Aaron Ventresca Ms. Maria Krafty Physical Education I 12/21/16 Fitness Project Reflection urin! "y se"ester of Physical Education# I sou!ht to acco"$lish a $ersonal %.M.A.R.&. Fitness 'oal rele(ant to "y o)n needs. &o "a*e this !oal )orth)hile# it )as desi!ned to +e s$ecific# "easura+le# attaina+le# rele(ant# and ti"ely. My !oal )as to increase "y +ench $ress fro" ,-1 re$etitions )ith l+s. to ,-1 re$etitions )ith 12 l+s. &his !oal )as rele(ant to "e +ecause it )as created to increase "y o(erall )ellness. Further# Further# I sou!ht to increase "y u$$er +ody stren!th so as +etter ena+le "e to do "ore co"$licated dance "o(es in theatrical $erfor"ances 0i.e. lifts# etc.. &o "easure "y $ro!ress# I e-ecuted (arious fitness tests +efore and after a se"ester of Physical Education. In the Fall# I ran a 623 "ile# did 3 $ush4u$s# and 6 curl4u$s. I could +ench $ress ,-1 re$etitions )ith l+s. In the 5inter# I ran a 63, "ile# did 36 $ush4u$s# and 61 curl4 c url4 u$s. I could +ench $ress ,-1 re$etitions )ith 12 l+s. (erall# I "ana!ed to increase "y "uscular stren!th# and "uscular endurance. In ter"s of fle-i+ility# I increased "y sit and reach +y 1.7 units on "y left le!# and 1 unit on "y ri!ht le!. &hus# I also increased "y fle-i+ility. fle-i+ility. 8ased on the infor"ation $ro(ided a+o(e# "y $ersonal fitness !oal of increasin! "y +ench $ress +y , l+. )as achie(ed. &o ensure that "y !oal )as achie(ed# I "ade sure to e-ercise daily 0e(en if it )as only for 1 1 "inutes# to al)ays find "oti(ation in others# and to use "y "antra. My "antra )as# 95hat see"s difficult no) )ill one day +e a )ar"4u$:. In the future# I )ould see* to "a*e a "ore difficult !oal# as I see"ed to easily achie(e "y !oal.
&o *ee$ "yself on4schedule to +etter acco"$lish "y !oal# I "ade !reat use of "y Plan for %uccess F.I.&.&. ;alendar. &he calendar ena+led "e to $lan )hat e-actly I )as to do each )ee*# )hich ena+led "y e-ercises to (ary in fre
o!s to trac* "y $ro!ress. &hou!h +urdenso"e to fill4out# I found the Acti(ity >o!s to +e a !reat asset to acco"$lish "y !oal. &he Acti(ity >o!s ena+led "e to record "y daily e-ercises# )hich allo)ed "e to !au!e "y $ro!ress in the short ter". If I did not e-ercise "uch in a certain )ee*# I *ne) I )ould ha(e to )or* harder the follo)in! )ee* to "a*e u$ for "y co"$lacency. Further# the Acti(ity >o!s de"anded that I +e honest )ith "yself# and that I )as truly )or*in! to)ard achie(in! "y !oal. 5hen atte"$tin! to reach "y !oal# I did face a (ariety of o+stacles. urin! the si-4)ee* $eriod I )or*ed to achie(e achie( e "y " y !oal# I often ran into the issues of not +ein! + ein! a+le to find ti"e to )or*4out# or "erely +ein! too la?y to )or*4out. &o o(erco"e these o+stacles# I relied on "y su$$ort net)or* I esta+lished )hen I set "y !oal. My "other# "y o)n su$$ort net)or*# )ould "oti(ate "e into settin! aside ti"e to )or*4out and +rea*in! sedentary ha+its. In the future# I )ould include "ulti$le $eo$le in "y su$$ort syste"# as I found it to +e a "assi(e asset in achie(in! "y !oal. In su"# I learned a !reat deal a+out "yself# !oals# and fitness in !eneral +y $artici$atin! in this $roject. I $ersonally learned that I a" (ery !ood at *ee$in! to schedules. &he Plan for %uccess F.I.&.&. ;alendar )as a "assi(e hel$# as I !reatly relied on it to *ee$ "e on trac*. I )ill utili?e calendars in the future )hen settin! other fitness !oals. Further# I learned that !oals "ust
+e ti"ely. I often set lofty !oals that ta*e inordinate a"ounts of ti"e to achie(e. I "ust see* to set "ulti$le s"aller# achie(a+le !oals instead. >astly# I learned that fitness is fun )hen done in !rou$s. E-ercisin! alone is often not as fun as e-ercisin! )ith friends. &hou!h still )or*in! hard# I !reatly enjoyed )or*in! out )ith class"ates durin! our in4class sessions. In the future# I $lan to $ursue "ore fitness related acti(ities in in "y o)n $ersonal life.
