Creative – Memories Are Made of These

Creative Writing

Memories are made of these…

This is a creative writing piece from the novel Mister Pip written by Lloyd Jones, from the perspective of Matilda. The memory explores Matildas past on Bougainville. 

After living life 10 years after my Bougainville experience, I was using my spare time to help others to make sure that my knowledge wasn’t wasted after my traumatising experience. I am living on my own and am now a high school English teacher just like Mister Watts. He was a great man I once knew before his dreadful passing. He read my favourite book to me, well he read of most of it, Great Expectations. The book that changed my life and helped me survive the horrors I lived through. I hadn’t seen or read that book for years now and had moved past the horrible memories and grief of my past while living in Bougainville. I was very happy being able to read a large amount of different books, poems, novels, and other literature, studying with my classes and helping them learn the wonders of life. One peculiar day one of my students strode into class eager to share a book with me she had found. Fortunately for me her book was a rarely known classic entitled Hopscotch. She told me about how she read the book and thought it was amazing. She told all about her thoughts on the old novel and asked if I had known of it or read it. I knew of the book but I hadn’t read it before. I said to the girl what I knew of it and encouraged her to share it with the class to start today’s lesson.

The modern age and day was upon me, living the life of a stressed adult with a lack of money with intentions of trying to do others good. Bills having to be paid, food having to be brought, time being used up. I was trying my best to cope. All I wanted to do was to help others inside and outside of my classes. I volunteered for a job at the local library and had been working there for almost a year. Many of my students had visited the library and found me there. Their reactions were priceless.  

While I was scouring the library’s collection of books, putting the stacked mountain of returns back in the correct spot, I saw a cover that looked familiar to me. It had a very distinctive sense from the image of it. It was an old looking book with a leather brown cover that still looked as if it was in a pristine condition. I knew I had seen it in the past but couldn’t quite figure out why the back of my mind was remembering it. I approached the book at a slight pace, getting closer and closer to the intriguing odour forcing me towards it. The odour was of a scent that reminded me of my past, a mixture of plants exposed by the hot sun. I pulled the book from its selected spot and turned it over to the view the front cover. The book of course had the bold, shiny golden words engraved in the cover that read Great Expectations. I stopped for a second and remembered the story. It immediately triggered the memory of Mister Watts reading to me in class when I was a little girl and listening intently with my fellow students back on Bougainville. 

I looked away from the book to my side and standing next to me looking through the collection of books on the same isle as me was my old friend Pip. I watched him for several seconds, then sensed the presence of someone to my other side and saw Mister Watts doing the same thing, he wore his red clown nose. I then imagined Mister Watts towing Grace in a kart while the Bougainville people starred at them with me. The sudden harsh noise of a gun shot struck my mind causing me to have a slight jumping twitch. The gunshot that took Mister Watt’s life after claiming he was Mister Pip had me frozen and shivering in fear. The pace of my heart rapidly increasing in pace as my mind rushed through all the terrible memories of Bougainville, my heart pounding away faster and faster and faster. Stopped, my heart had stopped in a instant. I came back to reality and collapsed to the library’s filthy carpet floor as light filled my vision as I fell paralysed on the floor.  

Formal – Difference in Beliefs

Formal Writing

Difference in beliefs…

This piece of formal writing is based on an issue illustrated within the novel Mister Pip by Lloyd Jones and wider society. The issue is difference in beliefs and how it can affect people’s lives. 

 Beliefs are seen in many different ways all over the world that involve all sorts of cultures and religions. When different beliefs mix conflict can occur as a result. Not everyone is the same and believes the same things. Difference in beliefs is one of the key issues that can be identified in the novel Mister Pip, by Lloyd Jones, (2006). It is also an issue that can be seen in real life in the past and present, in New Zealand and all over the world. In New Zealand it is easy to relate to the idea of differences in beliefs because as a nation we are multicultural. An example of this occurring in the novel is when Delores and Mister Watts are caught into a conflict about how they should teach their children in school on the Bougainville Island. Matilda believe differently to her mother who is buried into believing in the bible. Matilda believes in the book. This results in some tension being built between the two characters that ends up causing catastrophic consequences to all of the Bougainville Islanders, including the death of both Mister Watts and Delores. Delores’s beliefs and values cause issues between characters and create unfortunate outcomes. The redskins don’t believe that Pip is a fictional character and harm villagers and burn their belongings.

 Matilda is the main character of the book and is the most creative and imaginative character as she believes in the characters from the book Great Expectations coming to life and applying their characteristics to her own life beliefs and choice. She made the book a part of her beliefs as if someone would make a religion part of the rules they live by and base their choices and beliefs upon the religion they live by or have been born into and forced to live by. Matilda finds that by imaging the characters such as Pip she is able to escape the horrible horrors that the redskins bring upon herself and the islanders. Delores her mother decides that she should not be living by a book her white male teacher read to her in class instead of living by the bible as she does. “My daughter, my lovely Matilda, she began, tells me she does not believe in the devil. She believes in pip.” This quote from the novel shows how Delores doesn’t agree with her beliefs and wants to change her beliefs by teaching her about the bible and telling her to stop seeing Mr Watts and reading the book Great Expectations. Gloriavale is a real life scenario that is similar to this one seen in the novel. Gloriavale is a Christian commune within New Zeland that has different beliefs to the rest of New Zelanders and Christians living around the world. They still live by the Christian religion but live life more like the Amish but with technology and with a different religion. They separated themselves from the rest of New Zeland and lived unknown to the public of New Zealnd as they don’t be over in the ways of the outside world. When the public of New Zeland then found out about a stir in the media lead to conflict between the public and the people of Gloriavale as stories about corruption within the commune came out and conflicted articles in the media created controversial beliefs between the insiders and outside of the commune. The key issue of difference in beliefs is illustrated within this real life scenario within the country of New Zealand and shows the starting point of possible further conflict started from two or more parties having different beliefs. 

 Throughout the novel the tension between the characters of Mister Watts and Delores rises. Mister Watts is trying to teach the kids of Bougainville in his way which all of the children very much enjoy. Matilda’s favourite part being the reading of the book Great Expectations. Matilda starts to connect with the character of Pip from Great Expectations. She starts to apply the things that Pip does to her own life and imagines Pip as one of her friends, an imaginary friend. Because of this Delores, Matilda’s mother, becomes concerned about her and disagrees that Matilda should be reading this book and would rather they learn about the island’s culture and past. Delores is also very religious and follows the teachings of the bible. She expects Matilda to do this too. Delores interrupts one of Mister Watt’s classes in order to do this for Matilda and the children of Bougainville. This helps add the tension between both Delores and Mister Watts due to their difference in beliefs. “I quickly unrolled the mat and there was Mr. Watts’ copy of Great Expectations.” Delores steals the Great Expectations book from Mr Watts so he cannot read it to the children. This affects the teachings of Mr Watts and the children’s thirst for the book. Due to the difference in what both Mr Watts and Delores believe for themselves it affects they way the children learn about the world the way they will think as they grow up. “My mum had packed away her guilt someplace and recovered her voice… Once upon a time I would have walked away from her attack on Mr Watts.” This quote is from a part later on the text as Matilda knew the horrific thing Delores did in the past to cause the death of both Mr Watts and Delores herself. The author intended this as way to create conflict between the two characters based upon their difference in beliefs, to show the consequences of beliefs clashing and being stuck in your own ways. Being taught by Mister Watts and being told differently by Delores causes a conflict between not just the two characters but the conflict of what the children should believe as they are being told differently by two different elders. This scenario in the novel can reflect the way present children of the world are being brought up and taught. The beliefs of their teachers change what they believe when they are older and can create conflict and separation. Hence why in the past war has been a result as to what different countries believe. For example in the past the United States of America believed in Capitalism while the Soviet Union believed in Communism due to the beliefs of their leaders at the time. The Cold War was the result. The two countries locked into the Cold War based upon threats and communication that they would bomb each other and the rest of their allies and vice versa causing the world to potentially become a nuclear wasteland. Due to the different beliefs of capitalism and communism when they clash this shows the most catastrophic outcome for the entire world. The novel Mister Pip takes this issue to a much smaller scale but shows a clear statement about the consequences when different beliefs cause conflict and issues. The difference in beliefs between Mr Watts and Delores caused them to both be killed and chopped up. Showing how conflict occurs as a result of the difference in beliefs clashing.

Another example of how difference in beliefs can cause conflict in the novel Mister Pip is when the redskins don’t believe the Bougainville islanders about the man Pip being a fictional character from the book Great Exoectations and then creates more conflict. The redskins arrive asking about a sign in the sand the kids had done that read Mister Pip. The Redskins saw this as a threat and asked for the man of the name Pip to step forward. Mr Watts tried to explain that Pip was a character in a book. “If I can explain, sir. The man you are looking for is a f iction, a made-up character. He is out of a novel . . .” They could not prove this because Delores had stolen the book and kept quiet during this intense situation. The Redskins were angered by this and threatened the islanders and got rough with them. “Why should I believe you? You asked me to believe this man is in a book. When I ask for the book there is no book.” They left and returned some time later to ask for Mister Pip again but Delores still had not given the book back. The Redskins burnt down the village, shot Mister Watts and chopped up Delores in front of Matilda. “They chopped Mr Watts up and threw him to the pigs…. They chopped her up and threw her to the pigs.” This is a horrific example of the one of the consequences shown due to difference in beliefs from the novel. Unfortunately examples of this can be seen outside of the novel in real life in both the past and present and are caused by difference in beliefs. The concentration camps from World War II used by Germanies Nazi Soldiers to kill Jews was created by Hitler due to the beliefs he had whether others didn’t agree or not. Due to Hitler believing in Jews taking over the world he made his plan to kill them off. He did this because of what he believed even though his differnet in beliefs to the rest of the world was wrong and lead to the worlds worst holocaust and mass murder of innocent Jewish people. Difference in beliefs is the key issue from the novel that is expressed in real life scenarios.

 In conclusion difference in beliefs is a key issue illustrated in the novel Mister Pip by Lloyd Jones. It creates and causes many different conflicts throughout the plot of the novel and is related to real life situations caused by differences in beliefs. Examples from novel include the difference in beliefs between both Matilda and her mother Delores as Matilda believes in the book read to her by her white male teacher Mr Watts called Great Expectations. Delores however thinks she needs to stop imagining characters from the book to help her live her as she only beliefs in the bible which then makes her blame Mr Watts. Delores has increased conflicted feelings about Mr Watts’s teachings and decides to interrupt his class and tech the kids about her beliefs and stealing Mr Watts copy of the book Great Expectations. The redskins don’t believe that the signal Pip is a fictional character and cause Havana to the island and its people resulting in Delores and Mr Watts being killed by the redskins. Difference in beliefs is the key issue that cause these travesties. 
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Biomechanics Pre-test

Biomechanical Principles 

 Balance and Stability – Having a bigger base allows you to be more stable and have better balanceKey Components; Base, Center of gravity

Skill – When standing on two feet it makes a bigger base and allows for better stability. Whereas if you stood on one foot your base would be smaller and have less stability and be more off balance. Standing on a basketball court shooting penalty baskets.

Newton’s Laws – the laws for movement involving inertia, an object will continue to move the same way it has unless acted upon by a external force. Acceleration force = mass x acceleration, Reaction for every there is a equal and opposite reaction. 

Key Components; Inertia, Acceleration, Reaction

Skill – If you kick a ball in space it will continue to move in the same direction as it has nothing to effects it’s flight pattern and will continue until an external object hits it. 

Levers – parts of the body that move in order to be able to do something

Key Components; Class of lever, Force, Load

Skill – When kicking a football you use levers in your legs in order to get the swing to be able to apply force to the ball to send it into a projectile motion.
Projectile Motion – the motion of an object moving in a parabola shape that are effected by the key components
Key Components; Height, Speed, Angle, Gravity, Air resistance 

Skill – When a ball is kicked it is the projectile and has a motion that depends on the way it was hit and when in the air the key components affect the flight of the ball.
Force Summation –

MTB Evaluation

Evaluation

Q: Explain comprehensively (+/-) how your first MOT was applied to your mountain bike trip (link a POT that you used and effects on exercise physiology).

The first method of training I applied to the mountain bike trip was Continuous. Continuous is training that starts and doesn’t stop until you have completed you physical action. Running, Biking, Swimming etc. I first used this method during a cycle session to kick off my training. This enable me to get back into the rhythm of cycling considering I hadn’t done it for while. In my training I used this method more than any of the others too make sure my endurance was the level that I thought it should be at. During the mountain bike trip the continuous effort was a lot harder than I expected I though that the training I had done would be enough to be able to do well in during the trips assessment. However the training I had done seemed to fell not enough during the assessment. The principle of training that best fit the continuous method was the time principle. The time principle is one of the most important principles of training to use during the trainings not just continuous. Time was extremely important on the assessment as well since it was a time trailed assessment. I did like the sports psychologies I used during my training which helped me be able to apply them on the trip as well to push myself through it even after realising my training hadn’t quite prepared me enough. 

After the assessment I felt like I hadn’t pushed myself enough because I wasn’t sure on the first part of the track which was a struggle to get up and by trying to use everything to quickly it then made me not be able to do the rest of the track as fast as I could since I had used such a high intensity level at the start and had to regain any endurance I had left. I feel like I did enough continuous training but still could have done more to get my endurance a level higher so I could of better coped but not enough of the other trainings which was a negative as I used this method for most trainings where it felt like I could keep going and pushing myself along by using sports psychs. My time wasn’t what I thought it would be but I got the mark I was aiming for considering how hard it actually was after I had done the assessment.  

The effects of the assessment and trip as a whole was slightly drastic in the Latic acid build up that I had by the end during the trip home. Cramp had been the number one issue during the whole trip. My muscles felt fine but the Latic acid build up was too much and it started to give me some serious cramp to the point where I had to get off and rest for a bit while riding with the advanced group. By the end of the assessment I had progressed into serious cramp during the later bike sessions. The effect of this was that I had used through all three energy systems and was biking on the aerobic system while starting to feel the effects of the Latic acid build up in my quadriceps and hamstrings. Because of the duration of continuous fitness the was required during the trip the quadriceps and hamstrings where the two main muscles working the hardest and had serious gains after the trip. The calves and gastrocnemius where the next two muscles but they weren’t working anywhere near as hard and where fine for the whole trip. The day after the trip all my muscles where feeling fine and didn’t have any soreness but where still cramping up a bit. Which makes me feel like the amount of lactic acid build up and the extreme load the quadriceps had was the only two factors that where seriously effected.

Positives of Continuous Training

– Continuous training was a good testing to better improve the performance of endurance as it would require a long duration of time I order to use the method of continuous training properly which is where the principle of trying helps the method. It allowed me to test myself to see where was at on different types of endurance levels for things like running and cycling which required different intensity levels from certain muscles while still including basically all of the same muscles. Which is another positive as it tests different muscles at different levels so you can see where the most improving needs to be done. 

Negatives of Continuous training.

– Continuous training is good for endurance but not much else. It doesn’t give you the muscle build and intensity levels that other trainings can which are big parts of the fitness required during the trip.  

Q: Explain comprehensively (+/-) how your second MOT was applied to your mountain bike trip (link a POT that you used and effects on exercise physiology). 

The second method of training I applied to the mountain bike trip was fartlek. Fartlek is training involves continuous activity, with bursts of speed added in. It combines continuous training and interval training. Short random bursts of high intensity exercise alternate with medium or low intensity segments to no particular pattern. I first used this method during a session of mixed running and sprinting at different intensity levels. 

The effects of exercise physiology in fartlek training is that all three enegry systems are used and includes short term effects on the body like increased heart rate, sweat, red faced, heavy breathing etch the long term effects is that your body adapts to these conditions when training and gets used to this so it can continue to perform at a high level. As all thre energy systems are used the aerobic system is used the most because this training is for long durations that works at different intensity levels on different muscles depending on the training being done.

Positives of Fartlek

– Trains muscle and body for changing in between  different levels of intensity at an instant. Uses both endurance and high intensity at the same time. Enables the body to adapt to working at differnet levels and still being able to endure long fatiguing activities.

Negatives of Fartlek

– Requires specific kinds of training and some already good endurance levels to be able to get benefits from the training.

Q: Explain comprehensively (+/-) how your third MOT was applied to your mountain bike trip (link a POT that you used and effects on exercise physiology).

The third method of training I applied to the mountain bike trip was interval training. Interval training is when you use very-high intensity for short durations of time. During the mountain bike trip there were stages that involved fast pace cycling and then simply not pedalling during didn’t downhill. I felt like the interval training wasn’t the best training to get the best benefits for the assessment but was still good to train as it built the strength in the leg muscles better than any other training aside from resistance which both help the muscles better cope under high intensity and prevent injury.

Interval training helped during the trip but not a lot. It did have positives and was used on the trip during the parts of the track where you would ride downhill and then have to do a very vertical uphill climb at high intensity levels which is what the interval part of the assessment was and basically the only parts that it helped aside from muscle building for strength.

Positives of interval training

– Builds muscle and trains body for quick high intensity bursts. 

Negatives of interval training 

– Doesn’t help the endurance level of fitness.

Q: What changes would you make to the MOTS and POTS you have applied? If not what worked well and why? 

I would make the method of training class performed instead of independently because the training would then be much more efficient and organised and would have more benefits for the students when it comes to performing the actual assessment. The methods of training and principles of training are all good and work well but have a teacher setup the lesson and involve the whole class in the training session then they will actually benefit from the training. They worked well and did help on the trip but some training sessions where not used to their full potential  in order to make the actual mountain trip assessment easier so that each student could get a better mark.

Memories are made of this

This is a creative writing piece from the novel Mister Pip written by Lloyd Jones, from the perspective of Matilda

After living life 10 years after my Bougainville experience, I was using my spared life to help others to make sure that my knowledge wasn’t wasted after my traumatising experience. I am living on my own and am now a high school english teacher just like Mister Watts. A great man I once knew before his dreadful passing. He read my favourite book to me, well he read of most of it. Great Expectations. The book that changed my life and helped my survive the horrors I lived through. I hadn’t seen or read that book for years now and had moved past the horrible memories and grief of my past on Bougainville. I was very happy being able to read a large amount of different books, poems, novels, and other literature. Studying with my classes and helping them learn the wonders of life. One peculiar day one of my students strode into class eager to share a book with me she had found. Fortunately for me her book was a rarely known classic entitled Hopscotch. She told me about how she read the book and thought it was amazing. She told all about her thoughts on the old novel and asked if I had known of it or read it. I knew of the book but I hadn’t read it before. I said to the girl what I knew of it and encouraged her to share it with the class to start today’s lesson.

The modern age and day was upon me living the life of a stressed adult with a lack of money with intentions of trying to do others good. Bills having to be paid, food having to be brought, time being used up. I was trying my best to cope. A kind soul was already working a full time job that got the stress pushed aside, but the community. All I wanted to to help others inside and outside of my classes. I volunteered for a job at the local library and had been working there for almost a year. Many of my students had visited the library and found me there. Their reactions were priceless. While I was scouring the library’s collection of books putting the stacked mountain of returns back in the correct spot I saw a cover that looked familiar to me. It had a very distinctive sense from the image of it. A old looking book with a leather brown cover that still looked as if it was in a pristine condition. I knew I had seen it in the past but couldn’t quite figure out why the back of my mind was remembering it. I approached the book at a slight pace getting closer and closer to the intriguing odour forcing me towards it. I pulled the book from its selected spot and turned it over to the view the front cover. The book of course had the bold, shiny golden words engraved in the cover that read Great Expectations. I stopped for a second and remembered the story. I immediately triggered the memory of Mister Watts reading it to me in class when she was a little girl and laughing along with her students back on Bougainville. I looked away from the book to my side and standing next to me looking through the collection of books on the same isle as me was my old friend Mister Pip. I watched him for several seconds then sensed the presence of someone to my other side and saw Mister Watts doing the same thing while he wore his red clown nose. I then imagined Mister Watts towing Grace In a kart while the Bougainville people starred at them with me. The sudden harsh noise of a gun shot struck my mind causing me to have a slight jumping twitch. The gunshot that took Mister Watts life after claiming he was Mister Pip had me frozen and shivering in fear. The pace of my heart rapidly increasing in pace as my mind rushed through all the terrible memories of Bougainville, my heart pounding away faster and faster and faster. Stopped, my heart had stopped in a instant. I came back to reality and collapsed to the library’s filthy carpet floor as light filled my vision as I felt paralysed on the floor. 

I couldn’t remember the events that got me here but I was the waking up to one morning I had remembered on Bougainville back when I was still a little girl… I didn’t know it yet but I relived the years I spent on Bougainville as I lay in a hospital bed in an coma. 

Week 7 Training

Methods of Training
Method of training you used during the week

The method of training I used for this week was flexibility training. Flexibility training is stretching to increase the resting length of muscles and improve the extent of a joint movement. Flexibility training is most effective and best done when the muscle is warm. There are types of flexibility that include static, dynamic and PNF.

Explain how you used this method

I went outside to the field and did 5 laps of the football field which was 1500m as a warm up then once my muscles were warm I started off with dynamic calf stretches. I did this for a minute for each leg then stood up and did a static calf stretch to stretch both parts of the calf muscle of both legs. I then stretched my hip flexor by keen king on one knee and placing my other leg in front on myself with my knee bent at a 90° angle, for each leg I did this for a minute. Then continued to stretch all of my lower body muscles. These included the it-bands, quads, hamstrings, groin, calves, both lower and upper.

Explain what Energy Systems were used

As I did a warm up run to get my leg muscles warm. I ran for about 5-10 minutes so I would have used my ATP-CP to start with then the Latic Acid System for the next minute or so and then finally had to use the aerobic system. The Latic acid system is an aerobic system that fuels the muscles without using a large amount of oxygen to fuel the muscles. The ATP-PC system was used for the first 10 or so seconds to start off the exercise which then started up the Latic acid system. That was exhausted and the aerobic system kicked in, the a aerobic system is a system that runs on oxygen. Fuelling the muscles with oxygen as we respirate allowing us to continue for long periods of time. It was a duration of training that required all three energy systems. 

Respiratory and Cardiovascular Systems used

Humans operate their respiratory system by using the bidirectional cardiovascular system. This is basically a respiration that requires oxygen to be transported through the body to the muscles. This works by breathing cause when we breathe in oxygen, it enters our lungs sent into our blood stream. Our heart then uses this now oxygenated blood to pump it though our bodies to the muscles that requires it in order to be able to create movement. Then the body uses the oxygenated blood and creates carbon dioxide which is then exhaled so that we can start the process again by breathing in more oxygen. 

Muscular Systems used

The muscular system involves Cardiac, and Skeletal muscles. The cardiac muscle is found in the heart and is used when pumping blood throughout the body in order to make it be able to work. This is used when performing a action such as running as your body subconsciously breathes in order to get oxygen to muscles. Skeletal muscle system is the system that makes muscle movement consciously which our brain controls. So when we want to move our legs on a bike to cycle we are using skeletal muscle in order to do this. Running requires the muscles of the legs which include the quadriceps, hamstrings, gluteals, hip flexors, abs, and calves. These are the six main muscles that are used when running. I the stretched out all of these muscles after the warm up run.

Principles of Training

The principles of training you applied 

I applied both rest and time for this method. I used time because for the length of the warm up and the length for each stretch. The stretching is a big part in the rest factor for an athlete as to rest you need to make sure your muscles are warmed up and down properly so that you don’t injury yourself and you don’t leave your muscles tight after training which can lead to both injury and cramping while resting. This can effect the way you perform during the next raining session and can lead to injury. Resting is required so that energy systems can recharge and the muscles can’t be over worked too much otherwise that will cause an injury like muscle or ligament tearing. The time is each stretch is required because you have to make sure you stretch the muscles out properly and for long enough with out stretching too much so that they tear or pull. 

How did you apply this…

I applied this by timing my warm up run so that I didn’t take too long or go to fast when trying to the muscles warm because otherwise they could be pulled. I aimed to take about 10 minutes for the whole warm up. I used the rest to make sure I wasn’t pushing my self to far this close to the mountain bike trip so we want to be well rested so our muscles can work at their best and also not get an injury before the trip. I applied these principles this way because it makes it better and easier to set a goal for the training and be able to complete. It helps the sports psychologies and allows me to train properly.

What was the effect of this?

The effect of the time principle is making it sure it lasts for the correct amount of time and not for too long as your body keeps has limits. The effect of the rest principle helps me recover properly to prevent injuries and make sure my muscles don’t fatigue and then can’t continue to work during trainings when I need them to. Resting allows the muscles and energy systems to regain their best ability which has a positive effect when starting another physical activity or training session. This allows me to perform at my best at continue to train so I can perform at my best on the mountain bike trip at wood hill.   

Sports Psychology
Discuss 1 Sports Psychology tool you applied to your training…

I liked to use the goal setting psychology tool for this method of training as it makes it easier to motivate myself in order to complete my goal and get the necessary training I require for the mountain bike trip. I used goal setting as for me I find it a efficient way to make myself actually complete my goal. If I have a target and I don’t reach it then I feel bad about it but if I have a target and I reach I want to push myself further cause I then knew I would be able to improve. My goal was to make sure I got all my stretches done properly and that I was able to get myself back into a shape that was ready and prepared for the mountain bike trip and my muscles weren’t tight or injured.

How did it help/not help your training?  

It helped because it allowed my to complete my training at the level I wanted to and allowed my to feel good about myself and gain benefit from the training. Goal setting allows me to motivate myself and concentrate on my task so I am able to complete my training. It makes is easier to complete hard tasks and allows me to set my state of mind to believe that I can do it. It balled because my goal is to do the best that I can on the mountain bike trip and aim for excellence.

Week 6 Training

Methods of Training

Method of training you used during the week

The method of training I used for this week was Resistance. Resistance training is any type of training that causes the muscles to contract against an external resistance e.g. Weights/machines. This method is best for building muscle strength to pre-vent injury and perform better.

Explain how you used this method

For this session of training I went into the weights room for the Resistance training. I started off on the rowing machine and rowed 2k in under 10 minutes at a 50% intensity rate. I then used the leg lift machine and did 3 sets of 20 with the weight set to 40kg. Then I used the leg press which was set to 80kg and did 3 sets of 10. I then squatted 3 sets of ten with 30kg weights. I then finished with a 15 minute bike ride at under 50% pace to finish off the session. The entire session took about 45 minutes. Which didn’t include having to get changed into and out of my gear at the start and end of the period. 

Explain what Energy Systems were used

The energy systems that I used for majority of the weight resistance training was the ATP-PC system, Latic acid system and Aerobic system. I The ATP-PC system was used for the first 10 or so seconds to start off the exercise which then started up the latic acid system. The Latic acid system is an aerobic system that fuels the muscles without using a large amount of oxygen to fuel the muscles. The aerobic system works by fuelling the muscles with oxygen using respiration. I started off using all three systems on the rowing machine and then continued with the weight training. I was doing short duration of bursts for each set of weights I did with the aerobic system after I had used both the ATP-PC and latic acid system. I used all three for the final cycle ride at the end.

Respiratory and Cardiovascular Systems used

Humans operate their respiratory system by using the bidirectional cardiovascular system. This is basically a respiration that requires oxygen to be transported through the body to the muscles. This works by breathing cause when we breathe in oxygen, it enters our lungs sent into our blood stream. Our heart then uses this now oxygenated blood to pump it though our bodies to the muscles that requires it in order to be able to create movement. Then the body uses the oxygenated blood and creates carbon dioxide which is then exhaled so that we can start the process again by breathing in more oxygen. 

Muscular Systems used

The muscular system involves Cardiac, and Skeletal muscles. The cardiac muscle is found in the heart and is used when pumping blood throughout the body in order to make it be able to work. This is used when performing a action such as cycling/rowing as your body subconsciously breathes in order to get oxygen to muscles. Skeletal muscle system is the system that makes muscle movement consciously which our brain controls. So when we want to move our legs on a bike to cycle we are using skeletal muscle in order to do this. Rowing requires the muscles of your upper body, lower body and core. You use your shoulders, chest, back and core. Which includes the biceps and triceps, and the entire upper body muscles. The lower body includes everything from the hamstrings to the quads, glutes and your calves. The core is also used which uses the abs. The weight lifting required the muscles of the legs and core which include the quadriceps, hamstrings, gluteals, hip flexors, abs, and calves. These are the main muscles that I used during the resistance training including the cycling.

Principles of Training

The principles of training you applied 

I applied both intensity and time for this method of training as they suit each other for this scenario. The duration of my workout and the intensity to keep me going through the difficult tasks of lifting weights when fatigued. It gives me the two main principles I need for this training. The time for a beneficial work out and being able to actually do the workout by using intensity to get the best out of myself without going too hard.

How did you apply this…

I applied this by timing the amount of time I spent on each machine depending on how many sets I had to do. I took a timed rest after the starting row to prepare myself for all of the weight training. I then did all my sets with breaks and also in between each weight and machine changing I had longer breaks so I wouldn’t fatigue or hurt my self to drastically. I applied these principles this way because it makes it better and easier to set a goal for the training and be able to complete. It helps the sports psychologies and allows me to train properly and push myself to a intense level.

What was the effect of this?

The effect of the time principle is making sure you have the right duration for each training activity, as your muscles keeps working and getting tired and you need to use the self-talk to keep them going for the entire duration. Timing each duration when doing a physical activity to train yourself helps reset your mind so when you finally finish and get a break you can tell yourself well done you did now just do this. I pushed myself through it. This would help on the mountain bike trip as and certain points of the track I would have to tell myself this in order to get the best time possible. The duration principle helps me to make sure I work at my best level that is appropriate for the training I am doing each time in order to get my goal completed.

Sports Psychology

Discuss 1 Sports Psychology tool you applied to your training…

I liked to use the goal setting psychology tool for this method of training as it makes it easier to motivate myself in order to complete my goal and get the necessary training I require for the mountain bike trip. I used goal setting as for me I find it a efficient way to make myself actually complete my goal. If I have a target and I don’t reach it then I feel bad about it but if I have a target and I reach I want to push myself further cause I then knew I would be able to improve. I also used the self talk psychology as it allowed me to motivate myself to keep working hard throughout the training session.

How did it help/not help your training?  

It helped because it allowed me to complete my training at the level I wanted to and allowed my to feel good about myself and gain benefit from the training. Goal setting and self-talk allows me to motivate myself and concentrate on my task so I am able to complete my training. It makes is easier to complete hard tasks and allows me to set my state of mind to believe that I can do it.

Week 5 Training

Methods of Training
Method of training you used during the week 

This week I used a fartlek method of training. Fartlek is training involves continuous activity, with bursts of speed added in. It combines continuous training and interval training. Short random bursts of high intensity exercise alternate with medium or low intensity segments to no particular pattern.

Explain how you used this method

The first activity was to run at a continuous pace around a 50x50m grid for a duration of 12 minutes without stopping. We had to run over 1.6km minimum, my group managed to achieve 2.2km. This used up our ATP-CP and Latic Acid system leaving us with just our aerobic system for the rest of the training. The second activity was to use the same 50x50m grid and we would sprint the first 50m, jog the next 50m, sprint the next 50m, and walk the last 50m. We would then continue to do this without stopping for 6 minutes without worrying about our distance but focusing on our intensity. The last activity was to run continuously around the same 50x50m grid just like we did in the first activity but this time we were required to reach half of the distance we had run run in the first activity in half the time it took us. My group had to run at least 1.1km within 6 minutes. I had to do this with a quad injury involving torn muscle repair but is was almost healed and I decided to work at a effort a little less than everyone else around 70% max in order to make sure I wouldn’t re injury my quadricep.

Explain what Energy Systems were used

The energy system that is used for majority of the cycle Latic acid system as it is a medium duration exercise that changes the amount of energy you use each time you change pace. The Latic acid system is an aerobic system that fuels the muscles without using a large amount of oxygen to fuel the muscles. The ATP-PC system was used for the first 10 or so seconds to start off the exercise which then started up the Latic acid system. That was exhausted and the aerobic system kicked in, the a aerobic system is a system that runs on oxygen. Fuelling the muscles with oxygen as we respirate allowing us to continue for long periods of time. It was a long duration of training that required all three energy systems. 

Respiratory and Cardiovascular Systems used 

Humans operate their respiratory system by using the bidirectional cardiovascular system. This is basically a respiration that requires oxygen to be transported through the body to the muscles. This works by breathing cause when we breathe in oxygen, it enters our lungs sent into our blood stream. Our heart then uses this now oxygenated blood to pump it though our bodies to the muscles that requires it in order to be able to create movement. Then the body uses the oxygenated blood and creates carbon dioxide which is then exhaled so that we can start the process again by breathing in more oxygen. 

Muscular Systems used

The muscular system involves Cardiac, and Skeletal muscles. The cardiac muscle is found in the heart and is used when pumping blood throughout the body in order to make it be able to work. This is used when performing a action such as running as your body subconsciously breathes in order to get oxygen to muscles. Skeletal muscle system is the system that makes muscle movement consciously which our brain controls. So when we want to move our legs on a bike to cycle we are using skeletal muscle in order to do this. Running requires the muscles of the legs which include the quadriceps, hamstrings, gluteals, hip flexors, abs, and calves. These are the six main muscles that are used when running.

Principles of Training
The principles of training you applied 

The principles of training applied for this session was intensity and time. Intensity is the level of work rate or effort you put into the activity. E.g. when sprinting at your top speed you are trying to have a 100% work rate. Time was the amount of time we worked at a certain percentage of effort. 

How did you apply this…

I applied the principle of intensity by working to the appropriate intensity level for each run in order to make sure I fit within the time limit and meet the goal but also not go too hard to exhaust myself so that I wouldn’t be able to continue with the next runs. I applied time by timing how long I was running for so that I was able to meet the run meter goal within the time limit given to us by our teacher. 

What was the effect of this?

The effect of this was that I was able to make it harder to work at high levels as your body keeps working and different levels of intensity when doing a physical activity to train yourself for change in intensity which would help on the mountain bike trip as and certain points of the track I would have to decrease or increase my intensity in order to get the best time possible without burning myself out too quickly or not giving enough effort by the end of the ride which would change the time I end up getting. The time principle helps me to make sure I use a high intensity each time in order to get my goal completed.

Sports Psychology
Discuss 1 Sports Psychology tool you applied to your training…

The sport psychology is a big part in the mental ability to achieve a difficult task. I needed it during this activity because otherwise I would have not had the motivation or will power to complete it. For this training session we applied the sports psych of self-talk. While I was running and felt like stopping or changing to a lower pace I would tell myself to keep going make it to the next cone in order to make sure I completed the task. It motivated my to continue towards each milestone of the training and in the end I managed to surprise myself with my ability even while injured. 

How did it help/not help your training?  

Using self-talk helped me as I was able to continue to run at the correct pace within the time limits. This was because I would force myself to run at a certain pace depending on how far I had to run and how much time I had to run it in. Self-talk was a good sports psychology for this activity as it was given to the whole class to make everyone tell themselves to try to reach their limit. 

First Draft ‘Memories are made of this’

Memories are made of this

After living life 10 years after her Bougainville experience, Matilda is happily for filling her life the best way she can. She is living on her own and is now a high school english teacher just the Mr Watts she once knew who read almost all of her favourite to her, Great Expectations. She hadn’t seen or read that book for years now and had moved past the horrible memories and grief of her experience on Bougainville. She was very happy being able to read a large amount of different books, poems, novels, and other literature she would study with her classes. One day a student came into class with her own book she had started to read and asked her teacher Matilda if she knew that book and what she thought of it. The book was called A Day Off. Matilda said to the girl that she shouldn’t take days off very often as a joke and that she hadn’t read that book before and told her student to share it with the class once she had finished reading it. 

Matilda was now living the life of a stressful adult and had to pay bills for everything! She also had to buy herself everything else she needed and wanted like food clothes and more books. She was a kind soul and was already working a full time job that got the bills paid but she wanted to help her community outside of her classes. She volunteered at her local library and told her students to come visit her if they wanted to ask and tell her anything outside of school. While Matilda was scouring the library’s collection of books she putting all the reruns back she say a cover that looked familiar to a book she thought she had seen in the past but couldn’t quite remember the exact book it was. She walked closer and closer to her intriguing and interesting past and once she once she had got close enough to the book hidden behind a stack of others she was able to tell it was the book Great Expectations. She stopped for a second and remembered the books story. She picked it up brushed the dust off of the cover and immediately triggered the memory of Mr Watts reading it her class when she was a little girl and laughing along with her students. Matilda looked away from the book to her side and standing next to her looking through the books on the same isle as her was her old friend Mister Pip. She watched him for several seconds then looked to her other side and saw Mr Watts doing the same thing while he wore a red clown nose. She then imagined Mr Watts towing …. In a kart while the Bougainville people starred. Matilda jumped as she then heard the gunshot that took Mr Watts life after claiming he was Mister Pip. Matilda fell into a school in the middle of library and dropped Great Expectations onto the navy blue carpeted floor beneath her.                  

Week 4 Training

Methods of Training

Method of training you used during the week

This week I used a Continuous method of training. Continuous is training that starts and doesn’t stop until you have completed you physical action. Running, Biking, Swimming etc.

Explain how you used this method

I used this method during a 40 minute run around the estuary. I would run over 7km at a steady pace for just under 40 minutes. I would start running at the water fountains at the back fields and continue running at the same pace until I finished back there.

Explain what Energy Systems were used

The energy system that is used for majority of the cycle Latic acid system as it is a medium duration exercise that changes the amount of energy you use each time you change pace. The Latic acid system is an aerobic system that fuels the muscles without using a large amount of oxygen to fuel the muscles. The ATP-PC system was used for the first 10 or so seconds to start off the exercise which then started up the Latic acid system. That was exhausted and the aerobic system kicked in, the a erotic system is a system that runs on oxygen. Fuelling the muscles with oxygen as we respirate allowing us to continue for long periods of time. It was a long duration of training that required all three energy systems. 

Respiratory and Cardiovascular Systems used

Humans operate their respiratory system by using the bidirectional cardiovascular system. This is basically a respiration that requires oxygen to be transported through the body to the muscles. This works by breathing cause when we breathe in oxygen, it enters our lungs sent into our blood stream. Our heart then uses this now oxygenated blood to pump it though our bodies to the muscles that requires it in order to be able to create movement. Then the body uses the oxygenated blood and creates carbon dioxide which is then exhaled so that we can start the process again by breathing in more oxygen. 

Muscular Systems used

The muscular system involves Cardiac, and Skeletal muscles. The cardiac muscle is found in the heart and is used when pumping blood throughout the body in order to make it be able to work. This is used when performing a action such as running as your body subconsciously breathes in order to get oxygen to muscles. Skeletal muscle system is the system that makes muscle movement consciously which our brain controls. So when we want to move our legs on a bike to cycle we are using skeletal muscle in order to do this. Running requires the muscles of the legs which include the quadriceps, hamstrings, gluteals, hip flexors, abs, and calves. These are the six main muscles that are used when running.

Principles of Training

The principles of training you applied 

I applied the principles of duration and specificity. The duration in which it takes me to run the estuary at the same steady pace the whole time. The specificity of training certain muscles for the mountain bike assessment. 

How did you apply this…

I applied this by running at around 50% the entire time to ensure I would complete the run within the 40 minute mark and still run at the same pace in order to train endurance. I applied these principles this way because it makes it better and easier to set a goal for the training and be able to complete. It helps the sports psychologies and allows me to train properly and push myself to a endurance level.

What was the effect of this?

The effect of the specificity principle is making it target certain muscles and energy systems when doing a physical activity to train yourself for endurance which would help on the mountain bike trip as I have to continue to quickly get to the finish line at high levels which requires certain endurance levels. The duration principle helps me to make sure I use a high intensity each time in order to get my goal completed.

Sports Psychology

Discuss 1 Sports Psychology tool you applied to your training…

I liked to use the goal setting psychology tool for this method of training as it makes it easier to motivate myself in order to complete my goal and get the necessary training I require for the mountain bike trip. I used goal setting as for me I find it a efficient way to make myself actually complete my goal. If I have a target and I don’t reach it then I feel bad about it but if I have a target and I reach I want to push myself further cause I then knew I would be able to improve. 

How did it help/not help your training?  

It helped because it allowed my to complete my training at the level I wanted to and allowed my to feel good about myself and gain benefit from the training. Goal setting allows me to motivate myself and concentrate on my task so I am able to complete my training. It makes is easier to complete hard tasks and allows me to set my state of mind to believe that I can do it.