So close. MAJOR PROJECT 5

This week I practiced three days. I am so happy because I am really close to achieving my goal. I remind you that my goal is to jump 1,35 meters. I said I am close to my goal because I jumped 1,30 meters. That means that I just need 5 more centimeters. And I said I am happy not just because of that. I have still 5 weeks left to work on this project and just 5 more cm to jump. That means that probably I will jump more than my goal, which it would be amazing!

This week I jumped twice and I ran another day.

The days of jumping I did pretty much the same. As I always do, I warmed up (jog 6 minutes, stretch and drills) and then I put my spikes on.

Then, I counted my approach and I put a tape on the floor just in case I forget about it. The most stressful thing in the world is the fact of about to jump and don’t find your start mark! Then I jumped for two hours and in the middle of jumps I did some specific drills according to the mistakes I was doing. It is always fun actually. It like I don’t know what I am doing but at the same time I learn so it’s cool! I also don’t understand how some people can jump as high as Claudia does!

Anyways, I jumped really well these two days, for me of course, and I am happy. Hopefully next week I can jump my goal!

Regarding the third practice of the week, I had lifting and sprints. You don’t need to be like Usain Bolt to high jump but you need to be faster than a turtle. So I did some sprints with the high jumpers. I don’t need to run sets of 300 meters cause I need speed and no resistance. I ran 6 sets of 40 meters. I was pretty good since I am sprinter too. After this workout, I saw videos with the high jumpers about my last two practices and they taught me some keys to jump higher! Basically they told me that I have to imagine myself touching the sky or the roof or whatever. Doing that I will raise my hands higher and that would help the whole jump. The other example that a teammate gave me was that I had to imagine bills of 100 dollars floating in the air. Higher bills of 200 dollars, higher 300 dollars bills and like this.  So the higher my hand goes, the greater the bill! That was pretty funny but those examples are actually the best to explain some exercises. 

The thing that I learn of this week is that first you have to believe in yourself as well as in your coach and workouts. I can see the light basically. I see that if you set a goal and you plan how to get there, you can achieve whatever it's in your mind.