Wednesday, February 27, 2013

2-Hour Meeting Answer #3

1.  What is your essential question?
What is the best way to build upper body muscle?


2.  What is your third answer to your essential question (write your third answer in a complete sentence)?
The third answer for my essential question is sleep.


3.  What are three details to support or justify your third answer (details are examples or facts)?

-Sleep helps rest the muscle after a workout because you put a lot of stress on them after a workout and it needs a rest

-Sleep helps rebuild torn tissue you put on your muscle from exercises.

-If you don't get enough sleep your body will react to these poor condition and you may not absorb more nutrients and may possibly gain more weight if you keep repeating this process 

4.  What source helped you prove this answer is justified for your essential question?
My mentor and some mens fitness magazine. My mentor gave me many issues that may happen if you do not get enough sleep like your muscle not functioning as well as before when you had plenty of sleep. The mens fitness magazine gave me information on how less sleep can cause you to eat more than usual.


5.  What do you plan to study next and why? 
Mostly protein or supplements that help build mass and muscle because since i'm pretty skinny i need a lot of protein to take my body to the next level and increase in mass a little more

Wednesday, February 20, 2013

Fourth Interview Questions

1.What is the best way to build upper body muscle?
2.How do you build muscle if your a vegan and have a strict diet?
3.How much days should a person workout a week?
4.How important is sleep in relation to building muscle? Because I notice i'm more hungry than usual when I had a bad sleep day
5.Why is drinking water important?
6.How does protein shakes help build muscle?
7. How beneficial is a workout plan?
8. What types of food must I stay away to prevent gaining fat.
9.What is so essential of each muscle building workout?
10. What the difference between using regular dumbbells to using a machine that helps target the muscle?
11. How much hours should I be spending in the gym so that I will be able to see progress in my upper body?
12. How important is nutrition toward your goal to gain muscle?
13. What is a good nutrition plan?
14. How important is proper form?
15. What types of injuries can you get by not using proper form?
16.What are some obstacle you may encounter when you try to build muscle
17.Is lifting slow more beneficial than lifting fast?
18. How can you motivate yourself so that you can push yourself on each reps?
19. What is muscle confusion?
20.Why is it so important that you flex your abs when you do abs workout?

Thursday, February 7, 2013

2-Hour Meeting Answer #2

1.  What is your essential question?
What is the best way to build muscle in the upper body


2.  What is your second answer to your essential question (write your second answer in a complete sentence)?
Proper form and nutrition.


3.  What are three details to support or justify your second answer (details are examples or facts)?
-Proper form helps prevent injuries 
-Nutrition only affects is gaining or losing body fat
-Proper form helps target muscle you aim to work on
4.  What source helped you prove this answer is justified for your essential question?

Men fitness magazines


5. I plan to continue my study of answer #2 by looking up new information on workout techniques and nutrition.


Monday, February 4, 2013

Independent Component 2 Plan Approval

(1) Write a description of what you plan on doing for your independent study component.
Well what I'll mostly be focusing on is building mass and nutrition. I'll be hitting the gym doing workout routines and watching what i eat and see how much progress I can gain from this or results.


(2) Describe in detail how you think your plan will meet the 30 hours work requirement.
Well I hit go to the gym 2-4 hrs four days a week so I'm pretty sure I'll have that 30 hrs by the end of this month or next.


(3) How does your independent study component relate to your working EQ?  
Since my EQ focuses on building upper body muscle I think its great because I'll be learning new ways to build upper body muscle.

Friday, February 1, 2013

Independent Component 1

Literal
A)  “I, Dina, affirm that I completed my independent component which represents 30 hours of work.”

B"Bigger Arms from Both Sides." Men's Fitness. N.p., n.d. Web. 01 Feb. 2013. <http://www.mensfitness.com/training/build-muscle/bigger-arms-from-both-sides>                                                                                      This website gave me a good amount of information about diet nutrition tips and certain workout that will help increase my mass
         C)Spreadsheet

            D) So this is the equipment's I cycle around. I start with the barbells, then back muscle then the chest














E) It help me understand how complex it is to build muscle and how much dedication you would have to put in to get the results you want. and since my EQ focus on muscle building I now have a better understanding and can explain the work that must be done to get the results in my experience.