Ending this semester = goodbye blog

As the school year is ending and summer is arriving, there is no better time to be outside and do something fun. So if you are on your computer and reading my blog, get out of the house ! if i did not have two finals tom. i would be at the beach for sure. Well after doing a blog for the first time i must say it was interesting. I guess because i do not really spend a lot of time on the computer, blogging is something i would not use. I love it though when i type into google about something that im interested in and there is a blog, because blogs unlike other websites , will give you someones personal thoughts. Which when it comes to things like restaurants,bars,places too go, or even famous people; i love reading those. If i was going to do something differently i guess i would try to follow more bloggers posts and try to build relationships with them, to make mine better. The only thing i did not like about this blog was that i had to write about fitness , and it had to be around ODU. I guess whenever i feel like writing, i want to write about more personal experiences and stuff thats going on, instead of about fitness at ODU.I like the fact it has to do with local places though because we are all students here, i guess i just wish i had more freedom of what too write about. It definantly was a good learning experience though and opened up my eyes to google map,flicker and other places.

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the good old pyramid

So today in the locker room at swim practice one of the girls meantioned how she is SUPPOSE to be losing a pound a week. I asked her why she would even think that, and she told me how she put all of her information into a pyramid her teacher told her to do and it came out saying she should. Basically she had to put in how much she weighed, her hieght,what she eats daily,how much she works out and etc. I think that programs like that are giving people false hopes , i mean sure it may help you have some sort of idea but it isnt something to live by. We asked our weights coach about it and he said that the work out idea to the pyramid is not enough, Because what people burn during work out is very different. Since i have been swimming competitively since i was six, if i put in that i work out 4 hours a day swimming, i will not burn as much as someone who rarely swims and goes and swims for an hour. Since your body builds endurance too specific things you do everyday, thats why you have to change up your work outs. I know that post was random and really has nothing to do with much, but just trying to make people aware that if you are doing this pyramid method and not dropping weight, its not completely your fault, hang in there !

Creatine

Yes that is my brother , begining of 2008 in the top pic. and now in the bottom picture...my motivation to write this blog.

Normally i would write about health topics and fitness but my roommate and i were discussing steriods and muscle enhancer such as creatine. I had no idea how common it was or how many people i knew were using it or had used it.So i decided to do some research on creatine to make people more aware of it cause like myself, i had no idea about it, i just knew it made people big.

Creatine-A compound the body synthesizes (makes) and then utilizes to store energy. The storage of energy occurs when phosphate molecules are attached to creatine to create creatine phosphate. Creatine phosphate is capable of donating phosphate to ADP in order to make ATP. ATP can then be converted into ADP with release of energy.

Basically ,Creatine is sold as a dietary supplement and is used by athletes as a "legal steriod" to increase muscle bulk. Since your body creates it normally on its own, it only helps store it more and give you more energy. The only thing is they are still uncertain about side effects later on that might occur and if you stop taking it , if you just lose it all.

They actually have a blog all about creatine if you want to check it out :-)