Adredaline

     Adrenaline is a felling that I believe we've all experienced. Whether its being chased by a dog and having to run, fighting, or simply playing sports and being caught up in the moment. This past weekend I had some adrenaline pumping and I am going to talk to you about how that adrenaline helped me but at the same time caused me to feel extremely tired during a challenge. On Saturday at the gym we had an event that we put together called " HOT SATURDAZE" which is a one hour work out that involves challenges and winners. I was able to win the first challenge which was doing 10,15, and 20m squats with 185lbs on the bar followed with 10,15, and 20 box jumps. We were going up by five reps each round. I wasn't really excited to be honest with you because I wasn't planning on competing that day but my boss made me. Once he blew the whistle to begin the workout I as going as fast as I could and I noticed I was the first one done with my squats and began hitting the box jumps so it gave me a bit more of confidence. Now on my second set my adrenaline is high and my heart is beating extremely fast and I'm just racing through the squats and the box jumps thanks to my adrenaline. Before I know it I'm on my last set of box jumps and I have finished and I have won. I'm excited and I'm done with the first challenge. At this point I feel great and have tremendous amounts of energy flowing through my body due to everyone hyping me up. But then I go to sit down and feel a huge amount of pain and soreness on my thighs and hamstrings. I got this feeling when my adrenaline went down and I wasn't so hyped up. I rolled myself out and went home that day and make sure I stretched. The next day I woke up extremely sore and it was a bit hard for me to sit down. I then realized everything was fine when I was hyped up due to my adrenaline running through my body and not being able to feel anything but it caught up to me and the adrenaline that helped me win a challenge in 3 minutes turned into 3 days of awful soreness.

Procrastination

As a student I've procrastinated several times. I'm sure a lot of students do too. I've procrastinated on homework, studying, and showing up on time for a certain event. In high school or specifically my senior year I got 'senioritous' senioritous is when students (seniors) simply get lazy and don't try as hard as they should in school. I procrastinated on homework multiple times for most of my classes and did it the period before it was do. This wasn't a good idea because while doing it I felt rushed and really wasn't trying to answer the questions to my ability I kind of just did it to do it. This ended up tying into my studying. My homework wasn't the best so to utilize it as a resource for studying wasn't a good idea nor helpful. My grades were average and would sometimes decline. They were not as good as the last 3 years. all of this was causing my grades to decline a bit, I barely graduated with a 3.3 GPA. I should've done a whole lot better as a senior. If i would have none of these problems would have happened and they did do to the simple issue of me wanting to procrastinate. Part of my procrastination came from always wanting to have fun like going out with friends, exercising, and always being on my phone which I believe was a major issue. These things listed above are all fun but I was forgetting to take care of business in the classroom and then going and enjoying myself and having a good time. Procrastination caused me to have my priorities all mixed up and not in the correct order. I believe if you are a senior you should try your best the whole year and not get lazy or procrastinate because then you might end up like me or if not worse.

Volleyball

 Volleyball is a sport that in my opinion is very fun. It consists of hitting a ball back and forth over a net. The goal in volleyball is to hit it over on your opponents side and somehow make sure it hits the grounds whether its a good hit or a really good spike that goes down hard towards the sand. This weekend I went to go play with friends and members from the training facility at which I work at. When we started I was a bit confused over the rules and how to properly serve the ball. I was confused because everybody there would change the rules just about every other point. There was only one person out of all 19 that knew how to properly play volleyball and I could tell she was getting a bit frustrated. It was a fun game and everyone was laughing and at the same time talking trash to each other back and forth. I learned how to properly serve and the proper way to set another teammate up so that they can spike the ball. At times when the other team would hit it a bit far from my area it was hard to get to the ball quick and try to make a play because the sand slows you down and makes your feet feel heavy. We played for about an hour and a half and everyone was sweating but yet no one said they were tired and we never took a water break which I found weird because everybody's face was sweaty. I'm glad I got to learn how to play volleyball and get a better understanding of the rules and how to properly play. I would encourage all of my peers to give volleyball a try whether its one on one with a friend or with various people because its fun and enjoyable and  everyone is capable of playing in my opinion.

My weekend

 

 

  My weekend this week went by pretty fast. We all have weekends some of our weekends go by fast while others weekends go by slow. This weekend was a bit different since I planned out my schedule. I usually just clean my room, house, and my car on the weekend and go workout on Saturday. To some this may seem extremely boring and to others they might be able to relate. But this weekend I had to break that habit of doing the same routine every weekend. This weekend I did that and more. I recently just got a job at a gym in Modesto and we are building a new weight room so I had to help fix that and the weight room came out looking great! We bought all new machinery and equipment. I also worked Saturday and Sunday at the restaurant I work at and it was crazy busy we had over 100 covers each night. I was in a hurry half the time I even began to sweat. I had to clear plates, run food, set up tables, bus tables, and box food from all the different tables it got a bit hectic towards the end. Although I might have been complaining in the moment to myself I was glad I did it because all the tables tipped good amounts which made every employee happy for those two nights. Also before I clocked in at the restaurant both days at 6pm I ran errands throughout the day like going to the bank, buying groceries, cleaning the family business, going shopping, and helping my cousin set up for my aunts surprise party. I had to learn how to plan all of these events out before I would go into work or plan them out in the way that would be more efficient and convenient for me. I was able to learn how to adapt to a different schedule on the weekend in comparison to doing the same routine that I've been doing for the past few months. How about your weekend? Did you plan it out or simply go with the flow?