Weekly Summary 1

 Weekly Summary

5/16/21

The first week of my senior project is done and I am excited to move forward into week 2. This past week Mitchell and I did a six-day push/pull/leg workout plan. In this program, you go through a 3-day cycle starting with chest/triceps/shoulders, then moving to back/biceps, and finishing with legs. During the first cycle, you do workouts where you strictly push the weight and in the next cycle, you do workouts that are a pull motion. This can also be stated as concentric vs eccentric which have equal advantages. We also worked in core and cardio. In this program, each muscle group gets worked twice a week and they get two-day breaks in between. This coming week we will switch to the Arnold Split plan. This program is another 3-day cycle that is a rotation of chest/back, then biceps/triceps/shoulders, and legs. In the Arnold split each muscle group is given less rest time because you inadvertently work muscles on their 'off days. This week we will go through this plan and see which one we prefer. I plan to do some interviews with Ross Young, Craig Leeman, and Amy Mckecknie to discuss fitness and nutrition. I also plan to do more research on nutrition, fitness, and having a healthy balanced diet. 

I did have a little bump in the road at the end of the week and I tried to switched projects. I made a new project that was focused on nature's effect on mental health while doing hiking and gardening. However, after I tried it for a day on Saturday I realized that it was not very fun doing it alone and I ended up switching back into my original plan with Mitchell. I did go for a pretty sweet hike to the bulkhead that ended up being around 12 miles round trip. 

Today (Sunday) I did physical testing with the ski team. The tests are the pacer test, broad jump, triple jump, 20-meter sprint, single-leg squat, push-ups, pullups, and box jumps. I got a good baseline of my fitness going into summer training and found that I have made some significant progress since my last test last year. 












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