Aaron Rodriguez Period 4 Mr.

Newman September 25, 2013

Stop Stress for Good As many Americans know too well, stress seems almost inevitable when living in such a fast paced society. Stress can cause rapid aging, weight gain, and ultimately chronic diseases. Sources of stress can range from work to family or even school. Regardless of the source, stress still has the same affects. So how does one go about to eliminate the stress from your life? In the March 2011 issue of Fitness magazine, author Kimberly Goad claims to have found the best remedy to nearly eliminate stress from your life. Goad uses ethos, pathos, and logos to try and prove her argument that a scheduled cardiovascular workout routine is the best way to go. The article starts off right away with the use of ethos to establish credibility early in the article. Goad uses Heather Allen, a 33-year old vice president of a communications firm in Dallas, as in example of very successful woman who overcame her stress through the regimen Goad explains in the article. On page 127 Heather further explains her very stressful life and how she uses a cardiovascular workout, three times a week to Regain my equilibrium. She uses Heather Allen to try and show that whether an average middle class mom from the suburbs or a vice president of a large communications firm, anybody can largely benefit from simple cardio workouts.

Goad then continues with a pathos rhetorical approach to show the audience that she can relate to her readers. For this idea, she states, We all need to keep our stress to a minimum level so that it doesnt go on to affect all of our friends and loved ones, (128). She brings in the idea of stress affecting the people we love in our life and links an emotional appeal to further illustrate her point. Stress directly affects the person who is experiencing it, but when others become involved, Goad attempts to show that a call for action is necessary. As the article progresses, the use of logos through research and statistics becomes apparent. Goad summarizes a six week long Princeton experiment on a group of stress induced mice, where half were put on an aerobic conditioning program. Brain scans of the mice showed that the brains on exercise morphed over time into a biochemically calm state and were visibly calmer (129). Goad then explains that most scientists believe the human brain and mouse brain are closely related in many ways. The author used logos through the research from a prestigious university to support her work. Throughout the article, Stop Stress for Good, the author Kimberly Goad used different approaches to prove the validity of her supposed stress stopping regimen. I believe that the use of different modes of persuasion such as ethos, pathos, and logos helped the author achieve her purpose in persuading the readers to take time out of their busy lives to do something as simple as a thirty minute cardio workout, three times a week to better themselves and once and for all, end stress for good.

Work Cited Goad, Kimberly. "Stop Stress for Good." Fitness Mar. 2011: 126-31. Print.