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We had fitness testing on Friday during PE. I totally forgot about it until now, because this morning all my other muscles stopped hurting and my abs were still hurting, which reminded me of the crunches I did during fitness testing. *sigh*

I improved in all cases except for 2. :) Yay me! Compared to end of last year, I got 6 more cm on the Sit and Reach, which tests flexibility. I actually practiced Pike (which is similar to sit and reach) position over the summer, because I wanted to be more flexible, and that was one of my goals during this summer and will be one of my goals throughout this year.

I also did 8 more pushups than end of last year. I'm not sure why, but, last time I got 31 and this time I got 39. Or 40, I can't really remember. I got worse in crunches though, 51 from end of last term to 35 this time. I was still sore from volleyball yesterday, so after I just got really tired at around 25-30. I also stopped at about 20 first, because my friend said to pull my feet up closer, so I had to start over, and I got really tired immediately (abs and neck). And then I went back to it after we did all our other tests, and got a bit higher. :)

Vertical Jump used to be one of my stronger suits, but I got 5 cm worse than last time, and I don't know why. Maybe because my legs felt like concrete when I jumped.

I kind of dread Shuttle Run. Firstly, I'm not very good at it, and secondly, it reminds me of when I did Taekwondo and we had to do that, and we had to do it like literally 10 lengths to and from, as part of running and warmups and whatnot. But I improved just a little, by like half a second, but hey! Any improvement is amazing for me. Also, I'm really slow, and all my other friends are like, "I got 11! That's like, so bad! I got like 9.5 last time. *sad face*" And meanwhile, I'm celebrating because I got half a second faster, from 13 to 12.5. Which is like, really bad, but, I've kind of accepted it and I'm trying to get faster.

I'm actually really proud of myself after fitness testing, because I shifted my paradigm over the summer from being, "I'm really bad at PE," to, "You know, I'm going to work harder at PE so I can improve." Because I realized that PE is really important, and changing my perspective might help me to be more active and more successful when I try hard. So I feel like fitness testing was the first step towards more enjoyable PE classes. :D