Fitness and Nutrition Senior Project

 We had a later start to our day and started it on the turf with warming up and stretching to get ready for our first day of re-testing our maxes. I was able to test my back squat yesterday and I was able to increase it by 20 pounds. On the first day of testing I squatted 160lbs and today I did 180lbs. After that, I was able to do bench press but I will be re-testing that on Wednesday. After that, we went to the seminar, then to lunch and then we went up to the tennis courts and played for two hours. Then later that day I did some core and went for a bike ride. Hours: 5

 This week we felt like we were able to achieve our goals to make more smoothies and get out of the gym a little more. We were able to go outside a lot more this week and find other ways to work out outside of the gym. We also remembered to bring smoothie ingredients and the correct blender that way the smoothie actually blended. We defiantly had some not so great smoothies but we also had some really yummy ones that will make it into the cookbook. With all of the warm weather, we had this week we really took advantage of getting outside and not just staying in the gym because that got very boring. One of the things we were able to get outside and do was the sunrise hike which in the end was very worth it and we all had so much fun. I still don't think that I have been able to catch back on the sleep that I missed but that okay because we still had so much fun. I left my house at 2:30 which was very early but worth it. We only got lost two times. The rest of the week I was really t...

 Today we all did our own thing because of the games and all of us have them at different times. Today I went on a hike with my family and it was so pretty out and such a nice day. All of the flowers are blooming right now sop it is so pretty out.  The weather this week has been outstanding and it has allowed us to get out and enjoy it. After the hike, I went down to the lake and played tennis, and then went back to my house and did a bike ride on the peloton and more core. I got a very good workout in today and then I was able to go back to school and support the teams in the sports games. When I got to school I was able to go on a walk with Blake and Maddie. Hours: 5

 Today we started at 10am and went to the gym. After that, we headed to the gym to do some stretching and get warmed up and ready to go for today's workout. After our warmup, we went into the gym and out to the turf strip to do some circuits and lots of core. My core was already very sore and so today I was able to really push myself. After that, we made a truly amazing smoothie that was one of a kind. This one will defiantly be going in the smoothie book!!! I loved this smoothie mainly because I love chia and that was what this smoothie was. Hours: 4

 Today we had a little bit later start to our day because we were all so tired from our 2am wake up from the hike yesterday. We met as a group after the seminar and headed straight to the turf strip to do some stretching and foam rolling to get ready for our workout of the day. Once we were all ready to go we headed into the weight room to do an all-body workout. We squatted, bench pressed, and a bunch of other exercises and circuits. Once we were done in the weight room we headed out to the turf strip to work on some core and stretching. Once we were done working out we went to make a smoothie which was a very interesting smoothie that will not be in our cookbook. The consistency was very weird and it was very tart. Hours: 2

 OH MY GOSH!!! Today was a very very early morning that consisted of me waking up at 2am. I got 4 hours of sleep and when my alarm went off all I wanted to do was go back to bed but I got up and drove to school. Last night when they told me they wanted to do this I thought they were joking but after two hours of telling me they weren't, and then asking their dorm parents if it was okay to go on a hike at 3am I finally started to believe them. I got to school and met Black and Ava and for some reason, Ava seemed to have a boatload of energy for 3 in the morning. I did not have this much energy at all. Once we all met up and got our bug spray on and headlamps we headed into the very very dark woods. After getting lost a couple times we finally made it to the top and it was beautiful!!! We took lots of pictures and got bit by lots and lots of mosquitoes. Even though I am very exhausted, I am happy I did it even though I am covered in bug bites. After that, we hiked down, took a nap in...