Flashblack Friday; Fitness Edition.

So yes I have just posted a bunch of blogs in one day... and yes this title of this little post is weird. I know what you're probably thinking... Flashback Friday on a p.e blog? how lame. But this Flashback Friday is kind of different, today as I was lounging around on my laptop going through some files I found a whole bunch of my fitness pictures and videos that I meant to post but never did, and thought well it is Flashback Friday, so why not put a slight twist to it... This was a great opportunity for me so instead of some old baby pictures of me, why not post all the previous fitness activities that I have done but not blogged about? So that's exactly what I am going to do... Hopefully you guys check some of it out!

Community Run

So throughout the whole year this was actually the first time I have done the community run. At first I was unmotivated to do anything it was Tuesday and had just come back to school from a long weekend, it was also a flex day and on top of that the bad news had arrived that the band trip had been cancelled. Although I was not going it still put me in a awful and sad mood, I was honestly not ready to do anything that day. As we started and we got outside it was hot and i felt like dying. I'm going to admit at the beginning I didn't really try. I walked a lot and only jogged to get past the crowd of people all walking so slowly ahead of me, when the path cleared up I walked and still was in the mindset of "this is pointless, I just want to go home" until well I saw people ahead of me start running... and my friends and I had this confused looked dawned upon our faces. It then hit us that teachers were ahead and that's why people started running, so my friends and I started running. As we passed Mr. Neufeld he told us to keep pace and jog instead of run when ever we see teachers which I would admit was kind of funny because that is what we were doing right then and there, but as we passed him we kept going and took his advice because well I realized that it doesn't matter if it's a flex day, or that its hot outside, or that i should be sad because something was cancelled. What I should be doing was putting effort into it, because even though its a short day and I'm lazy it's still a fitness day and I should take advantage of it, especially because its almost the end of the school year, I should put all the sadness away and take it out on the run. From there I was put in the mindset of I can do it because no ones stopping me, like i usually am. So I paced myself the rest of the way and only stopped for a breather once after passing the teachers, when it came time for the downhill part Abby and I took Mr. Neufs advice and went as quietly as we could down the hill rather than going full speed and stomping all the way with no control. We made it to the school and then the bell rang but it was okay because it was lunch anyways. Although we were sweaty it felt good to know that I had changed my mindset during the course of the run because if i didn't I wouldn't have continued the day with that mindset. Next time i go for a run or any activity like this i would like to start with that positive mindset and maintain it throughout the course of the run, I didn't get any footage or anything but I think it went well for my first community run.

Take it on the road.

So this post is called take it on the road because I recently took a trip to Calgary for my brothers basketball tournament and also to see and spend time with my cousins! We had a blast visiting them new experiences, movies, shopping, food and parties and singing. However I did do a little keeping fit while i was there because we played Just Dance a lot, and can I say it got pretty Intense. I recorded my older cousin (Kim) and I playing 4 rounds and cut them into short videos if you guys would like to see them! We danced to many songs but i only recorded 4 and they were a Nicki Minaj song, "Right Thurr", "Hot Stuff", and "Whip My Hair". When we danced we put the level on hard but also had fun and worked up quite a sweat! I won Whip My Hair, and Hot stuff and she won Right Thurr and the Nicki song. Here are the videos and also the "finishing poses and stats" oh and don't mind the the faces we make, the noices we make and my famjam casually in the background!

Fun in the Sun

So this fitness was really fun! I not only liked this fitness because it involved teamwork and individually working but also because there was a big variety of challenges that you had to do. This fitness had activities involving cardio like the stairs, and running widths, but also things like hurdles, yoga, tug of war and weights. This fitness was based around 90 seconds of work and 30 seconds of rest. My favorite activities from this fitness was tug of war, hurdles, mat flip, and the weights. I liked this fitness because I not only had a chance to have fun in the sun by incoperating games like "follow the leader" when it came to ladders but also had a chance to challenge my peers in games like tails and tug of war, work together in the mat flip, and also the big weight thing you had to push, and lastly challenge myself like when working with hurdles, stairs, weights and running widths. Here are some videos I took, and also a list of the fitness menu.

Kiran Jumping Hurdles

Me Jumping all the hurdles

Weight Section

Fitness Menu

Fitnessblender.com

Fitnessblender .com is one of the previous fitness activities that I had done. This activity was to go onto the website and find a workout for you and a group of 3-4. The workouts had many areas to focus on including cardio, core strength, yoga, legs, arms and more. The workouts also came with what equipment you'd need and a difficulty number which the highest was a 4. Our groups goal was to try levels 2-4 and also aim for workouts focusing on core/abs, butt and thighs and also have a good stretch, we also aimed for workouts with only yoga  mats or no equipment. We first took on a 5 minute level 2 yoga workout to stretch and warm up and we all found that pretty easy. We then tried a level 3 core/abs workout and we found that harder but still were able to maintain pace and consistency throughout the 10 minute workout. We then took a quick break afterwards and decided it was time for a Level 4 workout, which was on butt and thighs mostly targeting lower areas. The workout was only for 5 minutes but within those 5 minutes we worked hard even though it was difficult at times to pull through. We had surpassed 20 minutes of class and still had a bit of time so as a group we decided to try a yoga/cardio workout which was actually pretty fun! I liked this class because it gave us a chance to chose and pick our levels and focus areas. Next time we do this I would like to focus on a main theme like pilates, or yoga, cardio, and try different levels. Here are some information on the workouts we did!

1st workout 

2nd workout

3rd workout

4th workout

4th workout plan

Me doing one of the acitivities  in 4th workout

Atomic Volleyball

Yesterday we had choice, and for choice there were many options to chose from such as basketball, handball, ultimate, bocce ball, and atomic volley ball. With these options there were less people in the choices. However because of this it made my friends and I work to our best of our ability because if we didnt try it wouldn't make it fun for the other teams. Atomic volley ball was a combination of hitting, setting, bumping, spiking and also catching. the goal to get your oppenents out when they dont hit the ball or catch it. The same rules apply with the 3 hits and everything and this game kept you active and pumped up! Our teams first game was against Kyle, Avery and Ali, and it was fun because both teams were really energetic and competitve which allowed all of us to have a good time! Within the first 10 minutes or so we were all feeling the sweat but didn't mind because we all enjoyed it. Also with less people at each activity we all had to take initiative and set up so that we could play rather than just standing around and waiting for it to be done, we did this with no reminder which was good! I enjoyed this gym class and hope to play it again. 

Blog Reflections

I think my blog has a fair quality, because not only do i try and post things and keep my blog updated, but it also has some content on not only self improvement, but daily changes. Compared to other blogs, i have more content, but also have little on my blog compared to others too. However i think my blog lacks because i don't post a lot periodically, and my posts are mostly when i have fitness which is only once a week. I think i can improve my blog by posting periodically, and posting more about not only fitness, and finding regular ways to contribute in choice, but also small things that help me live a healthy lifestyle, for for example walking home, eating healthier, and even dance class updates. I did that at the beginning of my blog, but unfortunately lately that element has been lacking in my blog. I feel my blog also lacks in the media and evidence element of it all, I take pictures and videos but sadly never post them with the writing. To Improve i need to go back to my computer and edit and input all the videos and pictures i have that are sitting in the file so there is more to look at on my blog than just writing. I think that if I improve in these areas my blog will not only improve but my lifestyle and choice will because i'll feel more motivated.