I'm half way there!

I cannot believe that we are almost done the first term of semester two! Get Fit class, is by far one of my all time favourite classes. In terms of participation, the best days for me would have to have been going snow shoeing, going to Panorama dance, going to Sullivan elementary, having intervals with Mr. Pederson’s class and doing Zumba. I feel I am worked my hardest when I did the second community run (I tried and succeeded in beating my time), the pyramid (I worked at it non-stop, without a water break and finished the whole thing), and doing the hill run (did it all 10 times). I have asthma and it had been one of the main things standing in my way, I also had back surgery earlier this school year and it still hurts when I do exercises like v-sits. I always try to push myself but it is hard when your lungs are telling you to take a rest. I do not like to sit out, or stop during activities. Making myself a healthier person, feeling more comfortable with my body and toning myself for grad and the rest of my life, are the main things that get me to participate.

The best field trips that we went to were Panorama dance, snow shoeing, and Sullivan elementary. New experiences for me were snow shoeing (definitely want to do that again!) and tae kwon do. I want to go shoe showing again because I enjoyed being in the snow and outdoors while getting my exercise. I felt it was tiring but also relaxing at the same times.

I am seeing improvements on my fitness. Overall, I feel like I can run longer distances now.  On my first community run I felt more tired than I did on the second one. I also beat my time by 2 minutes, the second time around. I also run and walk during the set times for the interval pond runs and do not walk when there it is running time. I would like to continue to improve upon my beep test and get back into my range of level 10+. I would also like to further improve my time on community runs.

My most important moment defining Get Fit so far has to have been the pyramid we did at the start. It shows how much the class and I can really do. It also shows how much we can push ourselves if we set our mind to it. I am especially proud of doing fitness every single day; I feel it has made me stronger and healthier already. I do not think I have ever been so tired and sweaty after workouts in my life, which is until this class. I am also proud of being in an extracurricular dance class at school. It has pushed my abilities a little bit more and has made me feel more confident about my abilities in dance. I am proud of all the accomplishments I have had so far in Get Fit, the journey has been one that is full of hard-work, commitment and sweat (gross!)! I feel positive about my accomplishments and hope to make just as many in term 2!

The letter grade that best represents my progress in Get Fit is an A (95%), because I am fully devoted, always trying my best and I also try to talk to other classmates to encourage them. I feel like I constantly put hard-work in and am always ready to participate.

Buddy Fitness

Going to Sullivan Elementary was extremely fun for me. I love being able to teach younger students new things, either school-work (peer-tutoring) or fitness. It reminded me of when I was younger and had sports day. I found out that talking directly to the students (making eye contact), repeating phrases and demonstrating the activity beside them, worked better at the stations. We made the improvements I previously mentioned, Amanda and I always demonstrated how to do the activity with the student, and we also added a lot of cheering and high-fives to encourage the grade ones. Next time, I would change the way we split the teams up for our activity. In our activity we need to split the group into two and it seemed hard to get the students to stay in one place, especially when they all just wanted to dance. I felt proud to be a part of this day, I felt like I was a leader and role-model to the younger kids and it boosted my confidence knowing that I could help run an activity like the one my group did. Personal highlights: the boy who did not understand that high knees are done on their own and decided to do high knees while circling a baseball bat, another boy who was so intrigued in our obstacle course that he kept playing and did not realize his group left, and finally a little girl named Emma that hugged me goodbye. I really enjoyed this fieldtrip; it was nice to know that we helped make approx. 60 grade ones happy and active for at least an hour!