Starting tomorrow, like many other people at another point in time, I will begin my attempt at the one hundred push ups challenge, the two hundred sit-ups challenge, and the two hundred squats challenge. I must admit that doing all three within the same six weeks is a bit bizarre. But in reality, it's more of only two challenges. Because I run and play soccer, my leg muscles are still pretty well off as I did fifty squats quite easily during the initial test; fifty consecutive squats, according to the challenge, is pretty good, so I will do this just to build a bit more endurance in my legs and lower back.
However, my initial tests for push ups and sit-ups were so bad that I don't think I will post them up here. Haha. But in the end, I will try my luck with these challenges and maybe I'll update once or twice in the middle of the challenge just to see how my body is reacting to this thing.
If you might be interested in these challenges, here's a couple sites you can visit:
www.onehundredpushups.com
www.twohundredsitups.com
www.twohundredsquats.com
Give it a go! Everyone should be doing this if you ask me, because the average fitness level nowadays is pretty nasty.
Sunday, July 12, 2009
Friday, July 10, 2009
Soccer Camp
Today was the last day of our one-week-soccer-camp. I must say that I enjoyed the experience very thoroughly. It's not very often that I get to do two things that I love at the same time. It was lots of fun and quite refreshing on some spiritual terms as well.
I love being able to work with kids and to see the smiles on their faces everyday. I really think that that is the only reason that I never really felt tired throughout the week - until now. I find it really odd that motivation and inspiration can fuel your energy far better than sleep can. Not to say that sleeping doesn't energize me, because I love to sleep; but I do believe that it's really cool how you can wake up everyday thinking about what you're going to do and encounter, and allowing that to light the fire underneath you to make you go.
One thing that is really cool that I was reminded about, this week, was that what we see and what we do expand far beyond just the borders of our own individual lives. I live my life, but I know that someone, somewhere is also experiencing the same awesome things that I am and that everything links back to my big G.
Well, I'm feeling great right now: physically and mentally. I was shocked at how much I made the kids run during the "fun run" this morning; and the fact that I was able to do it without being too tired was even more satisfying. Haha. I've definitely got to rest up because my relatives are visiting from Jersey, and they'll be landing in town tomorrow in the afternoon. After they land, we'll be having another week of high energy, high paced activities. I'm not too sure about what to expect from this yet, but I've got to look at it to be an awesome opportunity to get to know them better.
July - keep it comin', comin', comin'.
I love being able to work with kids and to see the smiles on their faces everyday. I really think that that is the only reason that I never really felt tired throughout the week - until now. I find it really odd that motivation and inspiration can fuel your energy far better than sleep can. Not to say that sleeping doesn't energize me, because I love to sleep; but I do believe that it's really cool how you can wake up everyday thinking about what you're going to do and encounter, and allowing that to light the fire underneath you to make you go.
One thing that is really cool that I was reminded about, this week, was that what we see and what we do expand far beyond just the borders of our own individual lives. I live my life, but I know that someone, somewhere is also experiencing the same awesome things that I am and that everything links back to my big G.
Well, I'm feeling great right now: physically and mentally. I was shocked at how much I made the kids run during the "fun run" this morning; and the fact that I was able to do it without being too tired was even more satisfying. Haha. I've definitely got to rest up because my relatives are visiting from Jersey, and they'll be landing in town tomorrow in the afternoon. After they land, we'll be having another week of high energy, high paced activities. I'm not too sure about what to expect from this yet, but I've got to look at it to be an awesome opportunity to get to know them better.
July - keep it comin', comin', comin'.
Tuesday, July 7, 2009
Good Start
It sure does take some cold to know the sun. That's what I was missing so much today, the sun. It really sucked that we had to stay indoors the entire day of our soccer camp; even so, it was a lot of fun and sweat.
July kick started itself to a very awesome month so far. The first couple of days was loaded with Dany Heatley drama, so following it, and free agent frenzy, kept me busy for these days. Then the weekend arrived and it was time for the ECBC floor hockey tournament; it was NEAC's first time participating, but they do it every year, so I'll still refer to it as annual. Going into this tournament for the first time, we obviously did not know what to expect out of it. However, I, for one, knew that we would be in for a tough tournament because we are all skinny little small chinese kids from a north side that is too "ghetto" to be playing hockey. I entered this tournament expecting one win, for the team, and one goal, for myself. After the first day, the predictions, or expectations, were complete. I scored a goal, and we won our first game - barely. We got our butts handed to us for the second and fourth game, and the third game was a very disappointing loss, because we really should have won. Since we're all guaranteed at least one playoff game, I thought that we might be able to win one, should we be placed into a tiebreaker match. Then bring on Sunday.
So, after watching the first day, we KNEW that if we had won the first game, we would still get our asses handed to us right after because we were facing the defending champs. In the end, we did win the first game, and to add a cherry on top, I scored a hattrick and Jeff had a shutout. However, it was short lived, because we got beat 25-2 right after. Haha, I even mentioned the score!
After a fun and satisfying hockey tournament, we changed gears - well, shoes into cleats to be specific - and prepared for soccer camp with AIA. I was really happy to be able to help assist in coaching again after I missed last year's camp due to my internship with UP. The first day of camp was a load of fun, and very tiring. Today, was also new and fun, because we had to stay indoors due to the dumb rain. So now we're all praying for sun for the rest of the week, although the forecast is calling for thunderstorms for the next couple of days. Hopefully, all goes well and we get to at least go outside for tomorrow and Thursday.
I'm feeling like I'm in much better shape now, in case anyone was wondering (= and also, looking forward to a much more eventful rest of July!
July kick started itself to a very awesome month so far. The first couple of days was loaded with Dany Heatley drama, so following it, and free agent frenzy, kept me busy for these days. Then the weekend arrived and it was time for the ECBC floor hockey tournament; it was NEAC's first time participating, but they do it every year, so I'll still refer to it as annual. Going into this tournament for the first time, we obviously did not know what to expect out of it. However, I, for one, knew that we would be in for a tough tournament because we are all skinny little small chinese kids from a north side that is too "ghetto" to be playing hockey. I entered this tournament expecting one win, for the team, and one goal, for myself. After the first day, the predictions, or expectations, were complete. I scored a goal, and we won our first game - barely. We got our butts handed to us for the second and fourth game, and the third game was a very disappointing loss, because we really should have won. Since we're all guaranteed at least one playoff game, I thought that we might be able to win one, should we be placed into a tiebreaker match. Then bring on Sunday.
So, after watching the first day, we KNEW that if we had won the first game, we would still get our asses handed to us right after because we were facing the defending champs. In the end, we did win the first game, and to add a cherry on top, I scored a hattrick and Jeff had a shutout. However, it was short lived, because we got beat 25-2 right after. Haha, I even mentioned the score!
After a fun and satisfying hockey tournament, we changed gears - well, shoes into cleats to be specific - and prepared for soccer camp with AIA. I was really happy to be able to help assist in coaching again after I missed last year's camp due to my internship with UP. The first day of camp was a load of fun, and very tiring. Today, was also new and fun, because we had to stay indoors due to the dumb rain. So now we're all praying for sun for the rest of the week, although the forecast is calling for thunderstorms for the next couple of days. Hopefully, all goes well and we get to at least go outside for tomorrow and Thursday.
I'm feeling like I'm in much better shape now, in case anyone was wondering (= and also, looking forward to a much more eventful rest of July!
Wednesday, July 1, 2009
Just Say No
"It should be noted that Heatley has not rejected a trade to the Oilers and remains interested in joing them, but simply desires more time to ponder his future."
This has basically been the story over the last couple of days in Oilers' nation. If you've been following hockey, at all, within the last week or so, you'll know that Heatley has now become probably the most hated player in all of the NHL. For the second night, in a row, this Heatley soap opera with the "should I stay or should I go" business is driving everyone crazy.
The bright sides are that Heatley didn't actually say, "no, I don't want Edmonton"; and that this is great for the sport as it draws a ton of attention - even if it's very negative.
However, as sweet as it is, it's still very bitter to watch. I cannot begin to imagine what it is like being the Oilers' or Sens' management right now. Heatley has caused so much drama in this whole situation, it's actually surreal for me to be sitting here believing that all of this is happening. It's so evident that, even though he didn't actually say no, he doesn't really want to be here. I think that so many grey hairs could have been prevented, if Heatley simply said "no". As Bob McKenzie, on TSN, has already said, this will get very ugly in the next few days.
Also in the event of hockey, I'm kind of excited for this weekend, as ECBC will be hosting their hockey tournament. I haven't played hockey, of any sorts, for a while, so it should be pretty fun. However, I am not very fond of the small gym that we'll be playing in. I'm kind of the guy that needs space to make plays happen, so my timing will have to be much quicker.
Also in action: extremely excited for soccer camp next week! Working with kids by playing soccer: what more can I ask for? I will finally have a bit of a life coming up very shortly; and hopefully, I can blog about some other things, either tomorrow or Friday night.
Happy Canada day, by the way; I completely forgot about this because of all the hockey things.
This has basically been the story over the last couple of days in Oilers' nation. If you've been following hockey, at all, within the last week or so, you'll know that Heatley has now become probably the most hated player in all of the NHL. For the second night, in a row, this Heatley soap opera with the "should I stay or should I go" business is driving everyone crazy.
The bright sides are that Heatley didn't actually say, "no, I don't want Edmonton"; and that this is great for the sport as it draws a ton of attention - even if it's very negative.
However, as sweet as it is, it's still very bitter to watch. I cannot begin to imagine what it is like being the Oilers' or Sens' management right now. Heatley has caused so much drama in this whole situation, it's actually surreal for me to be sitting here believing that all of this is happening. It's so evident that, even though he didn't actually say no, he doesn't really want to be here. I think that so many grey hairs could have been prevented, if Heatley simply said "no". As Bob McKenzie, on TSN, has already said, this will get very ugly in the next few days.
Also in the event of hockey, I'm kind of excited for this weekend, as ECBC will be hosting their hockey tournament. I haven't played hockey, of any sorts, for a while, so it should be pretty fun. However, I am not very fond of the small gym that we'll be playing in. I'm kind of the guy that needs space to make plays happen, so my timing will have to be much quicker.
Also in action: extremely excited for soccer camp next week! Working with kids by playing soccer: what more can I ask for? I will finally have a bit of a life coming up very shortly; and hopefully, I can blog about some other things, either tomorrow or Friday night.
Happy Canada day, by the way; I completely forgot about this because of all the hockey things.
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