Gym Training

From the beginning, I was always inclined towards sports and activities rather than academics such as football, cricket, basketball and frisbee. Due to the pandemic, all of these activities were restricted and I was forced to sit at home. This led to me gaining a bit of unwanted fat. After the pandemic cooled down a little and gyms were open, I decided to give it a go. I had planned to lose all that unwanted fat which I gained in the pandemic and build strength and muscle.

LO-1
Did you identify your strengths and weaknesses?

Strengths:
-My endurance and stamina were the biggest advantages that I had as due to being a long-distance runner and a football player my endurance would allow me to train more as well as lift heavy. My endurance and stamina allowed me to push my limits and achieve my goals by working out.

-I had a good form as well as techniques since we used to have fitness sessions in football, compound exercises such as squats were done hence, my form for squat as well as techniques for other exercise helped me add more weights, and made the process a little faster.

-As being healthy, and at the right weight according to my height, I was able to cope up with my sore muscles after the workout and I was easily able to balance out my diet and the workout schedule I had planned.

Areas for growth:
-The main concept of losing unwanted weight is to be consistent which is a bit difficult for me based on my busy schedule. I am planning to give my 100% in the gym during the summer vacations. This would help me be consistent and I would be able to see my predicted results.

LO-2
Weight lifting requires a lot of balance and strength. Initially, I struggled with heavy weights in a few exercises which led to improper form. I improved the process by doing more reps with the heaviest weight I could perform the exercise with. Over time, the weights increased and I developed greater strength and lost fat which was overall a positive result.

LO-4
I had many difficulties with consistency and maintaining a strict diet. This led to indiscrepancies in my workout schedule which resulted in imbalance in my workouts. Consistency is key in gyming. I worked out for a week or two and was unable to see results which led me to eat junk which led to disturbance in my workout schedule and target plan.