Senior Project: Day 9

Our day started at around 11:00 when we all had lunch together after Sage’s class. After lunch we went on a walk to the ski hill to act as our warmup. We then went into a lower body strength workout which was very long and hard. Since I have a very bad sunburn on my shoulders, I had to supplement with different exercises. Because of this, I learned some new squat types which was very cool as the only type of squats I have done before was a back squat. We later did a killer circuit of wall sits, tuck jumps and narrow front squats which was really tiring. After this, did a 10 minute core circle where we each said an exercise that we did for a minute. I did a quick spin workout after and then got a good stretch. 


Hours : 4

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