Training Log Archive: chantellea

Today we chose our own warm-ups, and I chose skipping. Then we practised scooping up the birdies with our racket, hiting it up, and catching it (also with our racket), and repeat. I can now cradle the birdie! I couldn't do it b4. Now I just have to practise scooping it up. The we got into partners and practised hiting and smashing the birdie. Our teacher then put us into partners and we played a bunch of mini- badminton games (up to 3 points). I was partnered with Andrew, and we didn't always win, but it was loads of fun.

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Ok, for about 15 minutes I was lifting weights in the weightroom during lunch recess, and I was just working on my arms and legs, b/c I want to tone and build those muscles. I did 6 arm workouts, each was 3 sets of 10, with a 20 lbs weight. I did 4 leg workouts, each were 3 sets of 10.
Then, with Michelle and Amber during our spare, we did 3 sets of 20 lunges; a lot of crunches and sit-ups (I did 128 crunches, plus 4 sets of 10 sit-ups, 3 sets of 20 crunches, and then 20 more sit-ups); 3 sets of 20 wall-push ups; and then 3 sets of 5 standing with your legs wide apart, toes pointing out, legs 90 degrees, holding that position while lifting a 10 lbs weight.
....and thats about it lol

During lunch recess I was lifting weights. I did 3 sets of 10 sit-ups styled thing. It's were from ankle to thigh your laying flat (stomache-down), and the rest of you is just hanging, and then you have to lift youreslf up (you can feel it in your abs). Then I worked on my arms. I did 6 arm workouts, each were 3 sets of 10 with 20 lbs weights. Then I did 2 leg workouts, each were 3 sets of 10. I was working on my calf and thigh muscles.

Yay! I'm imrpoving!!! This time I only fell once, and everytime I went down the hill, i didn't fall!!!! Today was perfect weather for skiing. It was a little bright and the wind was a little cold on the face, but after a while you get use to it and you warm right up. We did 2 laps around the whole school ground (including the parking lot). This time it was me, Michelle and Shantelle who went skiing, it was loads of fun! I kept laughing for like 5 minutes at Michelle cuz at one point she was trying to crawl up the hill and she was up 2 her knees in snow! It was so hilariouse, it started to hurt my abdomin from laughing so much.
This time it was a little harder to ski, b/c there was fresh snow (cuz it snowed earlier), so it was soft and deep in certain places, and you have to work harder to get through it, so I was tired a lot sooner. But it's all good. :)

Ok, today in gym class, we did skipping as a warm-up, followed by "saving plantets". Saving planets is just wher you get split up into 2 teams, and you hav to run to the opposite side to steal pilons. If you get caught, you go to jail. This was a low intensity b/c evryone was just working on defence instead of offence, including me (we just were to worried about getting caught). So my team kept losing, but I had fun anyway. Me and Danya decided to be the decoys lol.
After this we played badminton doubles. I was partnerd with DYlan, and we played against Dustin and Michelle. SO it was a pretty even matched game (cuz Michelle and I are basically equals -ish, and so r Dustin and Dylan). The score was 19-21 (so I lost, but it still was pretty close).

Ok, Michelle and I started off by doing a few simple stretches, followed by running. In total, I ran for 10 minutes. First , we ran for 3 minutes straight, and then we kept walking for about 2 minutes, and then we ran for 5 minutes straight, and then walked for around 2 minutes, and then I ran for 2 minutes straight, followed by walking just to help warm down and slow the breathing and heart rate.. Yeah, im pretty much out of shape, cuz i was definitly feeling that, but I was able to push through it (well it wasnt that bad). I want to do this about 3 times a week, becasue I really want to improve my cardiovascular endurance.
After the runing, I did 3 sets of 40 crunches, and then I wanted to try the actual endurance part (where you do it non stop) and i wanted to beat my 170 that I did before, and this time i did 250!!!!! I was feeling that!! I like to feel that burn, feels good lol