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Introduction:
Well here is the last post of a 12 week journey. I want to take this blog to talk about my strengths and weaknesses. I worked really hard during this 12 week period. I started doing something that I never saw myself doing until this project came along. I want to give a big thanks to my Volleyball Coach Catie, Jessica, my mom, Abbey Custer and my dad. Without these people I would not be doing the stuff I am today. Coach Catie inspires me to do more with the sport I love, she teaches me to be the best I can be on and off the court. I am so thankful. Jessica is my workout instructor at torque athletics. By the way for anyone looking to get in shape this is the place to go. Jessica gives me workouts that push my limits, workouts that I think I won get through, but each time I do. Shes taught me not give up and that someone believes in me even when I don´t. My mom is a big part in my journey. She encourages me to be the best I can be. She pays for me to workout for the sport I love more than most things in this life. She takes me and picks me up and is always giving me endless support, and for that I will be forever grateful. Abbey is my friend who never gives me slack. She works out with me, and is the person who talked me into starting working out in the first place. She's a good friend and never gives up on me even when I give up on myself. My dad is a big part of my volleyball journey. He is always on my back about working hard and doing good. He is so supportive and never ceases to amaze me. He tells me I can when I don't think I can. He will never give up on me, and that is the greatest feeling in the world. I had a ton of support during this journey. I worked hard on my physical health during this 12 week period. I started torque around the 6 week mark because I knew I could not rely on myself this whole 12 week period because excuses would be made. I got myself together. I worked out and I plan to keep working out even when this period is over. A big weakness would be the diet part of this project. Although I didn't fully cut out all junk food I stopped eating most of it. It just wasn't appealing. I started eating more carbs and vegetables because without those I would not have the energy to work out. As I start this week's activities I just want to say thanks for being a part of this journey with me. Tuesday December 5th (Torque) Today was considered "leg day." We started off with 20 squats and 20 step ups for 2 rounds. The squats were not just the normal do it yourself squats. We had a medicine ball between our legs and we faced the wall with our hands on the wall, we were supposed to squat and sit on the ball without our hands coming off the wall. After 20 of the squats we had 20 step ups so 10 on each leg. In total we had 40 squats and 40 step ups. The next set we had to do was similar. We did more squats with power lunges. During our squats we held a 20 pound kettlebell in the middle of our chest and then had 20 squats. After these we had 30 power lunges. Power lunges are when you keep lunging and don't stop. Jumping into each lunge and not stopping between. We had this for 4 sets. In total we had 80 squats and 120 power lunges. The next thing we had to do was 15 RDLs. During RDLS I had a 20 pound dumbbell in each hand. You stand with your feet about 3 or 4 inches apart with your arms hanging down then you bend down keeping your legs straight, and come back up 15 times. After this we had a 10 pound weigh in on hand and when you jumped into a lunge you lifted your arm that was weighted into the air. When you did 10 on one arm you switched to the other. In all we had these for 4 sets. In all we had 60 RDLs and 80 weighted lunges. The next activity was explosive jumps down and back. Explosive jumps you're in a squat and swing and jump as far as you can. After you went down and back you had 20 hip thrusters. Hip Thrusters are when you lay on your back with your knees up and feet on the ground and just lift your hips. These were not regular hip thrusters we had a 18 pound kettlebell on our hips to lift. We had each of these for 4 sets. In total I had around 50 explosive jumps and 80 hip thrusters. The last activity for the day was 100 weighted sit ups. We had a 10 pound plate during these. Wednesday December 6th (Volleyball Practice) This week at practice was similar to the others. We started by practicing and then ran 3 laps then stretched. We started warming up with the butterfly drill to keep our passing and hitting control improving. Then we started with some hitting lines working on places to hit in the court. Since I am an outside I aimed for line because that is usually most teams weak spots. After hitting we started working on some defense drills. After the defense drills we worked on some serving. My spot serving has started to improve greatly. If you can spot serve it works to your teams advantage. The rest of practice my team scrimmaged with the 15's to work on our rotations and positions. |