FITNESS TUESDAY

Surprisingly, today we had choice for fitness and the choices were: running laps around Gold Stone Park, Yoga in the small gym and pyramid (series of exercises) in the large gym. 3/4 of all the classes COMBINED went to do yoga... Some did the pyramid and some went for the lap run which I also did. Surprisingly, the majority going for the lap run were Grade 8's and a couple of 10's. So I tried to lead by running most of the time ( stopped to take breathers) and hoping to make them work harder. And MR. Vahn also did the same. I wasn't that tired while running but I had to take breathers. In the end, I think I did about 6-7 laps and overall good exercise,

FOOTBALL

On Saturday, me and my brother went to play a match of football, just me and him. And by football I mean real FOOTBALL. Not American Football. Unfortunately, he couldn't bring his phone as his shorts had no pockets and he might have lost it while playing. It's your choice to believe me or not. Because if im lying, im the one who is losing. Anyways, it's been a long, long time since Ive played football with him. We were always busy with school etc. He usually goes to play with his friends on the weekends, but he tells me not to come as they are older than me and play more aggressively. Even though, on Sunday he's gonna go play, he still came to play with me on Saturday. We begin by jogging from my house to the field. There, we would warm up by passing to each other from a far distance. He actually pointed out that my accuracy was still good as usual. Afterwards, I would be the goalkeeper and he would take some shots. And then when it was my turn, I scored some goals. In the end, we did a 1v1 match. First to 10 wins. It was a tough match for me as I was facing someone with more experience, endurance and skills. In the end I won, 10-9 ( I was actually winning 8 to 5 and he started catching up):/ It was a very close one. Obviously, he didn't go 100% but its cool with me. We played from like 5:20 to about 8. In the end, my legs were tired and we walked back home. I had a very good time.

Pic of FOOTBALL when I got home :

BUDDIES

Today, we had buddies yet again. And I believe next week will be the last time :( Today, we played Lacrosse. Initially, I didn't want to play it, but in the end, I wished we could play more of it! So, after we encountered with our buddies, we explained them the rules of lacrosse. Of course, some didn't understand, but after explaining over and over again and telling them to be careful, they finally got the rules. One rule that was broken from time to time was the 3 step rules but it didn't matter to me because they were having a blast. Unfortunately, the big buddies couldn't play because there wasn't enough sticks and if we played we could've injured our little buddies. Again, I had to emphasise the rules to my buddy, Whenever he was trapped I would point out to his teammates who were open and he would pass to them. I also gave him some tactics . In the end, the little buddies enjoyed the game very much and wanted to play it again, My buddy was very sweaty in the end but that didn't matter to him as he had fun. Also, we would have to stop the game from time to time as our buddies would all fight for the balls.

CAPTURE THE FLAG

On wednesday I believe, we had choice and the choices were : Capture The Flag, Lacrosse, Hockey, Badminton  and a couple more. Initially, I wanted to play some badminton, but there was too many people and since it was sunny outside, I thought, why not play CTF . Surprisingly, there wasn't THAT many people and there were lots of 8's, some 9's and some 10's.  Shockingly, a grade 9, Tulin, took leadership and Gurjap and Abhishek enforced the rules. I tried to enforce some of them to the 8's whenever we encountered each other. I also encouraged my friends to play. I would always run and get the footballs. And when I was tagged, I would run back and go again. It was 8/10 vs 9's. Since we lost twice, Gurjap suggested we balance out teams and after we did, the game went smoothly. Unfortunately, many people weren't listening and the leaders had to scream. In the end, me, Abi and Gur helped to put away the equipment.

JOGGIN'

On Sunday, since I had nothing important to do, me and my brother went for a jog. We started jogging from my place and jogged all the way to SH and back. We then raced a couple of times and I actually got faster. My brother usually beats me in races, but I was toe-to-toe this time. Overall, It felt good to exercise and spent some time with my brother.

BUDDIES

Friday was very rushed as we had to go to buddies, come back and eat quickly and go to the assembly. But it turned out fine. My buddy was happy to see me, and we chatted a lot. He told me that he was excited for summer and excited to play modified baseball with us. I found it amazing how he was so involved in the game, when at first he thought it would be boring.. How ironic.. Fortunately, he didn't play cockily and let his friends swing the bat too. It was very hard for me to make him understand the rules but after the big buddies demonstrated, he got the essence of it. Not I see how it's like for our teachers when we don't listen..

TREADMILL

Today, I worked out on the treadmill again. This time, I did a mild , not too hard, and not too easy run. I kept a somewhat consistent pace, and I would slow down once in a while to get water, I found that music as motivation helps a lot :) Tomorrow or Monday, I might do another run. I felt tired but good after running. 

MODIFIED 25 MINUTES RUN

During this fitness exercise, we ran around the lower field in groups of 3 to 4. We were supposed to find people with the same beep test scores and go with them. According to your beep test scores, you would either run for 1 mins and rest for 1 mins, or run for 2 mins and rest for 1 and so on. Since my last one was 8.4, I chose to go with Nick, Miggy and Amrit. Nick and Miggy had a somewhat close beep test score as I had but Amrit had 6.6 or something like that. Additionally, we were also supposed to let the slowest person, in this case Amrit, lead the way so we keep a consistent pace. One fact I can point out is that Amrit tried his best even though his calves were burning like crazy! And so did we. However, me, Nick and Miggy had to run slower than we usually run so we can keep a consistent pace.  One benefit of all that is ; when you run slower than usual, in other words hold yourself back, you actually work your thighs a lot more. As it's harder to slow jog. Overall, I was tired at the end, as when Neuf blew that whistle, everyone in my group ran like crazy!! Even Amrit Sprinted which was surprisingly very fast!!

*Will try to get pic from Miggy*

SMALL GYM ACTIVITIES COMBINATION

Today, we had the small gym to ourselves and we made use of the space efficiently by playing small games. Firstly, we played 9 pins which  is a game where you have 9 pins set up, each guarded by 9 different people and the objective is to knock their pins down by either throwing a dodgeball or kicking it (which I learned today). You could leave your pin and run to knock the others down but you had to watch out for yours too. Personally, I stayed a long time in the game and got some pins down. Afterwards, we played a game of regular dodgeball but I had some difficulties. I couldn't aim the ball properly (sounds crazy right?) and missed a lot, but it was a very exciting game as I got some people down. Finally, we ended the day with a game of benchball but it was pretty short as we were running out of time. Overall shoutout to peers/teacher for great activities.

CAPTURE THE FLAG

Last Thursday, we played Capture the Flag. It was 9's against 10's and it had it's difficulties but overall it was good. Grade 9's had the lower field to hide their flag and the Grade 10's had the upper field. Additionally, there was a neutral zone where you would go to if you got tagged. You also had to stay 10-15 feet away from the actual flag but the rules were broken from time to time, but no one is to blame because  if we wanted to make the game very good, then it was our responsibility to make it. Anyways, most of us stayed near our base at the start to protect our flag. But some stayed to guard it till the end which is fine. But I, on the other hand, went to the enemy's territory to try and get the flag. Sure I got caught but I went back to try and get it. In the end, I lost track of the scores but that doesn't matter because we had fun. 

THREADMILL

This past weekend, I continued my treadmill routine. But this time, I did interval training but it wasn't timed. What I mean by that that, is I did it by feel. For Instance, I would run at 8-8.5 MPH (Increased it) and stop to get a drink of water. Afterwards, I would walk to regain my composure/momentum and go again. I felt more tired than  usual, because instead of doing the treadmill last week, I went to the gym. On the summer, I plan to do 15-30 mins each day or every other day to get fit.

BootCamp

On Tuesday, we did a new and fun exercise called "BootCamp". It's basically a list of 10 exercises that you must complete. The exercises include Incline/Decline pushups, over and backs, running and Split Lunges. You have to do each one in 1 minute without stopping and you get a 30 sec rest. The point of the exercise is to see who can do the most of the exercises under one minute. You compete against a partner. Mine was Erren and he was doing pretty good. I beat him in some and he beat me in some also. So it was a balanced pair-up. Unfortunately, I couldn't go 100% on the arm/shoulder exercises as of my sore arms, but I still fought the pain and tried my best. Which resulted in more soring but it only means that I did the workout right!  My total reps was 350 because of all the soreness! And I could've gotten more if I did the easy exercises 1st and then the hard ones. Overall, good day!

SPEEDBALL (ALL BAND)

Today for P:E, we had the combined class of Day 1 and Day 2 and we played Speedball. It consisted of 3 footballs and 1 American football. As there was a lot of us, the footballs weren't "moving". What I mean is: some balls would get stuck to one end, not actually moving. As usual,  some people wanted to show off, and not pass etc.. But most of my peers did pass to me and others. I also tried to pass the ball whenever I could, to let other people have fun also. Personally, I didn't try my very, very best because I was still sore from the gym, and unfortunately, I didn't have my P:E strip. I didn't have it because today was Day 2 firstly, and I didn't check Twitter for updates. But it's the first time I actually "forgot" my P:E strip. But I still manages to run and pass to my peers. In the end, we could've circulated the footballs more. A suggestion would be to add a couple of more balls.

Weights/Swimming

Yesterday, me and my bro went to the gym and then swimming. In the gym, we decided to work on our arms and our core. He showed me how to lift the weights, so I don't get injured and I don't get sore. We worked on our arms for about 30 minutes and then we went swimming in the pool. I thought I could swim, until I actually got in the pool and couldn't swim. But I was able to keep my balance and we chilled along with my uncle. After swimming, we went to a steam room and took a chill head shower. Couldn't take pictures because it wasn't allowed.