2 week plan (Nov 15-30)
My first goal that I set out to accomplish was to create a youtube channel and make specific playlists. This way I would stay more organized in the "push, pull, legs" workout split I was researching. In doing this I hand picked each video to make sure the information was factual and came from a reliable source. Each video goes through different exercises wether its push (chest, shoulders, triceps), pull (back & biceps), or legs. They each speak upon why the exercises are good for that particular muscle group, and how to do the exercises without injuring yourself. If you click the link it will take you to the Youtube playlists that I created for each day of the split. Push Workouts, Pull Workouts, Leg Workouts
My second goal was to email a certified nutritionist and tell them about my project and ask a few questions. Luckily in my search for one, an actress by the name of Anna Altman came into my public speaking class to talk to us, it was then that I found out she also worked as a nutritionist at LifeTime Fitness. After class was over I walked up and asked for her email in hopes that she would be able to help me out for my research. I crafted the message on a google doc and shot her an email, although she has not replied yet it felt good to be able to gain enough courage to ask for her email so that I could potentially gain more information for my research. The message entailed mostly questions about food/health because obviously she is a nutritionist and not a personal trainer. (Scroll to view email)
My last goal was to research more into good form and technique for different exercises. I set out to focus on one exercise for each day of the push, pull, legs split. For push I decided on the bench press because that exercise is probably the most popular, maybe overall, but definitely for push days. My research gave somewhat of a step by step process on how to maintain correct form while using the bench press. For legs I decided to hone in on the back squat. The back squat is regarded as one of the most important exercises because it engages all of your leg muscles and your core as well. The back squat can be very injury prone though, therefore you must be using good form in order to stay healthy. Lastly for pull, I decided to research more about the lat pulldown machine. The lat pulldown machine is always one of my first exercises during pull day, and can also be very easily misused. If you would like to see my research and learn more about how to do these exercises properly click the link... https://docs.google.com/document/d/1VG-JG8L2aQr3q3oLcFcTVeYWaAhrGNYJhv0Z6oHJpq0/edit?usp=sharing
Reflection: Overall I believe my choices for goals in these two weeks were very appropriate and let me organize and further my research in the weightlifting/nutrition world. They became realistic because I was yet to contact a real nutritionist, which had been one of my overall goals since I started this project. I also enjoyed organizing my favorite 3-5 videos for each workout split into their own separate Youtube playlist, this made things a lot easier for me to just go back and look at them when researching. Personally I believe my biggest achievement from this two week plan was my research on using correct form, I thought my notes were good, and could actually change the way people do those exercises. Obviously going forward things to improve on would be to stay on task more, I know I have said that before, but I would like to be more produtuve in hopes of getting even more research done.
