The goal I was most successful in achieving was improving my cardio. We recently did our fitness appraisal in class and I increased by three laps for the twelve minute run. It might not sound like a lot, but for me it’s a significant improvement for sure. What I was least successful in achieving was staying consistent and doing my workout every week. Full honestly, I procrastinated and made excuses to make myself feel better. This was by far the hardest part of this whole assignment because I can be lazy at times. My diet did change throughout this assignment because it just so happened that I had an assignment in my Psychology class in which my goal was to eat more fruits and vegetables and less junk food. Basically every day i gradually increased my fruits and vegetables intake and began making conscious decisions to decline unhealthy food. It just worked out in a way that these two assignments coincided. What I learned about myself throughout this mini journey is that I have what it takes to get into shape and eat healthier. What I need to fix is my laziness and try to be more dedicated but if I get that down packed, I can see myself living a much healthier lifestyle in the near future and that was my main goal.

For future motivation I see myself joining sports leagues to get my exercise rather than gym workouts. I’m a sports fanatic so getting my workout in while having fun playing a sports is my kind of workout. I see myself living an active lifestyle by not only playing sports but also by doing home workouts on my spare time when I know I have enough time to get a good workout in. Three benefits of a healthy lifestyle are; improved mood, combats diseases, and it controls weight. Three risks of a sedentary lifestyle are; increases risk of illness, contributes to anxiety and depression, and it increases the likelihood of being overweight. Two high fat foods that are very healthy for you are eggs and cheese.

The point of a workout is to lightly prepare your body by slightly increasing the intensity after a few minutes. Warming up also gets your heart rate going and your muscles warmed up before starting the actual workout. Another important factor of a workout is that it helps you avoid injury. A good warm up is when you prepare your body fully for the workout that is about to take place. It should last about fifteen minutes and you should warm up as many muscle groups, and as many parts of your body as possible while getting your heart rate up. A cool down is also important in the exercise routine because it allows your body, and your breathing, to slowly get back to normal in a healthy way. The best time to stretch your muscles is before your workout because it allows your muscles to and your body to warm up to ensure they work to the best of their ability during the workout. Stretching is important because it keeps your muscles flexible, strong, and healthy. Eight hours is the ideal amount of sleep that we should be getting every night on average. I usually get around seven but the range is between seven and nine so I’m doing a pretty good job. Insufficient sleep can lead to many medical problems such as; obesity, heart disease, and even diabetes just to name a few. Two snacks that are really good while studying are almonds, and an apple with peanut butter.

I definitely feel different this week because I haven’t done it the past couple of weeks to be honest. I feel really good about myself and I feel like I’m heading in the right direction. I’m definitely in a better mood and my self-confidence has increased for sure. The activity plan helps me plan my week out better, I’ll plan all my homework and see where I can squeeze in a workout on a bit of spare time. The main barrier is that I have a very busy schedule, between seeing my girlfriend, school, and work, it sometimes feels very overwhelming for me. I plan to overcome this by making my health more of a priority in my life and maybe even getting up early in the morning to do a workout and start my day off right. For my cardio workout, I rested for ten seconds in between sets because and longer than that and I’ll lose all my momentum, the shorter the rest, the better the workout. It’s enough time to breathe, and get ready for the next set.

In this workout video, I focus on cardio. I do a five minute warmup along with a five minute cooldown. The main part is obviously the cardio part of the workout where I do line jumps, jumping jacks, high knees, and burpees just to name a few. I include a warmup because it’s essential to have a good workout, and a cooldown to slowly make my body go back to normal.

One of my favorite workouts is cardio. It’s the healthiest thing you could do and it decreases your risk for so many illnesses. But overall, my favorite type of physical activity is playing sports because I love every single one of them. I definitely prefer working out at home because it’s free and just as effective. I don’t have to worry about making time to go to the gym, you could workout whenever you want in the comfort of your own home. For the rest of the assignment I see myself doing mostly cardio workouts because that’s really what I want to improve on right now. For the remainder of my life I’m not sure what I picture doing, I definitely want to pickup playing more sports and try doing full body workouts.

http://www.totalcampo.com

1. I play soccer with this league every Wednesday, but you play on different days depending on how good your team is and it costs $200 for the season.

2. It’s a soccer league which I play in with all my friends.

3. I’ve played soccer my whole life so it feels amazing being on the field whether it’s before, during, or after.

4. I learned that I really need to work on my cardio. I liked that it gets me out of the house and that I get to play a sport that I love. I didn’t dislike anything.

5. I’m glad I went because I love sports and I’d recommend them to anyone who feels the same way as me.

I’m not the type of guy who wants big muscles and wants to be the strongest guy in the room. From an exercise program all I want to do is lose my stomach fat because I have a bit of a belly and I never had that. I used to play hockey and soccer every single week until I started college. When you combine balancing work and college, there’s not much time leftover and that’s why I decided to stop playing sports. Once I stopped playing sports, I barely got exercise and I even started to eat worse. That’s why my goal for an exercise problem is to solely lose my stomach fat, I’m not worried about having big muscles and being “buff”. Three things that could motivate me to stay dedicated to an exercise program are; surrounding myself with people who want to see me succeed, leaving time in my schedule for exercising, and looking into sports I could play because I love playing sports so it wouldn’t be hard to leave my house to go play sports. Thee things that can prevent me from exercising are; not having enough time in my schedule for exercising, the cost of taking classes or joining a sports league, and lastly I eat junk food a little often so it scares me sometimes that it’ll take so much work for me to lose my belly because of all the things I eat. I just really hope I stay disciplined, focus, and achieve my goal of losing my stomach fat.

Econofitness https://econofitness.ca/en

1. Econofitness is pretty much open from 6-11 everyday. It costed me nothing because I’m on a free trial.

2. I took a back training class with my friend.

3. Before, during, and after, I felt really good about myself the entire time because I know that I can do it.

4. I learned that back training also helps your posture because you must do the exercises with your back straight. I liked that I completed all the exercises even though some of them were difficult. I disliked how sore I felt the next morning!

5. I was definitely glad I went and I would definitely recommend it to a friend because it helps your posture as well.

Gym Fit Forme https://gymfitforme.com

1. Fit Forme is pretty much open all day everyday including three days where they’re open 24 hours. I’m on a free trial so it didn’t cost me anything.

2. I attended a weight training class with my friend.

3. I was nervous because I’ve never really worked out before. I mainly play sports and that’s how I get my exercise so this was new for me. During the workout I was really feeling the pain of the muscles I was using, but it felt good. Afterwards, I felt super sore and I currently still am.

4. I learned how to properly position myself to successfully complete the exercises and use my muscles to the maximum that I can for the best results. I liked that it made me feel like I was doing something productive and getting in shape. I disliked the soreness feeling and the pain, but it’s all worth it for my health.

5. I was very glad that I went because it took me out of my comfort zone and made me feel good about myself that I have the capability of completing a weight training class. I would definitely recommend it to a friend because it’s something that we should all push ourselves to do in order to get in shape.