Dance Week

During dance week we did line dancing, bhangra, hip-hop and Zumba (not jazz as we went skating). Line dancing was fun because it makes you feel like cow folk and that’s my jam. After that we did bhangra and I was like girl that’s the dance of my people holla so I enjoyed that fully and the most. Then we did hip-hop (yes this is not in chronological order) and I obviously have no rhythm because my genre is more graceful and sometimes fast paced Bollywood dancing (in my room by myself). We also did Zumba which is very expressive and I like that very much. I showed up to all classes and performed as good as I could.

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Attendance wise I have missed one class I believe and I was sick that day. Other then that I arrive on time usually taking around 5 more minutes to finish changing. I've never not participated for an injury or anything like that. I always have gym strip at school so I have always had my strip, like twice I didn't change into my stop because we were told not to but then we ended up working out that day. These basic parts of coming to Get Fit have allowed me to be able to participate properly. I've always been here most of the time and I always have gym strip so I feel like my attendance has not negatively impacted my participation. I would rate my intensity of participation a 8.5 out of 10 because for the most part, I tried. There were some days were I just didn't feel like participating and I would give a meeting expectations type of performance. For the most part I've had extreme highs in this class and no depressing lows so far. I've just had some days were I was a bit off and not focused. I feel like I participate  during block wide fitness just as much as I do with class fitness. It all depends on my mood, weather if we are together or just our class doesn't matter to me. One class that I was really proud of was the pyramid class because that was something new that I never tried and I managed to do it. Not to mention I dressed up for my birthday that day and I still looked somewhat presentable so It showed me that you can still workout and look fabulous after. Another class that I was extremely proud of and it is the class that I felt like a star in was the pond run: valentines day edition. I explained it in my other blog about how I felt but basically I made a choice to change my attitude about PE that day and I ran the whole pond run!!! It was amazing. I feel like I bring a positive vibe to the class, I'm all about girl power so I bring that to the table. I like to encourage other people to try with me. To make the class better I could maybe try EVERY day and not have one slack day every once in a while. The amazing Bollywood actresses in saris are motivating me everyday along with my cousin's wedding and my clothes I got this year:)

Pond Run: Valentines Day edition

On Friday it was Valentines Day. I dressed up because I am my own valentine because I don't need a man to dress up because I dress up for myself. I am also forever alone (happily) and a nun basically and I always dress up on special events regardless of my relationship status. Back to the story, I knew that it was fitness and I always have strip because I keep it at school. I was hoping that we would get time to do blogs or something and was totally unmotivated. This is probably because I was finally not sore and I didn't want to get sore again -.- and also because I was to lazy to deal with taking my outfit off and putting it back on again because it had like 50 components to it. So after I came into the gym with a PE outfit with like 20% of any effort put into it. Then I asked what we were doing, the pond run OH SHOOT. I ran back to the girls locker room and actually put appropriate clothing on. Something about putting those clothes on made me want to participate. It's probably because I BEGGED MY MOM for them like on my knees full on, for my 16th birthday, I got really good grades begging. So we proceeded on with walking to the pond. I was so into it, my goal was to run when we were supposed to and fast walk when we were supposed to THE WHOLE TIME. I managed to complete my goal and I was so happy. I knew that if I didn't try then I would regret it the whole rest of the day. I also wanted to write a good blog about this and if I didn't try then I would have been able to write anything. Friday was a well accomplished day for me!!!

Miss Representation

We watched the documentary "Miss Representation" on Wednesday and Thursday I believe. I am a person that's all about that documentary life so I was excited. It was about women and how they are portrayed in the media. I was really excited about that as well because I stand up for gender equality!!! I feel like girls and women should stand together instead of tearing each other down. I also feel like women are over sexualized in the media and shown as objects. I realized while watching the documentary that men have it just as hard if not more then women. Their stereotypical expectations are to be strong, controlling and masculine while women are "supposed" to be dumb, catty, physically attractive and feminine. I feel like it will take a few more decades for this to get either better or worse. For now this is the society that we live in and there are some people who  don't care for fitting in society norms. It will take many more documentaries, activists and education for people to realize that the media is controlling us. 

Insanity!!!

I forgot to post this again -.- on some day we did the infamous insanity workout. I do this workout DVD at home so I am very familiar to the process. I did as much as I could even though I could hardly move because of the pyramid exercise the day before. The goal of this workout session for me was to somehow ignore the soreness and I tried. I made my heart rate go up and was pretty sweaty after so it was a good day. I realized the day after how well I had performed. I am still SO SORE TODAY like I feel like an old person in a young body. This is a love hate concept because it hurts like there's no tomorrow but that means I actually worked out. I hope I can move tomorrow but I love insanity!!!

Pyramid

I forgot to post this. Anyways, two days ago we did this fitness pyramid. I found the idea to be very interesting because it was so simple but you still got a good workout from it. I pushed my self until Ifelt that I was going to throw up which I did almost. My mouth was dry and my chest hurt but I kept going and managed to finish it. The hardest exercise for me was the foot taps because I don't have much body strength which is what I want to work on. I want to be able to keep going and ignore the pain. By the time I was done, I had sweat on my neck and back and I wanted to curl up in a ball on the floor. The next day I couldn't move, I was so sore and that's when I knew that I actually worked out. I felt very accomplished at that moment. I would love to do more of the pyramid exercise and similar concepts. :) and this is me and Sydney red while covered with sweat.

Zumba

Today we did Zumba fitness in the small gym. I absolutely love Zumba because its a dance form and its very...expressive! It also gets your heart rate up and it is generally fun. I felt that today I really worked my body out. My back and stomach were covered with sweat and I was so thirsty. I remained really hot all 4th period. I really now this helped because my abdominal muscles are sore which is a sign that my muscles were worked on. I love doing dance exercises and I really want to do Bollywood dance! That would be the best day ever!!! Next time I will take pictures or make a video, I couldn't today because I forgot my iPod a home:(