Candidate Journals

Long day....had demos for 2 Chesterbrook Academy Schools. Still trying to get everything straight for the After School Peeps. Top Team work out in the evening. Day 3 of 24 Day Challenge. Ate well, slept well last night. Tired right now, but it is almost midnight. Looking forward to the weekend. Started a Fantasy Football league today....woo hoo!

Today is day 2 of my Advocare Challenge! Have a ton of energy and feel great, got a lot done today, except for my run. Thought I was going to do a kick boxing class tonight with some of the candidates to get in some extra sparring rounds but it didn't happen, so then I was irritated with myself for not running. Will run tomorrow for sure. Had a great class with Master Evins this morning. I miss working out with him during the summer! Listened to 102.9 on and off as I could today to try to hear our new King Tiger radio commercials! So exciting! Let me know if you hear one!

Started my 24 Day Challenge today. Ate well and had plenty of Spark! Ran at noon.....yes, it was hot! Going to try to run before my work out with Master Evins tomorrow! Maybe it will be cooler! Did a Core Fitness work out with the Gang. Staying on the busy side with the new After School students and new employees. I am sure that it will all settle into a good routine here in a week or two, but until then having some trouble getting my requirements in.

Wow! Busy week last week and super busy day today with the start of CMS school! We had a lot of new kiddos and new schools that we were picking up from.....it was super busy, so I did not get a lot of requirements done. But I will try and make up for it tomorrow. Can't wait to start training again with Master Evins and the other Master Instructors. We always suspend our training during the summer. Great job from everyone this weekend for the physical tests......a lot of you need to retake the written part.....make sure you study up and get that done this week!

Wow! Busy week last week and super busy day today with the start of CMS school! We had a lot of new kiddos and new schools that we were picking up from.....it was super busy, so I did not get a lot of requirements done. But I will try and make up for it tomorrow. Can't wait to start training again with Master Evins and the other Master Instructors. We always suspend our training during the summer. Great job from everyone this weekend for the physical tests......a lot of you need to retake the written part.....make sure you study up and get that done this week!

Woke up not feeling well! Had a long night of the sniffles and now have a killer headache. Will probably not run today but will still try to get in some jump roping along with my other requirements. In Monday night's adult class(where I have a lot of bb candidates) we did 5 rounds of jump rope. But I better not do that again tonight or they all might stop coming to my class :)

I am very confused because we usually go swimming on Tuesday and go to the Movies on Wednesday.....but because of the weather, we decided to do go to the movies today and then go swimming tomorrow. Now my brain cannot decide what day it is. I got a mile in with the summer campers, but the bottom fell out of the sky right when I was leaving the school for a couple of extra miles. Finding it hard to do consistent journals during the summer. A lot of nights, I don't even take home my computer, because I know I will be back here first thing in the morning. Hopefully when school starts, I will get on a better routine!

I really dislike my push ups...... I am trying to do them more military style (triceps), but they just are not getting any easier! I haven't even started to do pull ups yet....Our pull up bar is in the back (where the Summer Campers hang). I don't want to do my pitiful pull ups in front of them! So, I will probably hold off until school starts and do them when alone:) On the smiley side, I am excited to be teaching the Saturday black belt class....so here is a hint (we will see who reads this stuff).... the only weapon you will need on Saturday is a Short Stick.....we will concentrate on short stick forms and pal gwe forms! If we can get to it, we will do some drills for 2 on 1 sparring! If you need to do a Leadership 2.....let me know and I will work you...

Ran a couple of miles and worked out with Master Schneider at noon time. It is our last work out for awhile since she will be leaving for England for the month of August and then a quick trip at the beginning of September:( So much harder to work out all by yourself. Going skating tomorrow with the summer campers...that is always a work out. My candidates are all doing their white belt challenge this week. It is also a challenge for the Instructors to keep them with white belt curriculum. I love it because you can really concentrate on the basics.....

Great Class on Saturday with Master Evins! I love being a higher belt....allowing me to be on the floor for a lot of the class. It was a great work out....especially doing the Short Stick form with everyone! If your right quad doesn't feel sore the next day, you are not doing it right!!!! I love cycle time, when we have really big classes and lots of energy. I am still trying to learn everyone's name.....but getting there! Ran before class, but took off on Sunday. Back at it this week with a two mile run with Master Schneider and Inst. Lloyd on Monday. Went to dinner with some friends that I hadn't seen since last November on Monday night. So good to see old friends. Only 4 more weeks till school starts.........

After a rainy start to the week, the rest is getting better. Don't mind the rain, but it keeps me from running....and it keeps the Summer Campers inside and that is not good:) Magic show today at camp. Fun times. Have Top Team tonight. Feeling pretty good right now, but will need some Spark pretty soon:)

Ran and worked Wang Ho Pooms and Pal Gwe Pooms with Inst LLoyd. Bailey Road Park is always a hot run. Not much shade on the route. Feeling good on the Pal Gwe forms. Need to work on my Wang Ho forms more. I am blending them way to much!

Still sore from the run yesterday, so no run today. I have been happy with how much running I have been doing, but sometimes you need a rest day! This week has gone by quickly (Thank goodness). Looking forward to Black Belt class on Saturday!

Still sore from the run yesterday, so no run today. I have been happy with how much running I have been doing, but sometimes you need a rest day! This week has gone by quickly (Thank goodness). Looking forward to Black Belt class on Saturday!

Started the day with a 1 mile walk with the summer campers to go to watch "The Lego Movie". Then master Schneider and I took a new route for our run at the park. We decided to try the bike trail......It ended up being a 3.2 mile loop. A long, hard 3 mile loop! Took all of our time, probably even ran her a little late getting back to her work day......at least it was shady and only 84 degrees out. So not a terrible work out, but very tiring!!!!

Good day today. Nice day for a run, but only got a couple of miles in. Need to step up to doing a 3 mile run per day.... Still loving watching my counselor candidates and summer camp candidates jumping at chances to do their requirements! We are short on "adult" counselorsthis week, so we can't work together as much at the park...but they took two opportunities to run today, so I was proud. Got to work out with Master Schneider (and Jessi) at the park and then got to do a Top Team class. Had a good number of people for my 7:30 family class, so got a little extra sweat on! Only 2 kiddos showed up for Hyper Pro.....would love to see a few more of you for that class....

Back from Texas vacation and very tired! I am disappointed that I didn't get more requirements done while I was gone. But happy that everything seemed to go well at the school while we were gone! A really big THANKS to all of our Instructors and Counselors for helping out! Worked out today at lunchtime with Master Schneider....ran, worked on the Stick Forms and Pal Gwe forms. Ended up "taking" the family class tonight while Master Schneider taught...did a lot of poom saes and self defenses. Looking forward to going to bed early tonight!

Been in San Antonio since Saturday. Been nice to see the family and have Grandbaby Christian here. Did not get to run yesterday, but made up for it with a long, hot 4 mile run today. Topped that off with an afternoon at Sea World and I am exhausted. I don't think I will get many other requirements done today!

Super tired today! Just told the hubby that I am skipping dinner tonight, hitting the shower and going to bed when I get home! Well, I will do a couple of loads of laundry too......ran a couple of miles with Master Schneider, did pal gwe forms, wang ho forms and nai bi gin forms. Will see what else I can get in through the rest of the day.

Kids did great again today. Went to a new park, so I ran by myself to establish a route. Kids ended up waiting until back at the school to run. We worked on Stick forms while at the park. A little worried about my candidates that are out of the country this summer. Four of them. I hope they can still take advantage of the pre-cycle time! Went to a former students first MMA fight this past Saturday. He did great (Austin Munsch...for those of you who remember him) and won with a TKO in the second round. We were proud.

Very good day! Worked my crew pretty hard (and by extension, myself)! They were all doing push ups, sit ups, jumping rope by 9 am (without me telling them to) . Let them have some fun at the park and then pulled them away for some poom sae and self defense work. Only meant to work for about 20 minutes but ended up being about 40! Then we ran (walked/ran) 2 miles together around 4:15. It was tough, but now we know what we need to work on! The camper candidates had a Hyper Pro class and the Counselors stayed late and helped with family class and then took the adult class. It was blue stripe (sparring) so.......Did 3 assisted pull ups today. So hard, but I guess you have to start somewhere. The King Tiger 5K was great. Have a tradition of running it with Inst Dege, always good to...

Tomorrow is the 5K! Didn't get to run today, so looking forward to getting in a little extra tomorrow. I have only been going about 2miles a day during the week. Had some soreness today from my Top Team work out last night. Moved up to 15 lb kettle bells, so I am feeling it today. Going into the school early on Wednesdays and Fridays so that Conrad can go to Cross Fit. It is a good time for me to do some jump ropes, burpees, etc. Next week I will be doing them with my counselors and summer campers that are on the cycle..whoo Hoo!

Added in the credits that we got for going to the GoodWill games yesterday. Fun to see the numbers change, even if not by much percentage-wise. Have run 9 of the last 11 days! Short runs, but it is a start. Lost a couple of pounds too. Happy face! Worked out 4 days already this week with Master Schneider, but now she has work peeps coming in town and will have to miss a few of our scheduled work outs. Sad face!

Yesterday was only the 2nd day of summer camp and I am already exhausted! Tuesdays are our swimming days and it just wore me out. 8 am meeting with Keith, ran and worked out at the park with Master Schneider and then Top Team at 6:30. Still haven't even attempted a pull up, but I did stare at the bar for a few minutes this morning:) I keep telling myself that I need to get a little better at my push ups before I tackle my pull ups......at least I am able to get alot of poomsaes and other stuff done while hanging out with the kids and I am excited for next week when I have 2 Summer Campers and 3 Counselors that go on the cycle. It will really push me to get some more stuff done.

Color belt testing at Lake Norman. Went well! Hutchinsons tested for their High Red Belts and did great. I was very happy with the day...but did not get alot of Journey requirements done. Managed a "quick" run. Only 2 miles, but it felt like 5....got to get over my mental hatred for the running. I actually like it once I get passed the first mile or so, but forcing myself to take those first few steps.....

Very excited to start my Master's Journey! But a bit slow getting started! Easily getting in my poom saes....loving learning and practicing the Pal Gwe Poom Saes that the black belts will learn. Push ups are proving to be the most challenging! Can't wait for June 21st so that some of my summer camp black belt candidates can start doing stuff with me.