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Thursday, January 9, 2014 , 2:27 PM

gym bunnies :3 :3

Good afternoon people. I am perched daintily (I WISH) on my swivel chair in the office, facing Marina Bay Sands whilst typing this mini update :D Was super moodless to gym this lunch after receiving news that there will be no team training until the team meeting on the 19th :O WHY!!!! I was so looking forward to training! Missed you guys so much, you don't even know and I can't even.... Describe? LOL #clingy #possessive teammate much. Sorry girlzies, you girls are my life.

爱心午餐 prepared by The Baby Elephant <3 So much love this morning cause we were both late for work but she still food prepped for me. Where can I find a 宝贝like her?!?!?! Oh right, found her already :p

Immediately nommed on the sandwich that she gave. Scrambled eggs + melted cheese on (in?) bread :3 slurps finger licking good!

#girlsbeinggirls #girlsdoingwhatgirlsdobest

After gym. Shagged balls face :/ after clearing our medicine ball program omg this was taken lying on the floor :S

This picture is much cuter right LOL #hidingmyhighforehead


And of course, #OOTD

Super relieved that we cleared most of our OTOT program already. Well, it should be almost cleared because we've been holing ourselves up in the gym for the past 4 days. People always say I have no life, they think we have no life. What they don't understand is that, this IS our life.

This being a supposed 'fitness' blog. Lemme try and explain why we do medicine ball throws. Have never given it much thought before because we trust that coach knows what's best for us. So med ball exercises, at the back of my mind is just to train explosiveness, coordination (with partner), improve core strength plus it also helps with the twisting motion that we need for dragonboat.

After reading this article here(lol I googled hehe :X) I found out that I was not wrong and that there are more benefits to med ball that I knew.

Throws and Explosive Strength - This is almost like the fast twitch motion. If you throw the medicine ball hard and fast, you need this the ability to contract your muscles quickly to catch and throw the ball back to your partner and all these happens in less than a second. Power is channeled from the lower body to upper body so our legs are stronger and more important that we think.
Balance and Stability - There is no quality strength without balance and stability because we cannot give power if we aren't stable. (does that even make sense?) When we throw the ball, our hips and torso need to stabilize since we're moving the upper body. If we focus just on balancing ourselves, our power isn't there. If we want to put in more power, we are unstable. Therefore, med ball throws provide us with the basic stability training.

Cooperation - This point goes without saying, obviously because if you and your partner cannot cooperate, you cannot catch or throw the ball properly. ''When done with a partner it can develop social skills, teamwork and accountability'' Oooooh~

There are many kinds of exercises you can do with a medicine ball. Google and try them out. Have fun :D
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