Week 4 Blog 3

Sunday 26th July

Today was the last day of this goal. It is 6.15 and I have just done my final run of 3km and I am extremely happy with the outcome. I managed to do this run on the treadmill in 18 minutes and 10 seconds at 8.5kmph ! This means that the goal I had set I had achieved. There was a couple of barriers while I was trying to achieve my goal today. The first one was that I had been training to run outdoors on the footpath, but it was raining. The second barrier was that I needed someone to time for me to make sure I didn’t pause the treadmill as it has a pause option. Having someone timing me was also a way to overcome the barriers because she encouraged me to not give up and pause the treadmill to have a break. I am feeling so happy thatimanaged to achieve this goal as during the holiday i did extremely little to no exercise to help my progress. During the whole process of this goal I have had heaps of people help and support me which I think had made it easier for me to achieve the goal. 

 

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Wednesday 22nd July 

This morning I woke up at 5.30 and got ready to go down to Arkles Bay beach with my dad and dog. When we got down to the beach I started off at one end with a walk then about 1 or 2 minutes in I went into a run. I managed to run the whole length of the beach to the end and back 4 times. It was a lot harder than if I was running on a flat surface because my shoes would sink and slip in the sand . This was one of the 2 barriers I experienced. The second one was that I was tired because I woke up 2 hours earlier than I usually would. The first barrier I could t really overcome but the second one I overcame was by taking off my shoes and running in the cold water for a little bit which woke me up a lot. I feel like my progress to this goal is back on track because I only had to stop 2 times during this run to take my shoes off and put them back on. 

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Tuesday 21st July

Today was the first day I hade carried on with my goal after the holidays. I went to the gym after school from 4pm until 6.30. I did a class called curcuit to get my heart rate up. I did a workout that consisted of weights, burpees, push-ups and running. I found this quite hard as I have been away on holiday for the last 2 weeks. I found that I was not as fit as I was 2 weeks ago, this was a barrier. The way that I overcame this barrier was by listening to the instructor and just focusing on my breathing. I feel like not doing any exercise other than swimming or walking, has made the process to achieving my goal harder to achieve but I am not going to quit .

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Sunday 5th July

Today I went for a run at Shakespeare up to the furthest lookout. It was quite challenging as a lot of the track was uphill and very slippery and muddy. I also fount this quite challenging because I have started to get slack at what I’m doing and not getting as much runs in as I should or would like to be. I need to motivate myself again and push myself to get out there and accomplish the goal I have set for myself. An Enabler for the slippery, muddy track was that on the sides the was long dry grass that had a lot of grip to it so it made me more stable, and my enabler for not doing as much exercise as I would was my mum who made me get out there and do this run. I feel that my progress towards my goal is going downhill and I need to motivate myself a lot more.   

 

Week 3 Blog 2

Wednesday 1st July 2015

Today I went for a run with my dog from my house in Whangaparaoa down to the beach in Arkles Bay. Once I was down at the beach I did some shuttles and some burpees. Then I went for a run back home. A barrier was that all the running was uphill so I had to stop and walk quite often. The way I over came this was by running backwards every now and again because it took the pressure off my calves . For today’s run I didn’t time myself. I left today for me to have a little rest while still not doing nothing. I feel this helped my progress towards my goal because I got to still get a run in but used this as my ‘rest like’ day

Week 3 Blog 1

Tuesday 30th June 2015

This morning I woke up at 7.00 😱. I was supposed to be at boot camp at 6am to do our final training. A barrier was that I set my alarm for 5.30 pm instead of 5.30 am so I didn’t make it to bootcamp. What I did to make up for missing bootcamp was I went and did a warmup after school and then I did my tests of how many sit-ups I could do in 1 minute and how many push-ups I could do in 1 minute. After I did this I had a 2 minute break and then I went for my 1.5 km run. I managed to do it in 9 minutes and 17 seconds which I am proud of but I am also not because last week my I did the same run in a better time. I am feeling that my progress towards my goal is still going good but I need to motivate myself better.

Week 2 blog 3

25th June 2016
This morning at 5.30 I went to the gym to run on the treadmills and go on the rowing machines. I run for 30 minutes and went to a distance of 3.72km.
On the rowing machines I did 2km. I am not sure what time I did it in because I didn’t check. Things that were barriers were that I was tired because I am still not use to waking up so early and also that I kept looking at the time which made it seem longer . An enabler that got me over this was listening to music because It woke me up and also distracted me from the time. I feel that I am getting closer and closer to my goal but I need to push myself a little bit more.

Week 2 blog 2

23rd June 2015

This morning at 6am I had boot camp again we had to run down to the countdown carpark. Once we were down there we had to do a run around the car park then we had to do 50 of jump squats, jumping lunges and burpees. Next I needed to do 2 runs. We had to do this for 3 more circuits do 40 and then 30 of each. This time at bootcamp a lady doing clean and lean with me asked me if we I wanted to do the rest of the exercises with her so we can motivate each other . A barrier that came up was my ankle started to send sharp pains up me leg so it slowed me down. I feel that my progress towards this is still progressing but I need to remind myself that I am doing this for a reason.

Week 2 Blog 1

Today I went for a 1.5 km run on the cross trainer and I tried to do it in under 10 minutes. I was so happy that I achieved this I got it done in 9 minutes exactly .  I went to the gym with my friend to do tho and I think that she was a motivation but also a distraction. I am extremely happy with this progress towards my goal because I’m already half way there. Now I just need to work towards the 3km in under 20 minutes  

  

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Saturday 20th June 2015

Today I went to a class at the gym called Grit strength. This is the description of what Grit Strength is about:
Using the Les Mills SMARTBAR™, weight plates and the bench, LES MILLS GRIT™ Strength is an intense 30-minute team training session that will blast all major muscle groups and take your training to the next level.
Builds strength and tones lean muscle.Sends your metabolism into overdrive to burn fat for hours after the workout.Stimulates the production of growth hormone, which will help reduce fat and help develop lean muscle.Works all major muscle groups.
In this class there is not really anyone who can can push me and help me because there are so many people in the class. The only thing that helps me is stretching between each exercise and the step that I can use to do burpees on. Later on that night I took the dog for a 3km run. I got so close to my goal finishing the run in 23 min and 29 seconds. I feel like the my progress is getting better and I am getting closer and closer to my goal.