February 18 - 22: Small Gym

In the small gym, we worked a lot with our reflex as a warm-up which we usually used those reflex balls or tennis balls. Games that we played included dodgeball, continuous handball, and benchball when we shared the facility with the other Grade 10 class. Every game, I participated to my full ability and I especially enjoyed the continuous handball because it required me to always stay in full alert since I never when I was going on.

 



February 22 - Fitness (30/30)

 I participated for the full 40 minutes of this exercise, or rather, 20 minutes because of the 30 seconds of rest. My partner for this Fitness was Janey and we encouraged each other and everyone around us to participate. I was really fatigued after this and I was so sore everywhere that I just collapsed when I got home. I enjoy this activity because it can be flexible and I can push myself if I wasn't getting tired and sweaty. Overall, I think I showed excellent leadership ability and pushed myself to the limit during this Fitness activity.

February 19 - Fitness (Hill Run)

Amazingly, this year was the first time I did the hill run despite the fact that I had PE for the past two years. I know that I am weaker when it comes to sprinting in comparison with distance runs, however, I did really well when trying to maintain my stamina for the entire time. I was pushing myself quite a lot during this and managed to make 14 times up the hill. The Hill Run is definately not my favorite type of Fitness, although, it does help improve my sprinting capacity.

 

Large Gym: February 11 - 15

I really enjoy PE in the large gym because of the variety of different opetions to choose from. I like the idea of doing a warm-up during the start of every class because it helps wake me up in the morning.

 

This week during the choices between two sports, I decided to play volleyball since I truly love volleyball as it is my favorite sport.

I always helped setting up the equipment that included the nets and helped with organizing the teams, which was honestly quite complicated because of the fact that in order for people to actually have fun, they need to with their friends on the same team. Also making the teams even was also quite difficult and involved a lot a MATH... :S

 

 

February 15 - Fitness (Pond Run)

It was actually nice to go outside for Fitness especially if the weather was decent on Friday. We did the Pond Run, in intervals between one minute of running and another minute of walking. This type of Fitness was harder for me to find the correct speed during running intervals because I could never maintain the same speed as other intervals.

I discouvered that my body started to hurt after the first couple of intervals because I think I wasn't used to the sudden stop from running to walking and vice versa. I also had trouble keeping track of when to walk and when to run because I couldn't hear the whistle all the time. I could tell I wasn't the only one because usually half of the students would be running and the other half would be walking so I was so lost... but eventually I decided to just follow some of the teachers who were also participating. 

February 12 - Fitness (Stations)

On Tuesday, it the day after a four day long weekend, but I was ready to participate in Fitness. Of course I was definately tired in the morning, but I made sure to try to maintain and participate during the Fitness activity.

We did Stations for 40 minutes and although my friends and I were actively participating, many of the other students weren't. Unfornately, the energy wasn't really there and even though I encouraged others, I could tell that they were too lazy and tired to try.

Not the best Fitness day as a whole, but I managed to keep my heart rate a nice and steady one throughout the entire workout.

February 6 - Weight Room

February 5 - Fitness (Circuit)

My legs are so painfully SORE!!! Doing the Circuit in the morning got me awake and really sweaty :) I feel proud though since I kept running and never walked unless you count for the times where ther was too many people blocking the way.

These sudden and unnecessary pauses felt like running into a brick wall at full speed with your heart about to explode! 

I encouraged many other students to put in their full effort as well and although not everyone did, I was glad to encourage at least a couple of them. Glad that I found an appropriate pace that my body can handle for a period of time, but I want to increase my speed throughout the semester.

February 1 - Fitness (Beep Test)

I have not done the Beep Test for such a long period of time that it was painfully brutal for me. I still managed to reach 9.1 by pushing my body to the limit at my current health. I hope that I will show signs of improvement of the course of this semester and I should start participating in more physical activity outside of school.

I suppose I will go running around my neighbourhood :)

My Goals

My goals for this class are:

- to better understand my body's physical limits and abilities

- to enjoy the class and have fun

- to meet new friends

- to get use to working out in the morning :O

I am very excited for this class and cannot wait it to start! However, I am worried and anxious to see how Fitness two days in the same week will do to my health and body.