Wednesday, October 22, 2014

25 minute run

I ran the 6 laps durimg the 25 mjnutes run alongside Lavpreet. My running tracker had started late when I had almost finished my second lap. I had finished 1.7 miles from my phone but because I ran with Lavpreet the whole time I got the same time and distance as him. We could have done 7 laps if we had about 3 more minutes left. For this run I used the Nike-run app and so did Lavpreet who's picture I am posting.

Tuesday, October 21, 2014

Balloon lung diagram

The first one is exhalation as you can see the balloon is flat. The diaphragm is relaxed.

The second is inhalation as the balloon can be see filling up as the diaphram contracts.

How a bird's repiratory system differs from others


My question in this particular topic is how can birds breathe with such small bodies and such high altitudes where air pressure is so high?

      
The interesting fact here is that their lungs are barely even involved in breathing. They have air sacs that do the gas exchange that expand into bones over their entire body. They are basically like living balloons that just don't explode.

http://www.thewildclassroom.com/biodiversity/birds/aviantopics/environmentalphysiology.html

Monday, October 20, 2014

My goals for fitness

My goal is to improve my physical strength but I do not want to lift weights to do it. I want to do a full body workout without weights.

What I have done to test this is do pushups and a nody bridge to see how long I can hold the bridge and do the pushups.

The app I am going to use to help me achieve this goal is called "inofit full bodt workout"

Fitness testing

1. Aerobic- there was no good aeroboc test where we were tested our endurance over a long period of time and felt completely tired.

2. Agility test- the box drill was the best agility test testing one's movement and ability to change directions. I got 9.28 seconds on the drill

3. Anaerobic glycolysis- the best exercise that had us tired in two minutes was the bench step ups in which I had a heart rate of 160 beats per minute.

4. Atp cp- the best exercise that makes you physically sore but doesn't make you breathe harf is the constant pushups in which I did 12 nose touching ground pushups. I would like to improve on that result.

5. Power- Again I believe the best exercise to test power is the constant pushups in ehich i did 12 tight nose to the ground pushups. I would still like to improve on that.

6. Flexibility- I believe the most challenging flexibility test was the back wall bridge which tested huge part of the mid body flexibility. I was able to go down to 32 cm

From all this testing, I would like to improve my power the most because that is an area in which i lack the most.

Wednesday, October 15, 2014

Interim Report

Hi Mom and Dad!
This is my interim report for the Human Kinetics Coop.

So far, the highlights for me have been: 
Being able to go on so many field trips and make learning fun.  


I am the most proud of:
Completing the grouse grind in 52 minutes.

The most interesting things I have learned about are:
How the human heart operates and how our circulatory and respiratory are related.

An example of when I really pushed myself in SuperFit is:
During the extended beep test

I could make improvements in:
Being more involved in the class

I am really looking forward to:
Going to Extreme Air Park if we can and 

The Basics - WORK HABITS:

Attendance (classes missed and why) - 
Never missed class. Only missed Super fit for school soccer games

Participation in field trips (woo kim, grouse grind, rock climbing) -
Fully participated in all

Lates (how many & reasons) -
Never have been late
Preparedness for class (gym strip &/or supplies) -
Always prepared for class
Class time management (are you using your class time to complete your work?  engaged in class discussion? participating? following along? doing your best? or talking too much? ) -
Use class time to complete work efficiently
Blog assignment completion - (out of 8 assignments) Comments?
All completed
Self evaluation of work habits for each class in coop - G/S/N

Biology 12: G
Exercise Science 12: G
Super Fit 12: G

Tuesday, October 14, 2014

Blood flow from heart to brain

Blood flow from heart to brain: http://youtu.be/4QzIgRwR9A4

I did this video with Lavpreet Brar and Nabeel Hundal

Grouse grind

1. The grouse grind was an extremely difficult task for me even though I finished it. I was already breathing heavily about 5 minutes into it. If i was breathing heavily then my legs were sore. Steps grew steeper and my legs were throbbing harder. I was sweating like a pig very quickly.

2. I believe we use the aerobic energy system due to long endurance we went through as well anaerobic glycolysis because we would grow tired after two minutes and our legs would be very sore.

Friday, October 3, 2014

Heart dissection

1. The most surprising thing I found about the heart was that the atria appeared as flaps did not appear as they would on paper.

2. The reason the atria and the ventricles are so different in structure is that the ventricles were thick and hard to cut through do to the amount of blood pumping through and the atria were flappy, pruny, and seemed more like a storage than atrium. The atria must deliver blood to the ventricles while the ventricles deliver blood to arteries to go outside the heart.

3. The left ventricle is larger than the right ventricle because the left ventricle mudt pump to the entire body while the right ventricle only has to pump it to the lungs.

4. The function is of the valves is to make sure blood flow goes through and does not go back. The chordae tendinae helps keeps the valves intact. The importance of the valves is very high as they prevent reverse blood flow which can damage our bodies