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Week 1 - Introduction to Project2/20/2021 What's my goal?Welcome to the first post of my Genius Hour Project. My project is called Parker's Gains because I will be showing you my gain in weight and strength through the 12 week period. The main goal of this project is to help me get stronger to improve my baseball performance. The stronger and bigger I am, the better I will be at baseball. I will be able to throw harder, hit harder, and run faster. That being said, my overall goal is to hit 145-150 pounds by the end of the journey. I currently weigh 136 pounds. My Diet PlanA big part of getting stronger and gaining weight is your diet. In order to gain weight, I need to eat lots of healthy and protein-packed meals. I plan on eating three good meals a day. For breakfast, I usually eat three eggs and around five slices of bacon everyday. For lunch, I usually have a microwaved meal of either Chicken Alfredo pasta or Japanese Chicken and Rice. These are filled with protein. And lastly for dinner, I eat whatever my mom decides to make that night. Most of the time, she makes something having to do with chicken or hamburgers. If I follow this protein-packed diet, along with protein shakes and other healthy snacks, I can hopefully meet my goal of 150 pounds. My Workout PlanAnother big part of getting stronger and gaining weight is working out and exercising. I need to workout so I can gain the muscle needed to get stronger and get better at baseball. I will do this by working out 2-3 times a week. It will be hard to do this because I am going to start having baseball practice or games almost everyday of the week, but I will make sure I get at least 2 workouts in per week. If I can go more than three times a week, then I can definitely do that. I plan on having at least one leg day and at least one upper body day per week. If I go three times that week, I will separate the upper body day into one arms/shoulders day and one core/abs/back day. By combining this workout plan with my diet plan, I should see a growth in weight and strength. How will I monitor my progress?To monitor my progress, starting in week two, I will upload pictures of at least one healthy meal I ate that week and one picture of me working out from that week. These pictures will go along with my weekly blog. For the final product, I plan on making some sort of video that combines videos and pictures of workouts and food I ate during the journey to hit 150 pounds. I plan on making this video montage of my progress on the app iMovie. I can combine my videos and pictures and add text to the videos using that app. I can also add a background song to the montage. ![]() I will be doing my workouts at Gym 365. Here is a picture of Gym 365. They have lots of machines, weight racks, and other equipment that I can use to strengthen my muscles.
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Lexi
2/24/2021 08:59:25 am
I think using your genius hour project to get stronger and eat healthier is a great idea. I'm doing something very similar for my project. Good luck!!
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2/24/2021 12:44:25 pm
I think you should be very successful in your project. It seems like you know exactly what you're doing and exactly how your going to do it. I like that your doing something that can help you in your sport, as well as just life in general.
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