Midterm Reflection - GetFit

      GetFit has again been a wonderful experience so far this year.  I have improved with my fitness a lot compared to the beginning of this year which was my main motive in joining this course.  I feel that last year I had a more ammature mentality with fitness and this year my maturity with knowing exactly where I want to improve has improved.  I feel more in control with my knowledge on fitness and my self-motivation has increased a lot. This has affected my confidence in a positive way and I hope to keep it up. I joined GetFit because I felt that it changes me as a person in a good way both mentally and physically. This course always affects my personality the most out of any other courses I take. My leadership skills has improved quite a lot within my group of friends. By leadership skills I mean that I am more able to encourage my peers and spread a positive attitude and when I do this it motivates me even more! I absolutely love the fact that we get to go on field trips because it increases the variety of things I have tried in my life which has contributed to my self-esteem. I find that one of my weaknesses is involvement and in GetFit field trips there's a force in getting involved such as when we went to the Panorama Dance Studio, Self Defence class, and Fencing. GetFit always makes such a great impact in my life and I'm so happy that this course exists.

    My fitness and health has improved a lot outside of school as well. In the summer I go to an all womans gym called "She's Fit" with my mom and it allows me to be more independant with my fitness and practice routines that I learnt in GetFit 2012/2013.  It also allows me to spend time with my mom which increases our great relationship. I walk to school every morning in all weather conditions and it has improved my health. I also got braces recently which will cut out all junk food practically that I used to digest. I feel that my future with fitness and health will improve as I mature as a person and I am already seeing the changes! 


So far in this course I think I would be at an A (89%-92%.) There is still room for improvement !

Panorama Dance Studio/ Fitness Progress

  
   Going to the Panorama Dance Studio was a blast! I love dancing so it was a great experience learning a Jazz routine to a song that I really like "Slow Down" by Selena Gomez. :)
I absolutely loved warming up at the studio because I felt very sore the next day which is a good sign after working out. Overall learning the whole routine with success gave me a sense of achievement and I enjoy that feeling very much! The days I work the hardest are when I feel completely healthy, energetic, and when I am surrounded by a positive atmosphere. I usually try hardest during fitness or days when our class is doing a more challenging activity. I also work hard in the weight room. The people I am surrounded with and just my self motivation and goals that I have set for myself this year in GetFit are contributors to how I participate in gym.  Compared to me during my summer holidays where most of the time I lounged around, I have seen an improvement with my fitness and I would like to keep seeing more improvements.To conclude, so far the start of GetFit has been great for me and I hope to have more positive feedback at the end of GetFit! :)  

Get Fit 2013-2014 (First Post)

   I am taking GetFit for another year now because my first experience with GetFit was AMAZING! I loved the amount of class spirit and motivation we all had and I just couldn't not take it for a second year. I hope to improve even more than I did last year by pushing myself even harder. I hope to have a very similar class experience in GetFit as last year. Last year our class became very motivational and hardworking which left myself and other classmates very proud. Lastly, I hope to have a fun and great time in GetFit and make new friends! Lets go GetFit 2014 ! :)

Miss Representation

   The movie Miss Representation was very inspirational and touching.  After watching this movie I feel that every person should watch it.  It really surprised me of how badly women around the world are degraded, even in a strong and well educated country like America women are very much underestimated and put down on.  Miss Representation showed how women are seen as objects especially in media.  At one point of the movie they showed how highly educated and powerful ladies running in elections for leading roles are humiliated and disgustingly joked about by media.  For instance, Sarah Palin who was running for president in America is a woman who represented femininity greatly like being a working mother.  Yet gruesome jokes were made about her and she was called  very disrespectful names because of her look.  This also goes for another women who was running for president in America.  That person is Hilary Clinton, but instead of representing femininity highly she showed a mix between masculinity and femininity.  She was also given sexist slogans like, "iron my shirt."
A lot of people often men would yell this out to her while she would be giving important speeches.  This made me think of bullying.  If the world wants childhood bullying to end then adults must stop their ways of bullying aswell.  The media constantly bashing women for being educated and more powerful than other men is a cruel and disturbing way of bullying because by now with the amount of knowledge, education and theories about this universe we have you would think we would have overcome the habit of being sexist beings.  Miss Representation was an eye opener to how we still as people of the world have a lot to learn and overcome and I hope this movie will make a difference to more as it did for me. :)

NovemberGetFit-SelfEvaluation.

   

  This semester has changed my whole outlook on gym.  I'm so proud of trying more and participating more because the feeling of when you finish is amazing. It gives a proud and happy feeling and I always feel more motivated for the next class. Gym has always been a class where we just play "games" to pass time but being in GetFit has allowed me to work on myself as an individual for a change while still being a good team sport in various activities! I'm not only proud of myself but proud at my classmates for creating such a positive, enjoyable and motivational environment.

 

    Being in GetFit has taught me numerous exercises and stretching techniques that will benefit certain parts of my body.  The recent field trip to Panorama Dance Studio had taught me many moves in Jazz for example, the Shanay.  Also, from doing yoga a lot I have learnt many beneficial yoga moves.  I have learn many small aspects from each field trip I have participated in and I hope to learn more before the semester end!

   My goal for the end of the semester is to hopefully continue the many exercises I have learnt in GetFit.  I also wish to maybe revisit some of the field trip locations we have been to.  For instance, I would like to revisit the Grouse Grind.  Another goal of mine is to improve in the many fitness activities we participate in.  For example, the beep test, pond run, and community run.   

   

    

Ice Skating Field Trip and More.

      Although not everyone could making it to the ice skating field trip, I had a great time!  It had been a long time since I've been ice skating and to be able to skate in a practically empty arena was awesome.  I enjoyed how at first we got free time and fitness was assigned after.  Power skating in circles is a great workout and also very enjoyable for me.  Field trips like this make me satisfied that I chose GetFit.  The field trips that we have been able to participate in have been an amazing and unregretful experience.  I also love that we have days where we can play vollyball or badminton for the whole class.  Since some days I don't wish to do a  full fitness workout, even though the feeling after the workouts are great! Yesterday we did the extended beep test and I feel proud of myself because I pushed myself to do more and it paid off.  Through doing the extended beep test I now know that my fitness has improved a lot!  My first actual break was at level 7.  My next goal is to stop at level 8.5 or 9 atleast by the end of the semester. :)

GetFit Reflection.

Getfit has been an amazing experience so far.  I have been much more motivated this year in GetFit!  Being with all girls and friends motivates me because we all have similar goals which is to stay fit and expand our fitness routine knowledge for the future.  In GetFit I've enjoyed the field trips we have been on because its great knowing that we go on field trips even in highschool.  Going to splits was awesome because it brought back memories from when I was younger and did gymnastics.  The sponge pit was my favourite!  My fitness has improved by a lot.  How I know is because my "mind over matter" has gotten stronger. Instead of giving up, I try and do even more than I can do on an average day.  The motivation has helped my fitness a lot and with this I have also improved on beep tests and hill runs! Being able to do fitness everyday has made me feel much better as a human being.  I feel more healthy and contented with myself.  My success within the class is that I contribute much more instead of just standing in the back.  By this I mean that I try and participate much more confidently during games and other activities we do in GetFit.   In GetFit I want to continue to stregthen my "mind over matter" ability and work more on my leadership skills. This semester I would like to accomplish the full feeling of knowing that I tried, participated and gave all my best in every activity we challenge ourselves to do.