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Week 5 - Technique3/21/2021 This Week's ProgressThis week I am going to talk about something different that is still one of the most important parts of this project. Before I go into it, I will talk about how I did this week. This week, I weighed in at 139 pounds. This is around what I have been the last couple weeks. I think if I start to drink more protein drinks, I should be good. Whenever I am not doing anything, I can drink protein drinks without thinking and this will give me another 30 grams of protein quickly. Moving on to the main topic of discussion for this week, I will talk about technique in the gym. TechniqueOne thing that I take pride in when working out in the gym, I take pride in my technique and how I carry myself. I make sure I always have the right form so I don't hurt myself and I can get the maximum gain possible from the workout. I learned the correct form and how to work things at the last place I used to workout. I really appreciate this because this allows me to move on with working out and having an idea on how to work out the right way. I am bench pressing in this picture. I try to bench press every upper body day. It strengthens the chest muscles and a little bit of the shoulder muscles. As you can see, I have my arms a little bit more than shoulder width apart. Then I have my hands narrow with my arms, so my wrists don't bend and stretch when benching. By keeping my hands more up-right, it stabilizes the bar and puts less pressure on my arms. I also try to keep my back arched. This protects your back when benching and puts less pressure on it. When bringing the bar down, I lightly press it against my chest coming down. After hitting my chest, I thrust up quickly and controllable. I try to generate explosive movements because these movements help me with sports. I will continue to break down my form on different workouts I do so you can understand the workouts I do and how I do them. Form is something that I need to master when working out so my body can stay healthy and I can get the most out of the workout as possible. I worked out twice this week, one weightlifting by myself and one conditioning workout with my baseball team. At baseball, we working on core and lower body when doing conditioning. An example of a workout we did was sit ups with a medicine ball, medicine ball throws, and wall sits with the medicine ball. ConclusionThis week was very good because I got to have a weightlifting workout and a team conditioning workout. These will get me much stronger and help me get better with sports. If I can stay consistent with these workouts and then continue to eat a lot, I should be able to meet my goal.
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