On Saturday, 11/13/21, we went weight-lifting at Gym 365 in Advance. We had a very productive and fun time while at the gym. We competed in 3 different categories - Leg press, bench press, and back squats. Hailey won the leg press and bench press, and Melia won the back squats. While we were competing, we realized that we should do reps of three in order for us to complete that weight. While at the gym, we received some very important information from people and we met a world champion power-lifter. The guy that we met at the gym is a professional trainer and gave us some tips on our form as well as what shoes we should be wearing. He said that when lifting, you should be wearing shoes with a flat sole, such as vans or converse, or you could lift barefoot. We were wearing running shoes with a sole and when we took our shoes off, we could tell a significant difference in how we performed. While lifting, he showed us how our form should be and how to correct it. On benching, your arms should be close to your body, your feet should be on the floor, and you should lower the bar at your sternum. While squatting, you need to sit on your heels, go into a deep squat, and do not let your knees go inward. This was really helpful information for us as we have never been pros in the gym and needed some guidance. Overall Feelings: Hailey: "I would definitely say that weight-lifting has been my favorite sport so far. It was a great experience to meet a world champion power-lifter. I also got to learn a little bit about actual weight-lifting and the techniques behind it. I would rate this a 11/10 experience." Melia: "I really enjoyed weight-lifting. It is definitely something I would like to start getting into more even though I am going to start doing it often with volleyball. I maybe could have kept going and challenging Hailey, but I was pretty sore from volleyball practice the previous night. This experience was really fun as we met some friends who were super helpful and gave us tons of needed guidance." Edited on 12/05/21: Looking back, correcting grammatical errors.
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