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Do you lift heavy weights? If yes, how often, and do you lift to fatigue or a set number of reps?

Bathroom Push-Ups: My Unique Weightlifting Routine

So I do not lift weights ever, but what I do do is what I call bathroom push-ups or every time I enter a bathroom, so to brush my teeth to take a shower to use the toilet, whatever it is. After I come back out. I'll do I'll start out with like doing like three push-ups each time. And then the next day, I'll do 40, push-ups, and then five push-ups, and then and it doesn't have to be every day that it goes up. But each time it progresses until I've eventually gotten up to doing like 30 push-ups each time and that's my form of weightlifting. Eating.

I do "bathroom push-ups" which involve doing 3-30 push-ups each time I use the bathroom, gradually increasing the number of push-ups to increase strength.

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Indulging in the Forbidden: The Allure of Cheat Meals

Guys, cheating is bad, cheating, is sports cheating, at school cheating relationships. No cheating, unless it's food. Then you're allowed to have pizza and ice cream, and whatever. So my favorite cheat meal is burritos. It's not really that bad for you, but I'll eat a lot of them, which is probably not so good.

Cheating is bad except when it comes to food, in which case burritos are the best cheat meal.

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My favorite cheat meal is burritos. While they may not be the unhealthiest option, I tend to indulge and eat a lot of them, which may not be the best for my overall health. However, when it comes to food, I believe it's okay to have a cheat meal and enjoy some pizza, ice cream, or whatever you crave. Cheating in sports, school, or relationships is not acceptable, but when it comes to food, a little indulgence can be a treat.

What’s the most embarrassing thing to happen to you?

Embarrassing In-Flight Mishap: The Unfortunate TV Incident

So actually really like telling this story, even though it is embarrassing and I still haunts me to this day, but I was coming back from a race in tongue young South Korea and I was sitting next to this Korean man who didn't speak any English and it was a 14 and a half hour flight. We're about 45 minutes into the flight and I see him struggling with his TV not being able to turn it on. He's just tapping the screen over and over again and like looking really closely at it like trying to figure out how to turn it on and because the It was a touch screen and had like a little button on the bottom. You had to turn on first before you could like start searching for anything that you want to watch. I figured I would help him because I'm sitting there watching whatever movie I have and I see him with his blank screen and just tapping the screen like looking really close tapping. So I'm like, okay, I'm going to help this guy out because he's a bit older. Maybe doesn't know how the technology works. I don't know. So I just reach over and I press the power button for him, too. Turn the TV on farm, and he swats my hand away. And I'm like, whoa, like and he just gives me this dirty look and I'm like, okay, like I kind of just go back to watching whatever I was watching and he's there. Same thing. Just tapping the screen and I ended up falling asleep and like waking up a few hours later and me to get up to use the restroom. So I tapped him to say sorry. I need to get up to use the restroom or whatever and so he gets up and when he gets up and I slide across his seat. I see that from my vantage point sitting in my seat. His TV screen was completely blank. But then when I moved over to go out to go use the restroom. When I passed his seat, I can see that the TV was fully on. And so, in my mind, I was helping him turn on his TV, but then, from his Vantage Point, his TV was on, and he was tapping, like, trying to figure out something to watch. And then I just leaned over and turned off his TV, and he was like, and I could not explain. Lane to him because he didn't speak any English and I didn't speak any Korean. So like I couldn't explain to him that I was trying to help him. We're all he knows is that for some random reason? I just leaned over and turned off his TV.

I was sitting next to a Korean man on a 14 and a half hour flight and I tried to help him turn on his TV, but he swatted my hand away. Later, I realized that from his vantage point, the TV was already on and I had just leaned over and turned it off.

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I have a story that is both embarrassing and haunting to this day, but I actually enjoy telling it. It happened during a 14 and a half hour flight back from a race in Tongyeong, South Korea. I was sitting next to a Korean man who didn't speak English. About 45 minutes into the flight, I noticed him struggling to turn on his TV. He kept tapping the screen and looking closely at it, trying to figure it out.

Since I saw that it was a touch screen with a small button at the bottom that needed to be turned on before using it, I thought I would help him. I reached over and pressed the power button to turn on his TV. However, he swatted my hand away and gave me a dirty look. I was taken aback and went back to watching my own movie.

Later, I woke up from a nap and needed to use the restroom. I tapped him to apologize and let him know I needed to get up. As he got up and I slid across his seat, I noticed something strange. From my seat, his TV screen was completely blank, but as I passed his seat, I could see that his TV was fully on.

It dawned on me that from his perspective, his TV was already on, and he was tapping the screen to find something to watch. I had mistakenly leaned over and turned off his TV, causing confusion and frustration for him. Unfortunately, I couldn't explain the situation to him since we didn't speak each other's language.

It was an embarrassing moment where I thought I was helping but ended up causing more confusion. The language barrier made it impossible to clarify my intentions, and all he knew was that I randomly turned off his TV.

How do you stay hydrated and do you use any type of hydration tablet?

Stay hydrated with a simple water bottle trick—no tablets needed!

Hey, Melanie, I'm kind of a water bottle a holic. So I'm constantly filling up water bottles and leaving them, strategically around the house and in the cup holders in the cars and like, on my bike. And so I'm just a Serial fill up the water bottle and have it ready, so that I'm constantly drinking. I don't use any hydration tablets, but I stay pretty hydrated by having water bottle with me at all times.

I'm a water bottle a holic and I constantly fill up water bottles, so I always have one with me.

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To stay hydrated, I have a habit of constantly filling up water bottles and strategically placing them around my house, in car cup holders, and even on my bike. I make sure to always have a water bottle with me so that I can drink throughout the day. I don't use any hydration tablets, but having water readily available helps me stay hydrated.

How did you like being home schooled? Would you recommend it for parents of young kids?

Homeschooling Success: A Personal Journey of Academic Freedom and Adventure

Yes, I was home-schooled my entire life. I actually never went to a regular public school. So I don't really know how to compare it, but I really enjoyed being homeschooled. I got to learn at my own pace. So some subjects. I was a little bit Advanced at some I was a little bit behind but I also had an older sister who's a year and two months ahead of me. So she was able to help me out a little bit as well. It was mainly, my mom teaching while my dad was working full time, but we would have homeschool groups as well. So we do different curriculums with different families. Area, we got a lot of interaction with other homeschooled kids. But then also I was swimming at the time and doing Junior Lifeguards and surfing and skateboarding. So had a lot of interaction with other kids. I ended up graduating when I was 16 from high school. And I also took some Junior College courses when I was like 14, so I got a chance to experience the the homeschooling style but a little bit different than most homeschoolers, I would say. And also I got to Shadow a couple friends. To Bubble the school, and by shadowing them. I decided like, I don't think I ever want to do this. So I truly enjoyed homeschooling. It's really up to the parents because it's a lot of sacrifice for them to be able to handle homeschooling especially to kids. For the most part, my sister, and I we kind of were able to teach ourselves once we got old enough to just go through the curriculum and then we were doing the tests. And my mom and my dad were like grading, all the tests, and then we would go in to places that we would take like the SATs and stuff like that. So yeah, very Experience. But doing marine biology at the beach, and nothing can beat that.

I was homeschooled my whole life and enjoyed it. My parents sacrificed a lot to teach us and I got to learn at my own pace. I graduated early and got to explore other experiences, such as marine biology at the beach.

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I was homeschooled my entire life and I really enjoyed it. I had the opportunity to learn at my own pace, with some subjects being a bit advanced and others a bit behind. My older sister, who was just a year and two months ahead of me, also helped me out. My mom was mainly the teacher while my dad worked full time, but we also participated in homeschool groups where we interacted with other homeschooled kids and did different curriculums together.

In addition to academics, I was involved in activities like swimming, Junior Lifeguards, surfing, and skateboarding, which allowed me to interact with other kids. I graduated from high school at the age of 16 and even took some Junior College courses when I was 14, so my homeschooling experience was a bit different from most.

I had the chance to shadow some friends who attended regular schools, and through that experience, I realized that I preferred homeschooling. It really depends on the parents, as homeschooling requires a lot of sacrifice on their part, especially when teaching multiple kids. As my sister and I got older, we were able to teach ourselves and go through the curriculum, with our parents grading our tests. We also took standardized tests like the SATs at designated locations.

Overall, homeschooling was a unique and fulfilling experience for me. It allowed me to pursue marine biology at the beach, which was an incredible opportunity. Whether or not to homeschool is a decision that parents need to make based on their own circumstances and preferences.

USA Triathlon Coordinator's Action-Packed Morning Routine

I do have somewhat of a morning routine. I just got a new job working for USA Triathlon as the talent ID coordinator. So that kind of opened my schedule a bit more than my previous job. So now I'm able to wake up, eat breakfast and usually go for a run, or I could go for a ride before starting the work day. And so, I usually like to either if I have a short run. Let's say 30 minutes, then I'll do that first. And then I'll eat breakfast, a bigger breakfast, or if I'm doing On the run I think a workout or going for a bike ride, then I'll eat breakfast first and then go a little bit later. But yeah. Usually like to wake up and just get straight to it.

I have a morning routine that consists of either going for a run or bike ride, followed by breakfast before starting my work day.

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My morning routine has changed recently since starting my new job as the talent ID coordinator for USA Triathlon. I now have more flexibility in my schedule. Typically, I wake up, have breakfast, and then either go for a run or a bike ride before starting my work day. If it's a shorter run, around 30 minutes, I'll do that first and then have a bigger breakfast. If I'm planning a longer workout or a bike ride, I'll have breakfast first and then head out a bit later. I like to get straight to it and make the most of my mornings.

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