January 30, 2014

Pump Up

If crying would've counted as exercise, then I would have gotten plenty! I'm still so upset, as is everyone else, but I took Coach's advice and tried to take my mind off of things for a little while. I used the app "Pump Up". It's a really good fitness app. It demonstrates how to properly do the workout, and it chooses workouts based on you (height, weight, etc.). It also has warm-ups and cool-downs which is nice. I use this app often because it's very good and of course I play music while working out. (Today's playlist was a little sad, but can you blame me?)

(This is a picture of the app.)

January 29, 2014

What You Want

I had drama rehearsal again today from after school until 6. We learned the dance to "What You Want". This dance is a little difficult for me, but I know the important thing is to try my best and keep working at it, which I did. I just had fun with it. We also practiced what we learned already. It was a very productive day that I enjoyed.  

January 28, 2014

Another Day of Volleyball

Today my friend Kelli came over, and it was really nice because I haven't seen her in a while. After talking and catching up, we played Kinect Sports. (I know, another day of this, but it's fun and a great source of exercise!) We played beach volleyball for a while, and after facing each other, we decided to play on the same team, which was so much more fun! We made a good team and beat the computer every time we were on the same team.

 



January 27, 2014

Staying Warm

Today for my 30 minutes of fitness, I played Kinect Sports again. It was so cold outside...even too cold for shoveling! Anyway, by exercising I warmed up a bit. I played tennis and skiing. Today was just a nice and simple day...who knows what tomorrow will bring! 

January 26, 2014

Variety Show

On Friday, Mount Assisi's Drama Club hosted a variety show. It started at 7. I stayed after school and helped decorate and prepare. I helped set up chairs, make posters, and other things. I was originally dreading staying after school from 2:20 until 7, but it actually ended up being a lot of fun. We played music while we set up. We pulled it off, and the show went great! This could count as physical activity because I was running up and down the stairs to get things, setting up chairs, etc.

January 23, 2014

Football is Tiring!

You learn something new everyday. Today I learned how tiring football is, and I didn't even play the actual game! I talked about Kinect Sports in a previous blog. I also have Kinect Sports: Season 2, which is what I played today. It's a lot of fun, and it even has a "calorie counter" on it, so after you play you can see how many calories you've burned! In the football game, you have to run in place, dodge players trying to tackle you, throw and kick the ball, and catch the ball. Well, I decided I was going to set the computer level to pro instead of rookie. It made the game so much more fun, but also much more difficult. I won 26-21!

January 22, 2014

Omigod You Guys

Today started the first rehearsal for Mount Assisi's production of Legally Blonde: The Musical. I am part of the Delta Nu sorority girls who sing the song "Omigod You Guys". After school we rehearsed the music for a half hour, and then from 3 to 6 we learned and practiced the dance. The dance is pretty long and has a lot of steps. Dancing is a great source of exercise because you're up and moving around. So, that's what I did today, and it was actually a lot of fun. I just hope that I get the hang of it! 

January 21, 2014

Project

My physical activity for today was working on a poster. How could this be physical activity? Well, I had to run up and down the stairs a few times until I got all the supplies together. Then, I turned on music and was moving around while cutting, printing, writing, and taping things down. I was always standing and moving; I never sat while working on my poster. Now I have my daily 30 minutes of activity and a poster done! 

January 20, 2014

The Mall

Today, I went to the mall again. This time I went with my mom. It was just supposed to be a quick stop, but we ended up being there a little bit longer. While my mom was waiting in line at Kohls, I went and looked around. We then went inside the mall and made a few other quick stops, but we were there for a little over 30 minutes. 

January 19, 2014

Fun Day

Yesterday I went to the mall with some friends of mine. We were there for at least 3 hours, and I only bought 1 thing that entire trip. We spent most of the time just walking around; wandering from shop to shop. I knew we had done a lot of walking, but when I finally sat down, I realized how much my feet actually hurt. Besides my sore feet, it was a lot of fun and I had a good time. 

January 16, 2014

Boot Camp

The last two days, I have played Kinect Sports, so I wanted to do something a little different today. I really enjoy using Kinect for Xbox for my workout because it's good exercise and it's honestly a lot of fun and more interactive. Today I played a game called "Your Shape: Fitness Evolved 2012" (I know it's an older version, but it serves it's purpose perfectly well!). In this game, there are so many different things you can do including: yoga, belly dancing, cardio workouts, upper and lower body workouts, etc. I wanted to challenge myself today, so I did boot camp. There is actually a 'person' on screen and they will encourage you, but if you slack, they'll yell too! I attached a picture of what the boot camp part of the game looks like. 

January 15, 2014

Boxing

I remember something that one of my basketball coaches told my team a year or two ago. He told us that good defense makes for good offense. Well today, I somewhat used that saying. I played Kinect Sports again, but today I just did boxing. After doing a couple of rounds, I knew that the key to staying on my feet was to block the opponents punches before I started swinging at them. This worked, and I won the rest of the rounds that I played tonight. 

January 14, 2014

Fitness Can Be Fun

Today, I wanted to have some fun with my workout. I played Kinect Sports. Kinect is part of the Xbox. It's a great way to get exercise because with Kinect, there are no controllers. Your body is the control. Kinect picks up all of your movement. So when I was playing sand volleyball, I actually had to get low and bump the ball and jump up to spike the ball. I found another blog that explains why Kinect Sports is good exercise: http://want-2-b-healthy.blogspot.com/2011/03/kinect-sports-as-exercise.html. Playing this really reminded me that fitness can be fun. (Although I'm much better at sport video games compared to actual sports.) 

January 13, 2014

First Day

To be honest, I was kind of nervous about this whole blogging thing. Then, after hearing Coach Smith talk about it, I realized that to stay fit, you don't need to necessarily work out. There are so many ways to get physical activity, even through things as simple as vacuuming or putting things away. It requires you to get up and move around. Anyway, I figured I would start the first day off good. Today, I started off by doing some chin-ups and other simple strength training with my older brother. We got into an argument (that's what happens when you have a brother who is 4 years older), so I finished my workout with some basic exercises, like leg swings and upper body twists.