New Workouts

Calling all ladies! I discovered this new website while roaming instagram, which led me to an app called "Blogilates" ! You can find it both on an android or apple products, and on the app it doesnt just give you workouts, it ranges from various workouts that focus on different areas, a calendar if you want to plan workouts on certain days, and even has recipes for power smoothies and delcious but healthy deserts! The workout videos also include excerises focused around a certain song which make them easy and fun to do! I'll definitely keep you updated on how this goes, and well I've only seen girls try these workouts, but if the guys want to check it out and see what the app is really about feel free! 

Choice

Today in choice, there were the choices of hockey, soccer, and volleyball. Usually Volleyball does get very crowded, and today it did, right away I jumped at the opportunity of having my friends on my team like others did. But soon I realized many things that were wrong with the game; since there was a lot of people, there were multiple subs on most teams including mine. But the difference was that other teams only played with 6 people and my team played with more, I realized it was unfair for the other team, and subbed off spending time sitting around which also made myself come to a conclusion that i could be doing something better. I also noticed that earlier on in the game I tried cheering on everyone but since there were more than 6 people on my side of the court they werent taking the game as seriously as they should have been, and my cheering/encouraging was being drowned out. To change that, I then decided to ask some girls in our class and other classes if i could be apart of the team and was welcomed in! I was happy I switched teams because the team I switched to needed some subs, we all had equal playing time, and because they took the game seriously but also had fun! I encouraged everyone and got people into encouraging our team mates and the opposition team; when they scored or didnt get it over the net because it showed that they tried! I think I took a chance and played against the people I usually played with, rather than playing with them and not quite playing fair also not taking the game as seriously. I hope the girls i played with had fun because I did and got to know more people in general which is good! In the aspects of my strengths and weaknesses I think my weaknesses were not stepping out of my shell for the first time and just staying in the comfort zone oh and also sometimes when the ball comes flying between myself and a peer we both wouldnt call it and accidentily let it drop. For strengths or something im improving on would be that i have stepped out of my comfort zone and that constantly encouraging people is getting better.

April 14th; Badminton

Today's class we played doubles for badminton with just our class in the large gym. I really enjoyed this because not only was this one of the sports that i find both easy and challenging but also had fun. The most important reason i liked this activity was because instead of playing with the same people I usually play with, this gym class was a change in a good way. An example of this is in volleyball; although its a team you usually only interact or talk with the people on your side of the court which might be people who you already know, and are close with. But this time, even though a net seperated my partner and i from my peers, I got to get to know them better and interact. Not only did I get to know my peers as opponents and got to see how active and competetive they were but I sort of bonded with them and learned more about them and who they are. Simran and I mostly played girls which was good because I got to know the girls in my class better, I bonded through small things like laughing and cheering eachother on, and dancing a little bit between serves and just having fun. It made me see that we have a bunch of outgoing and cool girls in our class once you get past their sort of shy shells. As for the guys we played against, i think it was only desmond, nick, chris, carter, and roman. I learned that the guys aren't really as scary or intimidating as they seem and are actually great competitors. So thanks to my peers for making it both an active and fun, over all my experience was awesome and itd be great to do this more often unfortunately i didnt get to take any videos or pictures. 

Insanity and Capture the flag

On Tuesday we did Insanity, and it was actually my first time ever doing this fitness activity. Although it was hard for me to keep a constant pace during some activity like when you held your leg up and did all the exercises, I still liked Insanity, and had fun while participating. Here is a short video on one of the exercises we did during the fitness, these were killing me but i refused to stop. Sorry for the bad quality of it all.

On thursday our class and Mr. Pedersons class played capture the flag, The first game went well and everyone was into the game, but as the second game was happening it seemed that things started to drag on, which sucks. I had a lot of fun during the game, and hopefully most of the others in our did too! I tried something new and instead of tagging people on our side, I spent most of my time running to the other side, so I pushed myself out of the comfort zone because i usually hang around our side waiting for someone to cross. I will admit that at times I stood on our side waiting, but this was because I was waiting for an opportunity to run across, which I succesfully did many times and several times with Nimrit by my side. During the end of the game I noticed that it made it hard to play the game when people stopped trying, and I noticed this when I ran across hoping to bring back a ball, but unfortunately there were only a few footballs to carry across and people were playing around with them. However since this happened i found my energy level going down a notch. I tried encouraging some people, and it sometimes worked but what I could have done differently was encouraging my peers and friends to participate and have fun, more frequently than i did. Also to try my best to be active throughout the game so having a balancing between running to the other side and when I'm not doing anything to tag people, so I can be at my best at all times.

New Weight Room Goals and Workout

Last time I said I wanted to work on my core/belly and thigh/leg areas. After searching for more video's I had found one labeled "beach body" and as a whole I have realized that not only did i want to work on my core but also on other parts and the reason was because i wanted to be ready for summer. I wanted to use this video because it has not a lot of equipment which shows that you can make change to your body with out weights or exercise balls. This Workout is calmer than others because it is a yoga and palettes type. I wanted to pick a workout that i could do in and out of the weight room. There are two videos that labeled what i wanted to improve. There are also more videos like this, specifying areas or your body as a whole for any other girls who would like to get into that beach body!

Fitness friday; 40 seconds on 20 seconds off

     Yesterday during fitness we did 40 seconds on 20 seconds off; where you do an activity for 40 seconds and then rest for 20. We havent done fitness in a long time, and even though it was hard to get back to the cycle, doing fitness felt great! I'm sort of sore from yesterday because this semester I have dance everyday, and on top of that we had fitness. But although I am still sort of sore, It's good and refreshing even though it sounds weird haha. I say this because since I'm sore, I know that it's because I've worked hard during fitness and didn't stop. Being sore is reminding me that I was pushing myself to try and do more and that the "pain/sorness" is worth it! I liked this fitness activity, because I honestly don't like running for fitness i find it kind of boring, and this to me was more entertaining and engaging. Workouts like this motivate me to workout more and live a healthier life style. Lately I have been wanting to go into the weight room and workout, and workout outside of school too. Other than my motivation to live a healthier life, i feel i did great in this fitness activity because the people I was surrounded by, some of them were super athletic and worked thier butts off like they usually do, and some didnt put a lot of effort into it. This made me realize that I would rather work my butt off than slack off. 

    I didn't get the chance to take pictures or videos because I gave Valeria my phone since she couldnt participate, but she went to the hub and did homework. I wish i could have taken pictures or videos because I felt like this was one of the fitness activities that was more in my area opposed to the other things. But We have Fitness on tuesday and I'm looking forward to it, and am determined to record a bit of my activity showing how hard I have been working lately. 

1st Semester Mark

It's been a while since I've posted and this semester is coming to an end. So here is what I think my grade should be based on Participation, Social responsibility and contribution to the class, healthy living, and my digital portfolio and reflective skills.

Participation:
I think overall I do well in participating. When it comes to participating for class and showing up, I have never missed one class, which to me is very satisfying! When it comes to actual activities during class I have always tried to participate whether it was capture the flag, or even basketball. I always try to give my best effort, even though some days seem a little slow and boring. I try my best to participate because it wouldn't really be fun to skip, or just sit around and do nothing the whole period.

Social responsibility and Contribution:
In gym class, sometimes I see some students kind of shy away, or not want to join in some activities. So when I do see that I always offer for them to play with me and my friends, whether they're on my team or just a little friendly competition. I can be a little shy too, so I know how they feel. I think that Gym Class is really a time where you need to Communicate, and have fun, and when I see some kids who don't look like they're having fun, or sitting out I talk to them and try to convince them to play. Also during choice, when we split up into activities, and sometimes everyone will just stand around and wait, I'll sort of round up people into groups/ teams. Like that one time the girls had their own basketball game, and Kiran and I organized the teams since the girls didn't know what to do. As for social responsibility and all of that, like cheating yourself, I don't do that, I'm the type of person who would be fairly guilty if I did. You can't really cheat in choice, and as for fitness, I don't like cheating myself and cutting corners, or changing my score because well, it's good to know that you have fulfilled what you did without having to change anything. If you cheat it only effects you.

Healthy Living:
This year I'm trying to put myself in the mindset of being healthier, and bettering my life in a healthier way, for example eating better, and working out more, even if it's just Stretching every single day. I think I'm doing well and succeeding at this because every time we do fitness, even though I complain sometimes I do better each time. When doing fitness I tell myself that I can do it, and that If I did that much last time, then I can do at least a bit more! At the beginning of the year, I was lazier, and probably less healthy than I am now, I'm definitely more motivated to do things, and would like to keep up what I'm doing. I'd like to live a healthier lifestyle, and improve what I started, and I think that being apart of gym and all the Tuesday and Friday Fitness's that I have participated in have actually helped me.

Digital Portfolio and Reflective Skills:
I have tried to do my best to record everything and all the fitness activities that we do! Based on all of the pictures and videos that I have taken, i think i have done ok, but still can improve, because it gets hard to always have your phone with you when you're trying to participate in stuff. But in terms of blogs, and writing and reflecting I think it's going well! I enjoy blogging, and reflecting on what I've done and seeing all the progress I have made, it also helps when I comment on my peers blogs, and take their comments on my blogs into consideration. Hope to make more progress as the year progresses.

My overall grade that I would give myself based on all of this and class would be an A.