Physical Challenges

Avery

Avery worked on her handstands. She set a goal for each week. Here you can see her hold it longer and longer each time!

Allegra

Allegra's goal was to do five pushups. When she started she wasn't able to do any. She worked hard to complete her goal!

Jack

Jack chose to work on his dribbling. He practiced the same drills almost everyday. Check out his mad skills!

Lucy's splits

Lucy

Lucy worked on her splits. Check out her before and after pictures as well as the series of stretches she did to get there. By the end of the third week Lucy said the she was much more comfortable and relaxed in the position.

Isaiah

Isaiah wanted to do 40 pushups in one go. He went further and got to 50!

Medby

Medby decided to work on his speed. He practiced running the same distance and timing his efforts. His times are at the end of the video.

Elizabeth

Elizabeth's goal was to lose 5 pounds through eating well and increasing her exercise. She worked on increasing her plank time throughout the three weeks and got it from about 30 seconds to over a minute.

Rizzy

As a student of Tae Kwon Do, Rizzy chose to work on her Round Tornado Kick. She practiced for 10-15 minutes as often as she could in order to perfect some slight timing and balance errors she was making.

Timo

Timo is aiming to be able to ollie off of his ramp this summer. He's been practicing and skateboarding everyday to master the basics. Stay with it Timo, you're making progress.

Round Two Projects: Here are the results from our second round of independent art projects from May-June.

Alice

Alice pushed to boost her fitness level during quarantine with a series of exercises and healthy habits. She focused on making a commitment to find workouts that would fit her schedule and motivate her to get moving.

Mia

Mia made progress improving her endurance this round of the independent project. She was driven to improve her personal records for holding a plank. She pulled off a 3 minute plank, and is proud to say, "There is no way I would have been able to do that before."

Olivia

Olivia was determined to master doing a backflip on her trampoline independently. She enlisted the help of her mom to get her closer to her goal. While she wasn't able to land one unassisted yet, she made plenty of attempts, improving each time.

Iggy

Iggy wanted to capture his journey towards juggling a soccer ball 100 times in a row. He was sure to capture his progress, from start to finish. Go Iggy Go!

Rizzy

Rizzy wanted to continue practicing her tae kwon do during the past three weeks, and set out to work on her spinning hook kick.

Jack

Jack initially wanted to improve his ollie, but wasn't able to complete the challenge due to a family camping trip that compromised his ability to practice.

Luella’s Independent Project Routine Goal: Get abs

Luella

Luella attempted to build up her core muscles for this project using several workouts. The results proved difficult to measure, and Luella opted to suspend her exercises.

Nate

Nate intended to practice mountain biking every day to improve his wheelie. Hopefully his results were successful.

Timo

Timo hoped to practice catching and throwing a football with his non dominant hand, but got injured during the process. He wasn't able to practice the entire time, but managed to squeeze in some time after recovery!

Elizabeth

Elizabeth set out to get stronger during this independent project. She chose to complete a 2 week long exercise challenge to build up her fitness level.