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Week 7

 Through these 7 (8) weeks, I have driven myself to workout as much as I possibly could. At the beginning I started by simply doing weight lifting, but as I progressed I found it harder and harder to stick to it. So I joined basketball. I did other activities. I have learned that it does not matter what type of exercise you are doing (depending on your goal obviously) as long as you are staying active, staying consistent, and ultimately, having fun. If you don't enjoy something, you probably shouldn't do it. That is unless you have some goal that you do enjoy. For example, you want to get better at a sport, but you hate running. You are still going to run to get better at the sport because you enjoy the sport so much. But that's different. If you are working out simply to stay active and stay healthy, find something you enjoy. That will make it a lot easier to stay consistent with your workouts. You can even find different methods of staying consistent. For example, give yo...
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Week 6

 For the most part everything has gone the same. There has been some steady growth but it has slowed down a bit since I joined basketball and only started doing twice a week weight lifting. I have still been doing a lot of exercise (other than the PE weight lifting), such as basketball practice and games, soccer open gym, and individual soccer training.  I mostly joined basketball because I found it difficult to workout on my own at home and I had way too much time on my hands with nothing to do. I mean I enjoy the sport, and being with my friends, and I also do want to help the team (if I can). But I mention the working out reason because it is most relevant here. 
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Week 5

 I feel as though I have slowed down. I had a lot of motivation for the first week or two but then it kind of died out. I have still been working out, but not as much at home. I find it a lot easier to work out with my friends during PE than by myself at home. So if you ever end up working out make sure you find yourself a workout buddy or group. I have also joined basketball recently so it makes finding time and energy to workout outside of PE a little more difficult but basketball is a form of exercise so it works out in the end. I am still getting in the two days of weight lifting I have in PE and on top of that all the cardio and exercise that comes with basketball, so it's just a different type of working out in the end.  On a completely unrelated note, go check out Hozaifa's blog/quora posts, he talks about a lot of really interesting Marvel stuff there so yeah make sure to check his posts out. 
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Week 4

 Last week I fell ill. I was basically in bed all day watching movies. It was only for 2-3 days so I didn't miss too much. It has been pretty much the same as usual. The main thing I can really report on is that I have been slowly improving. I managed to do 4 sets of 9 reps at 105 lbs. for bench press last time so I will be raising the weight to 110 next time. Not really much else to say. 
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Week 3

 This week we're back to normal. I may be playing another indoor soccer game this weekend, just like last weekend, but I don't have tryouts so my workout schedule should not be affected. Unfortunately, I missed Tuesday because I was working on college applications all day. Other than that though, the week has been going according to the schedule I have set up and the most important part is that I do the rest of the workouts. If you're ever in a similar situation where you miss a workout or two because of external factors, don't let that affect you. Just pretend it didn't happen, come back the next day you're supposed to workout and work hard. That's the most important thing -- consistency. Consistency is key. Obviously, our lives are unpredictable, anything can happen at anytime. But the most important thing is that you just keep moving forward. That's what I have decided to do. In the past, I would miss a workout and then beat myself up for it so much s...
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Week 2

 Last week went really well. I was able to complete all the workouts while also avoiding injury. I have realized that it is much easier to get started than it is to continue. I mean this in the sense that, when you think about working out you think about it being difficult and energy consuming but it isn't as bad as you think so all you have to do is give yourself that little initial push and then the rest will be much easier.  As I said last week went really well, but this week is not going to go as well. I did one portion of the workout on Monday in PE but I decided to play basketball instead of workout for the second PE of the week. I also have the problem that I will have tryouts for IFC on Thursday and Friday so I don't want to tire myself out before those. I will try to get a workout in at least on Saturday, to minimize the amount I am missing. 
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Week 1

I have always wanted to get myself into shape. I have always thought it would be a good way to look better, feel better, and in the case of soccer, play better. So, I have decided that this 8 week blog challenge will be a great way to keep myself accountable and make sure I actually do my workouts when I am supposed to. I am planning on doing a 4-day leg/upper body split. I will be documenting everything that goes right, everything that goes wrong, and everything in between here, on this blog. 
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