Midterm Reflection

tis year has been a really good experience fro me. As someone who would used to wake up and not want to go to school because they had gym that day, I've slowly learned to enjoy the other aspects to gym. The reason I am able to be willing to participate in gym is because of the community around me and the strong relationships I've built in this class. I feel like that I have fun and put more effort more often than I have ever did in gym. I especially love classes when we are only playing within our own class because I feel more encouraged to participate with the people I know so well. The only days where I do  not want to participate is when my physical condition isn't too well. And it bugs me because on those days the class happens to be playing some of my favourite activities :'(. But I try my very best to keep a positive attitude when going around and talking to all my classmates. (I can't even edit on this computer so excuse that paragraph)

I feel like my efforts on fitness days hasn't improved that much since the beginning of the year. I mean I'm doing well but I'm not very happy about where I'm at from my goal I made in the beginning of the year. So now I am trying to  reach my goal of trying to to mentally focus when I'm in fitness.

I believe leadership is something everybody has but is something hard to show. The whole journey on being a leader is to find a way to be able to freely express oneself so they are able to lead others comfortably. I wish I could say I was one of the best leaders in class but truthfully I'm not. Ever since I was a kid I aspired to be an amazing leader. Even now I try think of ways to be a leader but I'm still not able to show it very well. So I hope to learn from my peers in this class and maybe I can say I'm one of the best leaders. Good thing I'm really good friends with these amazing leaders (ehem simran and nimrit and palvi ACHOO) cough

Overall I would give myself an 80%

Hippity hoop HOP

Hip HOP HOP TODAY!!! Woah man that was a fun work out! AND DAMN the 2 band classes of course DOMINATED I remember when i did these dance weeks in 8th and 9th grade doing so bad because i was too shy or blah blah insecure and seeing others around me act that way aswell BUT today was a day that i saw myself just LET IT GO AND HAVE AT IT and make the other people around have just as much of a good time

Quick little pic

I just had to have this on my blog! We are ALWAYS having fun in this class I swear. Capture Flag in the snow wasn't as bad as I thought. I mean I got more flags than I've gotten in other games wow. Also the short socials lecture was insanely fun. usA USA USAAAAAAA

MANDARIN ORANGES

Tis the season where I get terribly ill BUT i have been really careful and I feel like it's because I've been eating alot of onion soup AND MANDARIN ORANGES tis the season indeed

oh bless the mighty oranges

Muscle of the Day- Bicep Femoral

So I found out that the Bicep Femoris is part of back thigh WHICH is where most of my physical pain comes from so I need to nag myself into doing these kind of exercises for the sake of my aching legs.
5 workouts:

SQUATS my favourite exercise in the history of ever. Gotta make sure your butt is out and you have good posture and slowly bend your knees. The knees should be at 90 degree angle. Just hold for 3 seconds and relax.

SQUATS WITH BARBELLS going little bit more with the squats you carry a barbell while you squat.

I found a little video on youtube I didn't try but I found interesting.
So the head of the bicep femoris is around the back of the knee and goes about 3 inches up the thigh.
The lady had a roll that she put under her knee and she lifted her hips up so she is balancing onto the roll. Then at a speed around 1 inch per second she rolled it up to her thigh until she reached a sensitive point and held it for 20 seconds

I mostly found stretches afterwards

SIT AND REACH

There is a stretch that dancers do where they prop their leg up on a barre and stretch and the more higher up it is the better. But you can use any kind of elevated object and stretch and hold the position for a good 20-30 seconds

Reflecting by looking at other people's blogs

OK first of all, I am so happy at how well our class is doing their blogs! I have to learn from the 9th graders since I didn't do anywhere near as good as they do. I CAN GO ON AND ON ABOOUT HOW RAD YOU GUYS ARE but let me think for a sec. Right of the bat, PICTURES. I barely have any. It was nice to see pictures and links on other people's blog and to be like oh yeah i remember that time that was cool. I will try harder into sweet talking my friends into using their phones ;) also i found that i only talk about how fun the activity was. YES it is super important to reflect on the mood and the atmosphere the class brings bUT JANELLE come on it's still gym class tell us about the physical activity! Geez i want to work really hard so I can get on other people's blog level cause alot are THROUGH THE ROOOOF

Speedball- Nov. 26 & 27

I tried speedball for the first time! We played it together with a couple of other classes so we had to use 7 balls. That one on Wednesday wasn't much fun since there was too many people and everybody was off playing their own games. On the Thursday after though, was way better since it was easier to to manage fewer balls and the teams weren't confusing because all of us already know each other. I always forget how much fun it is to play with the entire band class. I REAALLLY hope we have more classes with all of us playing together because it's truly a better experience.