User:Scottgodwin

Scott Godwin (Date of Birth: March 7,1977)

Scott was born in Scottsboro, Alabama on March 7, 1977. He grew up in a an active, supportive, loving and middle class environment. He was interested from a young age in sports, science, art, writing, and exercise. Through challenging psychological experiences he went through as an adolescent, he became increasingly interested in the value of exercise as a means of increasing health, particularly psychological health.

He studied Health Promotion and graduated with honors from Auburn University in 1999 with a B.S. in Health Promotion and a minor in business. He then moved to Atlanta and studied at Georgia State University where he received his M.S. in Exercise Science with honors in 2001. Since then, he has worked at The Georgia Institute of Technology, The YMCA of Georgia, The Capital City Club Health & Wellness Center, and the firm he started, Live Well Professional Personal Training (www.livewellppt.com).

He has also served the community through The Center for Visually Impaired, Special Olympics Georgia, The Atlanta Transitional Center, and Heartbound Ministries where he initiated a successful wellness program for inmates and continues to serve in a board capacity.

Since 1996, Scott has studied the effects of physical activity on health and as of 2010, he began focusing his teaching and research on the psychological benefits of exercise, particularly in men. He along with Dr. Roddy O' Conner of the University of Pennsylvania initiated a review of the literature on the psychological effects of exercise.

Scott's views on the psychological benefits of exercise and physical activity are multi-dimensional and involve a combination of evolutionary, biological, historical, social, psychological, spiritual, and practical experience components.