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#4 Self Reflection: This past month, I was able to learn a lot about fitness and nutrition through not just research, but through working out. The human body is a master at adapting to whatever it is given, yet there is always something that can be changed in your diet or workout routine. There will always be muscle imbalances, there will never be perfect form, there will always be a cheat day. For me, the biggest takeaway from this project is not anything from my research, but understanding that my workouts and diet will never be “perfect.” There will always be some “missed opportunity” by not doing a certain exercise or not getting enough of a certain vitamin or mineral. There is only one thing that never fails to give a reward, and that’s hard work. If you give your all in the gym and work as hard as you can to optimize your diet, you will meet your goals over time. I can say with confidence that I met my first goal from week #1 which was to keep enjoying my workouts. My second goal...
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Blog Post 3

  #3  The third week of our senior project went really well. I will say that the fatigue is starting to get to me and I have been looking forward to this rest day all week. Like last week, the majority of my workouts were done individually as I am able to focus much more and it is more convenient for me.  Overall, I’ve felt great all week. I think it has to do with my improved diet and making sure that I’m getting all the nutrients I need to handle the intense workouts. My sleep has consistently been good and I’ve made sure to up the magnesium intake as I stated last week. I also think the nice weather is something to pay attention to when considering nutrition and wellness. With UV levels at around 6 to 7 in the last couple of days, my vitamin D intake has also increased and in general, I think the sun makes everybody feel better. I will say that I did a good job making sure that I’m constantly hydrating and replenishing my electrolytes because of this increase in su...
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Week 2 Blog Post

  #2 Week two was interesting, to say the least. Due to our different schedules, we ended up doing a decent amount of our workouts on our own instead of working out together. I will say there are both pros and cons to working out in a group. A pro about working with someone else is the level of intensity. When you have a partner in the gym, just like a trainer, they can help push you to muscle failure or even beyond failure by adding cheat reps to the end of a workout set (shortened range of motion on an exercise and the help of other muscles to exert the same amount of force). A con of working out in a group is that you will oftentimes get distracted and take longer rest periods. When you take a longer rest period, over time, you will be working your muscles less. If you can control how long you rest with a timer, you can make sure you are working your muscles as hard as possible. We also do not have the same gym membership so when we do work out in one of our homes, we have limit...
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Week 1 Blog Post

For my Senior Project, I decided to choose a hobby that I have been very passionate about since the start of the pandemic, which is Fitness and Nutrition.  For the last 14 months, When I was not in class, I could usually be found at the gym working out or on my computer researching ways to improve my diet. When I found out that two of my friends had a similar idea for their senior project, we decided to group together and work as a cohort. What separates my cohort’s senior project from a lot of the rest is that our project is dealing with a complete lifestyle change. We are trying to do everything we can to optimize our diet, workouts, and sleep. Coming into the project with a lot of prior fitness knowledge definitely helped get the planning done quite early. Being athletes, we all knew the intensity we would be working out with.  To create our project, we did a good amount of research about how to optimally diet and work out. Starting with the diet, we use an app called Myfit...
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