Posts

Showing posts from June, 2021

Senior Project Update #4

 I think my senior project has been quite successful both in the weight room and learning to read and write in Russian. On average, I worked out 4.5 times a week and I am practically done learning all the vowels in Russian which would conclude learning all the symbols and mean I would just need to practice to get faster at reading. Cooking was definitely harder. It was tough to consistently cook every day as well as find new recipes to try. Especially this last week with baseball starting I would get home around 8 and not have time to cook.  I think I have met most of my goals from the start of the project. While I don't think I can be totally independent in the weight room yet, I have definitely made serious strides to get there. My form has improved drastically and I'm starting to understand the routines. I have gotten better at cooking but I haven't gotten to the place where I don't need the recipe. And with reading Russian, although I can technically read (but not w...

Senior Project Update #3

Image
 Nothing exceptionally interesting happened this week. I was able to work out five of the seven days which is a new record for this project. I worked out on Saturday, Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday. My form has improved drastically, mainly due to me lowering the weight on the bar to focus on the path of the bar. My arms felt much better after chest day this week than last week even though I ended up lifting more weight.  One thing I learned this week is how to tell if grilled fish is ready. I had a talk with Peter where he asked me how I knew a fish was ready. That's when I realized, I never really knew. Usually, half the fish would be ready (the pieces in the center of the grill) and the other half would need to stay on a little while longer. I searched on the internet how to tell when fish is ready to found that the interior of the fish should be between 140-145 degrees and about a nifty fork trick to cut into the fish to see if it breaks at an angle. The fish I ma...