed herself to get done.

"I don't think I've got an important part to my routine and I only exercise because they say I have to."

So really, not a helpful answer at all. Perhaps she'd opt out of answering if they would all turn out that way.

Haraldur tilted his head and nodded thoughtfully at her answer. "Fair enought." He mused. "Getting some air and being physical active does improve your learning abilities."That if anything should intrigue Jessa.

Text Cut: Emmalyn

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Originally Posted by Birchwoodmom

She continued to bounce up and down, keeping her body temp up and flight ready, as she watched more and more students arrive. She gave a smile and nod as her fellow quidditch teammates arrive. "Hi Maddie and Daisy!" Her teammates were the best and Bel was the most fun captain. Marshmallows!

Once class began, she was a little sadden to not be able to immediately hop on her new broom. Sure, she knew it was coming, but flying was what she wanted to do. She raised a gloved hand, "Sir, I exercise to stay in top quidditch playing condition. If I slack off and don't exercise, I get all tired and winded while playing. Plus, it's always a good idea to cross train. I like to run and play softball. It helps keep up my endurance and playing softball helps me with my quaffle throwing."

The snow seemed to be coming down harder, which was even more exciting. Little snowflakes falling while zooming through the air on a broom was beautiful.

Haraldur gave the young Hufflepuff a smile and left Jessa's side to hover over to her. "Quidditch is a good motivation." He agreed. He knew Emmalyn wasn't the only one who had Quidditch as a reason. "An active lifestyle does really help you out there on the pitch."

Text Cut: Reese

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Originally Posted by Devina Wellheart

Reese stood beside Quinn and waved to his sister when she came to the class as well. He was sorta bummed when she didn't come to stand beside them too, but Oh wells.. Then The professor started talking... OKAY!.. They weren't getting the books yet.. That made sense.. They'd be flying soon enough.. Not reading...

After they'd been asked the couple of questions Reese's hand was quick to shoot up.. " I like flyin' best.. When I'm flyin' I'm free and I'm able to think better for some reason.. Maybe it's the feeling of the air rushing through my hair.. Maybe it's that feeling of freedom.. But.. It's relaxing.."

Haraldur hovered over to one of the Prichards and listened to his description of flying. "I can only agree with you there, my boy." Haraldur smiled. "There's no better feeling than being on the broom, soaring through the sky." The kid was one the same wavelength as him for sure.

Text Cut: Abra

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Originally Posted by Felixir

Ooft. Exercise. Abra had a tricky relationship with exercise; basically, if it wasn't swimming or Quidditch, it wasn't for him. Loads of kids at Hogwarts went running all the time, Abra knew, and he'd tried it once or... once... but, yeah. No. Not for him. But naturally the topic had to come up in a class he usually did reasonably well in, a class where he also couldn't exactly stand around and say nothing in because of the whole badge situation.

After a moment or two, Abra - bundled up tight against the cold and glad to have mastered those warming charms, because it was that cold out - raised a gloved hand and spoke, his words somewhat muffled through his scarf. "I climb the stairs in the castle, and go all over everywhere for classes. It's not really a workout at all actually, but I'd say it probably keeps me reasonably fit, doing that all day. The important part is that it's consistent." You know, moving every hour or so, going up and down stairs every day, living at the very top of the castle and all that. Really, it was enough for keeping himself light and speedy enough for his Seeker position, he just needed to make sure he didn't overeat. "I also like to swim sometimes, though, and play Quidditch, of course, but that's because they're fun, not because I just want to exercise." It was probably a good idea - as a school sports captain - to say something other than 'I walk around the castle to get to my lessons.'

His Gryffindor Captain spoke up next and Haradur left the small group of Hufflepuffs to hover closer to the boy. Truth be told, Haraldur always took his broom everywhere (staff privileges) for the exact same reason Abraham mentioned. The castle stairs. "Yes, well, the castle does indeed provide more exercise than you might think actually." And of course the boy mentioned Quidditch. Attaboy. Haraldur moved to hover past him and dropped one heavy hand on Abraham's shoulder affectionately. Pat, pat.

Text Cut: Skylar

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Originally Posted by PhoenixRising

Did he have to ask? Skylar was pretty much ALWAYS ready for flying class and if they could have it every day that would be fantabulous. But moving on because lesson was starting and there were notebooks??

WAIT. WAIT.

Oh no. See, Skylar liked writing. She liked exercise. But there was something about mixing the two of them that she didn't like.

Raising her hand, "Stretching first, because without it you could get cramps and sore muscles." Yes, the Slytherin Team, IF they were present, would know that answer because she was very big on stretching before every practice and tryout. As far as her reasoning for exercising. "Exercise for me helps me feel in control. It's something that I can do effortlessly." Uh... what? But it was true, it just felt weird to say that aloud.

Hovering past Abraham, Haraldur moved to his Slytherin Captain. He looked over at Skylar's teammates at her words. Stretching was important to be able to get through an entire game. Hint, hint Slytherins. "Exercising to stay in control is perhaps more common than you'd think." He mused. "It can also become very addictive." Which meant once you stopped you could lose control of other aspects in life. But yes. Control was important. "Very good." He nodded and have her a knowing smile before moving on to the next student.

Text Cut: Chloe

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Originally Posted by Bazinga

This was going to be her favorite class she just knew it and standing with the rest of the group she was so excited. FLYING was her favorite, but she figured he knew that since she had made the team. Her, Chloe McCarthy, she was really here and really on the team.

It wasn't until he asked about exercise that the first year really stop to think. Why was he talking about exercise, shouldn't he be talking about brooms, flying?

"Quidditch Sir" She couldn't help but say that first, that was her biggest reason for exercise and really wasn't that the only reason to do it. "I do whatever training is needed to keep ready for quidditch."

As an 11 year old though most of her exercise didn't seem like exercise to her, it was running around and having fun, though it was keeping her active and fit.

Haraldur hovered over to the first year and smiled proudly at her reply. "Spoken like a true Hogwarts Quidditch player." He nodded. "As many of your class- and teammates, Quidditch is a good motivation to get out and move between or after classes."

Text Cut: Daisy

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Originally Posted by Ginevra

"I exercise and stretch so that I am in top form when I play Quidditch. It is also a great mental outlet because it helps me focus on tasks that need to be done or if I need to combat my emotions." Daisy replied, trying her best to sum up her answer.

Another Quidditch player and another Hufflepuff. Haraldur smiled and hovered over to Daisy. "Quidditch in all its glory but the fact that exercise can help you mentally as well as physically is amazing." The flying instructor nodded in agreement. "Very insightful."

Text Cut: Daehyun (;_;)

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Originally Posted by debpetrisor

Good day for flying, he'd said? Heh. It was a good day, he couldn't deny that. The rest he'd have to see in a bit.

As professor Haraldur kept talking about active lifestyles and sports or simply exercising, Daehyun could feel himself lowering his head and avoiding eye contact with the man at all costs. He did not have an active lifestyle, he did not exercise, and he most certainly did not do sports. Muggle or magical.

... unless flipping pages of books counted as exercising for his fingers. Or walking up to the Gryffindor tower every day.

Sports. Reasons for exercising. Hahahahahahaha.

... ha.

Haraldur hovered away from Daisy, past the silent Daehyun who had his head bent. The flying instructor gave the young boy a pat on the shoulder as he hovered past him towards Dorian. Chin up, boy. Chin up.

Text Cut: Dorian

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Originally Posted by DuckyLinJi

Standing in the snow, hoping his feet weren't going to get soaked though the shoes he was wearing, Dorian's blue eyes looked over at the black notebooks when the Professor mentioned a long term assignment they were getting at the end of the lesson and he got curious to know what it would be.

But that curiousity wouldn't be satisfied until later as the topic went to excercise. The teenager made a face. He didn't excercise much, unless you counted climbing the thousands YES THOUSANDS! Of stairs every day like Abraham had mentioned. He prefered relaxing, less dangerous things to keep his stress level done. Like...fishing for example!

And then his eyes landed on Daisy and now that he thought about it, he had spend a couple of days in the Defence Against the Dark Arts excercise room. The one where magic was not allowed room. Mweh, it was better than answering nothing cause he did not want to get a 'you should excercise for your health, Dorian' lecture. So he raised his hand.

"I want to get more muscles and strength especially in my arms" he said as he looked at his skinny arms which were in fact getting a bit bigger but that was probably because he was growing up and not because he was excercising right. "Not over the top but ...enough" And he certainly did not want to excercise for his condition. He had a top condition if he had to say so himself. He had to RUN to nearly every class in fear of getting late because he was always JUST in time for them. So yeah, condition wasn't it.

Haraldur nodded at the young Ravenclaw's reply, the only one so far that had a very specific goal in mind for his workout. "Yes, building muscles is of course another aspect of keeping an active lifestyle." He mused. "I know we have some Beaters here who'd agree with you." He smiled as he moved past him, hovering towards Caleb.

Text Cut: Caleb

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Originally Posted by hjhm

aaaaaand class has finally started. Caleb attentively listened to the professor. The topic somehow falls under exercise which is quite important considering that people tend to be a lot lazier when the weather is colder. Caleb doesn't exercise every single day but he still does it nonetheless. The professor is right after all. Exercising keeps you healthy mentally and physically.

He nodded his head to some of the answers shared by his classmates. He then shot his hand up "i do a quick run every morning before the first class starts" yeah, for about 20 minutes. Nothing too big. "it's a good way to start the day. " better than coffee. Caleb enjoys that. It's also a good way to have some alone time.

Haraldur raised an eyebrow in surprise slightly. He was impressed. "Running every morning is quite an achievement, Mr. Dawkins." The old man had been a teenager himself, although it had been a while since, and he remembered how difficult it was to get out of bed in the morning. Especially before class. "And definitely a good way to start the day and make sure you're properly awake for the first class of the day."

Text Cut: Kye

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Originally Posted by Dokimoto

Kye hadn’t noticed the stack of notebooks for some reason, perhaps thinking that they were something a student had brought with them. She did have to wonder why he was bringing them up now if he didn’t want to talk about this long term assignment they were learning about… She wondered what they would need to be recording in the coming… days? Weeks? Months?? TELL US!!

As she continued listening to his speech on physical health, Kye thought about her answer. Why did she play Quidditch? Because it was fuuun? Well, yea that made sense… It made her happy that was for sure. Those endorphins though! Did anything beat flying as fast as you could?? “Sir, I find flying to be stress relieving because you’re completely in control, but you have all this flexibility with movement. When I fly, the exhileration of it all leaves my stress on the ground.” Not that that was a reason for exercise, but it sure helped get her out there! You know, strengthening her core and all that too…

Haraldur moved from one Slytherin to the next, this one was one of Skylar's Chasers and had a similar answer about control. "Exercising of any form is definitely stress relieving, Miss Atwater." He nodded. "And there's no better feeling than flying." He added with a grin before hovering over to Rylee.

Text Cut: Rylee

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Originally Posted by Kolyander

The lesson started and it was clear within seconds they weren't going to be flying right away. Why couldn't they get up into the air AND then answer questions? Rylee was already fidgety and in need of movement bouncing on the balls of her feet to keep her excitement at bay. All she wanted to do was fly. Flying was exercise which just so happened to be what Baldvinsson was asking them about.

Exercise. Well that was easy. Stairs and a TON of them. All day everyday. She was active from the very moment she woke up so no worries here about her lacking in exercise. Rylee hopped to the side little by little all the while paying attention to what was being said AND watching where she was going so she didn't bump into anyone, until she was standing beside Reese and Quinn giving them a smile.

Lifting her hand up into the air she gave her answer, "Most mornings I take a quick jog down to the barns to see the creatures for a little bit before breakfast." It's a good start since she's in up in the Gryffindor tower. "I play Quidditch and I dance as well, so doing things like flying, swimming or just running is really helpful. It helps me work on focus and balance or sometimes just to clear my head." Plus it was plan fun. Climbing trees and doing back-flips off the dock into the lake at home. It all kept an overly active mind busy.

Another one who ran every morning. Perhaps this Gryffindor Beater had encountered Caleb on one of her morning jogs. He smiled at Rylee. "I am not surpised you keep an active lifestyle, Miss Prichard." And she still had the energy to be so... SO. "It sounds like healthy decisions." He nodded.

Text Cut: Quinn

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Originally Posted by Callie

"Yes, please! Sir." A warming charm sounded heavenly right now. She'd have done it herself if she knew that one yet. The Professor received a genuine appreciative smile in return.

And then someone was bumping her shoulder playful.
With her hood up, Quinn had to twist her body slightly to confirm it was who she thought it was. Reese. She smiled in reply and quickly took his hand in hers, gave it a quick, gentle squeeze and let go just as quickly before the Professor even had a chance to chide them or kick them out.

And just for precaution, she folded her arms over her chest as she listened to the Professor.

Exercise? Quinn raised an eyebrow under her hood. She got enough exercise just going to and from her common room, thank you very much.

Haraldur quickly took out his wand and aimed it at the young girl. With one swift movement he cast the warming charm on the air around her. "There you are, Miss Kevelle." He said with a smile as he put the wand back into his inner pocket. She decided not to answer his question, which was more than fine. She wasn't the only one. Instead, the flying instructor moved over to a rather excited Hufflepuff.

Text Cut: Maddie

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Originally Posted by Anna Banana

Maddie eyed the notebooks as the professor clamped his hand down on the stack of them. They weren't going to take notes about flying, were they? The third wanted to take to the skies, not write about taking to the skies. Oh. They were part of a long-term assignment? Hmm... That had the potential to be either really, really fun or really, really boring. She'd just have to wait and see. All she knew for sure was that it involved writing...and a lot of it.

Oh, wait...so was this lesson going toward an exercise routine? Maddie's day-to-day functioning was like a ping pong ball bouncing around in a phone booth. That was probably more exercise than any sort of routine she could get involved in. She was listening, though. Then there were all sorts of questions, which had Maddie raising her hand with all sorts of questions in return.

"Professor, I'm pretty much a spastic little ball of constant action," she said. "People have even told me I'm like a ping ping ball in a phone booth. Does that count as physical activity? I don't really have a routine, though." She shrugged. "Now that I'm on the Quidditch team, though, I'll probably have lots of flying exercises."

It was probably the most honest answer that day and of course it was Maddie who'd said it. Haraldur chuckled at her reply. "Being considered a ping pong ball could only be a good thing, Miss Kemp." He started. "And it most definitely sounds like physical activity. In any case, something that is worth cultivating and developing on the pitch." Hint, hint, Bel.

Text Cut: Zoryn

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Originally Posted by ArianaBlack

What was her reasoning for working out? She had plenty of them. To keep fit. To keep in top Quidditch condition. To make her parents angry because Quidditch was the exact opposite of their wishes for her. But most of those answers were already said and the last one wasn't really something she wanted to share with the entire class.

So instead, when it was the Gryffindor's turn to contribute she just shrugged. "Helps me clear my head, I guess," and blow off steam. That's why she liked being a beater so much. It meant she could hit people targets to get rid of any pent up angst. And she had loads of that. Fifth year was rough as ever.

Haraldur moved from Maddie over to last year's Gryffindor Captain. A talented Beater to say the least. "Yes, exercise and Quidditch tend to do that." He agreed. "Especially when there's OWLs to think about." Was he evil for bringing that up for a second time that lesson? Maybe. Either way, he gave her a smile before hovering over to Sylvie.

Text Cut: Sylvie

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Originally Posted by Daemon

Sylvie was in a bad mood.

There, that's all anyone needed to know.

Messy blonde hair carelessly pulled up in a bun, Sylvie's hands remained in her pockets as she looked between the students present, 1. because she wanted to find her best friend and hopefully cheer up, and 2. because she needed to see where they were, in order to avoid them. The latter was possibly more important than the former to be honest.

Workouts? "I run every day, sometimes in the morning, most times in the evening. I used to do it so I could fall asleep, but now," side eyes at her, because she stole her answer, "I run because it keeps me fast, and I like being fast."

Also, professor, she did not want long term assingments OR reminds about OWLs this year, thank you very much. Sincerely, Sylvanas UPSET Norcott.

Running seemed to be a popular way of exercise among the group. It wasn't something Haraldur himself enjoyed but to each their own. "Quite an achievement to go for a jog every day." He mused as he moved to her from Zoryn, completely oblivious to the /side eyes/ Sylvie was giving. "Running is a good way of being active." He agreed reluctantly.

Haraldur had hovered around the group as he listened to their answers but now made his way to the top again. ”Sounds like some of you do like your workout because of the relaxation it gives you while others do it because the fun of it or working towards a specific goal.” The flying instructor shrugged. ”Whatever your reason is, exercise is important, whether you’re a professional athlete or not."

The flying instructor lightly brushed snow off the pile of books on the table before continuing. "Something almost all professionals do however, is set goals for themselves, both short- and long-term. Why do you think that is? Why do you think it’s important to keep track and set goals for your exercise?”

ooc: Another question for you, this one about keeping track of your workout and setting goals for yourself.

You have approx 24 hours, tomorrow 3rd of June 8 pm CET for this one.