Since the dawn of time, research and advances in technology have stressed the idea of maintaining and sustaining a healthy daily diet and fitness routine because of the essential benefits that result from being fit. The study of fitness and its various components has allowed for human progression in areas involving health, diet, and overall daily performance. However, maintaining a balanced diet and fitness regimen can be difficult considering the plethora of daily interruptions and tasks that are imposed on individuals in society. Fortunately, modern technological advances such as the media and the world-wide web have created unique ways to research various methods to get fit and have provided for a variety of compositions that individuals can analyze to learn more about how to do so. Examples of compositions that work to emphasize and explain ideas regarding fitness are: the online book “Lean Body” written by Andreas Dimosthenous, the article “Top Fitness Trends of 2018” by Alisa Hrustic, and the Pinterest infographic “Health and Fitness”. These compositions all relate to the idea of fitness and stress on the importance of getting into better overall physical shape by providing fitness advice and facts regarding proper dieting. All are representative of the informative genre and relate to fitness. Overall, these compositions depict genre conventions relating to the informative genre, with fitness as a subgenre.

            To begin, the online book “Lean Body written by Andreas Dimosthenous seeks to inform its readers about proper dieting and fitness routines. A unique analogy found within this composition relates the human body to a computer’s hard drive in terms of functionality. It portrays an informative genre that includes digital and text-based modes that serve to emphasize the assertions made by the author and capture the attention of the reader. For example, this composition states: "If you are used to eat junk food every 2-3 days and you miss a week of not doing that, your body will undoubtedly ask for it! That’s why you catch yourself seeking desperately for a full-fat milkshake or chocolate or a juicy burger. You must “reset” the “hard drive” so that everything starts to work back to normal!”. This serves to provide an alternative for a possible dieting habit and how it can be re-configured with the help of fitness. The author’s diction elicits a desirable sense for unhealthy foods by the reader. This desirable sense reveals the importance of fitness by counteracting these unhealthy choices desired by the reader. Furthermore, this online fitness book caters to individuals seeking to learn how to acquire a lean belly and a healthier physical state. The author combines the use of ethos and logos by providing details of his prior path to better physical shape, and by providing various facts and details regarding the best diets in terms of body composition.

            Overall, this online fitness book has a motivational style of writing and the reader can infer that the goal of the author was to inform and persuade his readers to try out the listed fitness routines and diet plans included in the text. Lastly, this online book combines the persuasive and informative genres with a fitness subgenre, and the reader can expect to be informed of fitness facts, advice, and anecdotes by fitness professionals. Together, this creates a synergistic effect that creates a lasting effect over readers. This aids the author by persuading readers to believe the information he presents throughout the text and to appear as a trustworthy individual regarding fitness advice. This composition conforms the conventions of the compositions of this theme by presenting similar material in relation to fitness and health in comparison to the other compositions. I found that the overall genre for all my ten compositions was informative, most of them presenting material and facts about healthy dieting and fitness routines. This composition conforms with the other compositions because it contains facts, details, and personal stories relating to the fitness theme.

            To continue, the online article “Top Fitness Trends of 2018” by Alisa Hrustic lists the top fitness trends found by an annual survey taken by the American College of Sport Medicine (ACSM). This article includes descriptive information regarding the best training methods and applications of the current year for getting into shape and includes superb explanations for each trend found. It classifies as an informative genre with digital, text-based, and visual modes to engage the reader with each trend. For example, a listed fitness trend that this composition identifies is “FITNESS TREND FOR 2018: WEARABLE TECHNOLOGY”, which includes an image of the latest fitness watch available for purchase. This image provides a visual example of this fitness watch and evokes a sense of desire for the watch among its viewers. It is accessible with use of the internet and presents to an audience interested in discovering the top ten fitness trends for the current year or an audience interested in discovering the latest methods and schemes to get into better overall physical shape. In addition, the styling of this composition is article-based, and is written with an informative focus; the styling of this composition serves to inform its reader about the ten best trends for getting into better shape in a way that is visually appealing to the reader and is comprehensible.

            Essentially, this online article wants to explain to its readers why each trend is functional and reliable for getting into an improved physical state and enhancing health. The objective of this composition is to clarify to its readers the components that make each trend practical and trustworthy and to convince its readers on the legitimacy of each fitness trend listed. Throughout the article, the author uses logos and ethos to explain facts and details about each fitness trend listed and emphasizes reliability of the information found by stating where the survey was conducted and who conducted it. Also, it constantly reiterates the idea that “everyone” is employing each trend to reveal each respective trend’s effectiveness. Altogether, this composition classifies as a hybrid, revealing characteristics of both persuasive and informative genres with the fitness subgenre. This relates to other fitness compositions because it shares the same goal: to get individuals seeking to improve their health by attempting feasible and worthwhile procedures for getting into an improved physical shape and health.

            This composition conforms the conventions of the compositions of this theme by reflecting the same genre classification and sharing the same goal of lecturing the reader or viewer of this composition about ways to get into better overall physical shape and about fitness routines that provide results. This theme is best suitable for a hybrid of the informative and persuasive genres because individuals researching fitness typically are interested in learning about facts and details regarding fitness routines, diets, and how to achieve the best results.

            Furthermore, the Pinterest infographic “Health and Fitness” is a unique composition with components suggesting that it classifies as an informative genre. Digital, text-based, and visual modes can be seen through the various images, graphics, and “fun-facts” found throughout this fitness-oriented infographic. For example, this fitness infographic contains an image titled “Flat Abs in 5” which illustrates a simple workout routine to acquire abs. This image visually exemplifies to the reader how to properly enact this workout. In addition, this infographic provides various images providing facts, quotes, examples, and explanations regarding fitness routines and diets. It’s accessible through Pinterest’s site, and is comprised of an array of images all in relation to fitness, health, and diet. In general, this composition is catering to a determined young audience interested in learning about fitness routines and facts, and with goals of getting into better overall shape and health in efforts to improve their lifestyles. The styling of this composition is modern and very visually appealing, with various types of images casting vibrant colors and patterns.

            The overall purpose of this infographic is to provide details and facts concerning the notion of getting into better physical, mental, and cardiovascular health. This composition uses logos and pathos by providing facts and analysis of fitness routines and healthy diets. It utilizes pathos by catering to the emotions of its readers by providing inspirational images, quotes, and captivating examples of physique transformations. The genre of this infographic is mainly informative because the variety of images contained in this infographic serve to inform the viewer about facts and details concerning fitness, working out, and dieting.

            Lastly, this composition conforms the conventions of compositions relating to fitness by maintaining the overall goal of these types of compositions: to inform or persuade the viewers of the composition about fitness and its significance to our health. Through this conformity, the viewer of the composition can expect to learn about the plethora of ways that an individual can get into a healthier physical state and can expect to be informed or persuaded about aspects of fitness. It maintains a common styling seen throughout the other compositions curated, which displays a style of motivational diction and attitude. In summary, this composition conforms to the informative genre, which is a commonality observed across compositions of this nature.

            After reviewing these listed compositions: the book “Lean Belly”, the fitness article “Top Fitness Trends of 2018”, and the Pinterest infographic “Health and Fitness”, readers and viewers can learn modern ways of getting into improved physical shape and health, follow new trends regarding fitness in the current year, and observe practical dieting plans. Each composition utilized distinct yet similar methods of informing and persuading their audience about the listed information contained throughout each composition. A commonality observable through the analysis of each composition listed above is the fact that each used rhetorical devices to draw the attention of their viewers, along with maintaining similar conventions in relation to fitness compositions. After reviewing each composition, it is appropriate to say that a hybrid of informative and persuasive genres is evident across the listed compositions considering that the essential goal of each was to provide facts and details regarding aspects of fitness, and to enact elements of persuasion over each composition’s respective audience.

            Overall, the analysis of these chosen compositions not only provide for a more fundamental understanding of various aspects of fitness, but also serves as an evaluation of the methods of persuasion and informing that each composition utilizes to capture the attention of their audience.