Swimming

Our new workout routine also consist of swimming days. Our days are now divided into an ABAB form, in which A-Weight Taining, B-Swimming. If sometimes we feel like skipping a swimday or we have much homework to do we just don'T bother to go. We are only humans, can't spend every single day in the gym either, eventhough I kind of want to :) Today was a skipping day since we went BBQing with my family to the place where we went with classmates before. Anyways after swimming we usually hit the sauna as well and one day I experienced sometihng absolutely new. I saw some guys gathering in front of the sauna and a girl as well pouring water into 12 cups. They cooled off the sauna a little bit, then entered, and so did I. The girl stood in the middle and started pouring 6 cups of water slowly on the rocks. Then the rest of the cups were just splashed on the wall to make the whole sauna wet. After 4-5 minutes, when everyting was done, they told me to lean forward and down, then the girl started propellering a towel above all of us. I thought my heart would stop any time it was so hot but good at the same time. I definetly learned something new and developed new skills that day and thought it would be interesting to write down such a story :) I'll upload pictures when I take the other ones for the gym as well!

Parent's Meeting

There have been many parents meetings before but I was never free to be able to help. This time I decided to act up and take the chance to provide some service. We were told to walk around the school and ask teachers or parents if they needed either tea or coffee. In New Mexico the question waiters/waitresses always ask was: "Red or Green?" - thinking of the chili to serve. Here it was now: "How much Milk and Sugar would you like?" I definetly increased my awareness of my own strength and areas for  growth and developed new skills by carrying all types of cups and crackers around the school trying to avoid it to spill. I worked  collaboratively together  with MinJin and Sophia who made the coffees so I could serve them. It was a planned activity  by Mr O'Conner, our CAS coordinator who helped us find service opportunities. Unfortunately between two busy minutes I absolutely forgot to take pictures but I'll ask the girls if they have any evidence!

Gym

A few months ago I decided to switch gyms so Shaun and I started attending the same one. Have to be honest the new gym way A-M-A-Z-I-N-G. It was highly equipped, there was saunas and swimming pool and spa and people who even speak english so I dont feel totally isolated :) The only disadvantage was the price but my parents agreed on a yearly membership since I dont really spend on anything else but sport. Also so far we've been doing a given workout programme, however I really felt it wasnt intense enough and didn't allow me to make some more Gainsss..by this I mean I went through a Bulking phase which is basically when the body is constantly in a calorie surplus so anabolic reactions are not lacking so the most muscle is built. I probably didn't tear up the muscles hard enough so they were shocked and forced to grow. Now I really need to get rid of the bodyfat I gained but already changed a workout plan from: Back+Biceps, Chest+Triceps, Shoulders+Legs to Back+Shoulders, Legs (we never really worked our legs but now I'm sore as hell :) ) and Chest+Arms. Also I updated the workouts with new movements such as Arnold Press(shoulders), Clean and Jerk (back and shoulders) etc... We'll see how it works out, but I developed new skills when I created our own workout routine, we work collaboratively together when the other needs a spotter and also motivation to eachother, I'd consider it as planned activity since we follow a workout plan which also tells what days we work out on and which days we rest. I want to make a video by the way, a motivational one, but Shaun right now is sick so I'll have to postpone the making of it. Until the video comes out I'll take pictures and upload them as soon as possible!

BBQ 'n' Park trash

In the school other students don't really plan anything to do together so Shaun and I decided to forecast a BBQ for everyone. We basically planned and initiate an activity and worked together as well as  undertook new challenges  by organizing everything to fit everyone's timetable. It was non profit for us and gave just as much money in as others, however we went shopping for ovder 3 hours to get everything, carried them all home and in the morning transported everything to the park on the bus as a little service to the rest of the guys. Mark also helped us the first time and Daniel was there for us too on the second BBQ since we did all this twice. There was one thing which really bothered us during the BBQ tho. I personally think this could happen mostly in Russia since other countries at least try and keep their parks tidy. Along a small river there were heaps of trash from all kinds of thing. Plastic, paper, chairs and everything  people can imagine or throw away as rubbish. Of course not all, but we decided to collect as much as we could and place them into the nearest trashbin by which we could  consider ethical implications and maybe  engage with issues of global importance  since burning everything was not an option for us.

Music

In my younger years I really wanted to be in a rockband. Metal and all that kind of music played a huge role for me and still does. For other's i might be a creep but I can fall asleep on Slipknot, while to others its just pure noise. I was a member of 2 bands, but unfortunately none of them was serious at all. With one other member we started to meet regularly even though he lived way out of town, about 80kms away from Budapest. He is still a musical genius and I really admire his work, so I asked him to show me the music program he uses. He first started of with Guitar Pro 5 and tought me a bounch of things so I increased my awareness of my own stength and developed new skills.  I loved creating music and as we grew older I opened up to a lot of different music styles also. This song i uploaded might not be art to others but the fact I made it makes me feel it is. It is just a hobby we both do together so we work collaboratively with others. Of course he is the master of it, still helps me out sometimes but I like to put the music in my head to real sounds just as in the soundtrack I was going to upload above but couldn't. I uploaded it to youtube and here is a link for it! I had to struggle and add pictures, converting and stuff but it only did good as I developed new skills again.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tmXlJOFlxqg&feature=youtu.be

For me it doesnt matter if its a song or just some sounds which match in my head, ill write it down. Hope you enjoy it :)

A Dirty Bulk

Since I'm bulking i decided not to watch my calories that much. Only my protein I tried to keep high, couldnt bother counting carbs and fats. It was a pretty dirty bulk and i gained pretty good amount of weight both muscle and fat. Now I'll just have to strip off the excess fat i've got on me and I'm ready for summer :) I never really tried to cook hamburgers before. My dad did and it never came out good at all. For most people burgers fall apart and something completely different comes out than it should. I checked youtube for some recipies and found the one particularly refferring to the "burger which doesnt fall apart" aspect. I thought I'd give it a shot and it worked pretty well :) Good source of protein from some beef was perfect post workout meal. Also I made other stuff such as fruitbread with some protein powder  and heaps of nuts for some healthy fats too. I've been trying to cook more lately but not simple foods anymore bcuz most of them doesnt taste that great honestly. Today I just made Chicken Paprikas which is (we say) Hungarian meal and I absolutely love it :) I though I's also share some photos! It's been a while since I wrote anytihng, so now I've got a lot to share!

CAS Plan - Vol. 3

Crativity:

• Since I entered my Bulking phase(when gaining muscle) I will make some good quality however high-calorie meals.
• Create melodies/songs either with my music-editing program or Guitar Pro 5.

Activity:

• Coaching an Insanity Workout Club during lunchtime for core and deep muscle training
• After school Shaun and I attend the gym together 4-5 times a week 
• On rest-days we also hit the swimming pool for cardio resistance

Service:

• I will be helping the following tuesday (24th of April) during the parents meeting to serve coffee or contribute to it any ways possible
• I think Coaching the others (year 11,12,13) could also count as service. I also give tips for everyone who asks for it and wants to take fitness or healthy lifestyle seriously.
• Helping in a shelter