Today I attended my personal training session, but in Diego's gym. Since it is Saturday Diego gave me this class along with Zaira, his wife and also a personal trainer. At first, I thought that the class was going to be just like the other but I actually learned a lot about myself. First, I learned the importance of communication and trust between me and my trainer. Diego and I have been working together for a year and he know exactly my weaknesses, when I am giving up because I am lazy and when I am really tiered and I can't handle more pressure. This has really worked because it has allowed Diego to guide my training in a way that it challenges me but it also doesn't exceed what I can perform. However, since he conducted this session with Zaira, another personal trainer, she didn't know me as much. For example, she made me do some exercise that were painful for my knees. In this case, Diego would have known this and would have adjusted my workout according to what I can perform.
Nonetheles, working with Zaira was also beneficial because she taught Diego some extra steps to some exercise we do. By this I mean that she added an extra challenging step to a routine I have already been doing. This enhanced my session because some excercises I have been doing for a while so they are easy. This additional steps that Zaira added continued to make my training challenging, and thus pushed me to work harder. I think that this will help me strengthen even more some muscles. Finally, I really enjoyed doing this session in the gym because I usually do them in the park outside my house. Going to the gym gave me the ability to use some machines which enhanced the training. Growth – Challenges – Perseverance – Collaboration
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Today i went to my personal training. It was very productive because it was after school and it allows me to release stress and later on concentrate better when doing homework. I was able to work to my full potential and I even improved on the amount of pushups i am able to do. Although i was very tired because I had a hard day at school training was a way to disconnect from reality and just focus on myself. I feel doing this had allowed me to change my lifestyle and improve my health, i have become stronger over the past few months and i have even been able to reduce the percentage of fat in my body. I am very proud of the improvements i have been able to see recently but i feel i still have to learn to not give up so easily when things get hard. I am already working on this because my trainers helps me push my limits because it teachers me to be more resistant and eventually not give up so quickly. This week i was able to not only keep on motivating myself to go train 3 times a week but i also was able to motivate my sister to join me and help her get a habit of doing exercise. She is visiting for a while and she doesn't exercise very often but i have challenged her to join me and try to gain that habit again. I believe it would be great for as a future project help incentivise people to change their lifestyle and improve their health by creating a habit of exercising. Besides, for today my goal was to work on my legs and every class add more intensity and pressure to be able to achieve my goal. Today was very hard because i switched from the weights of 4 to 5 and i really felt the difference. Although i was very exhausted by the end of the class i felt really fulfilled because i realised that the things you suffer for or really put effort for you are able to value them more. For the next week I have set a goal to go out and run the days I don't have training because i want to be a able to have the courage and will to do it without having someone expecting me to do it. Also I want to become more resistant when i run so that i can at the end be able to run a whole 5k competition. Skills – Challenges – Collaboration – Perseverance A few weeks ago I had the opportunity to run a 5k. At first when my mom first told me about this idea I wasn’t a big fan of it, initially since I had never ran one before my nervous and insecurity took over, but soon i realized that this was the perfect opportunity to take the challenge and run a 5k for the first time so that soon I could potentially be running even a marathon. It took place in the Costa Verde a Saturday morning, to make the experience a little more exciting for me I decided to invite a friend to run with me, so both of us were ready to go see the unexpected. Once we got there the atmosphere was full of joy and positivity, there were people dressed up in creative and unique ways for instance, there were a group of girls dressed with big pink tutus. There was music in the environment and two hosts who were responsible of getting everyone up and active before the race started. Seeing how everyone was so motivated and energetic got me engaged and starting to develop an interest in this type of events.
Once the race started I was very motivated to try to get to the finish line without stopping, it was a little silly of me to believe that I would be able to do it although it was my first time even running a race but still having that goal on my mind pushed me to try my best. Half way through the race I started to get really tired and began to slow down but i was enjoying so much seeing the color powder everywhere and getting all covered in it that it made me see the race in a different perspective I wasn’t only there to win or to get the best time that i could but also i was there because I realized how much i enjoyed doing events like this not only because its exercise but also it brings a community together to be positive and have fun. When we finally got to the finish line it was very fulfilling to have completed something new and have achieved a certain goal. It’s not that I broke a record or got a really good time but it’s the fact that I was able to take the risk and challenge myself to go and run a 5k for the first time, although it isn’t a very long distance for me it was a like a good step towards beginning new adventures and discovering new passions. Initiative – Challenges – Growth |