Activity

Physical exercises have never been my favourite part of self-care routine, because I could never find a kind of sport suitable for me. I have tried swimming, horse riding, jogging, zumba and after a couple months of huge excitement; it started to bore me. The only activity that I always kinda liked was going to the gym. I’ve already had two attempts to start going there regularly but every time it was a failure. I liked going there, but doing lots and lots of cardio just to lose weight wasn’t really enjoyable after a while. In the beginning of February I spontaneously decided to give it another and last try; third time lucky, right? This time I decided to carry out this activity differently and find something I really really love at the gym.

I bought monthly gym membership and began to educate myself; before every training I spend about 20 minutes watching youtube videos and reading articles about gym exercises and how they should be done. Then I spent about 1.5 hour on exercising and implementing the knowledge I’ve gained.

I finally found the type of exercise that is literally perfect for me and this is weight training.

This month I’ve learnt three major things about gym:

• It really is addictive if you listen to what you like
• Weight lifting won’t make you look manly, because as a woman you don’t have enough testosterone to build big muscles
• You start to see the first improvements in your body after 3 weeks of regular training (and it’s SO satisfying!!!)

Learning Outcomes:

1. Identify own strenghts and areas for growth
2. Demonstrate that the challenges have been undertaken and developing new skills in the process.
3. Demonstrate how to initiate and plan CAS experience
4. Show commitment and perservance in CAS experience