My 2013 Season has started off with a bang! The National Team program has been blessed with a brilliant new head coach, Steve Anderson. I will miss a lot of training and technique taught by our former head coach, but Steve brings a whole new mindset for Canadian volleyballers. For those of your unfamiliar with Steve Ando, here is a link to a quick bio:
Steve Anderson.
Training everyday at the High Performance Facility has been such a joy. I have found a perfect balance in my life with training, conditioning, studying and down time. The harmony connecting all these events in my life together is happiness. I truly enjoy everything that I am doing in my life. After a heavy-course load of work first semester, I realized there is no benefit from worrying or creating stress in my life. All I can focus on is one thing at a time; to be in the present moment and put 100% effort into doing just what I am doing at that exact moment. Whether I am in the gym or on the sand, I cannot be thinking of the biochemical processes in the cingulate gyrus and or being trying to organize my volleyball travel schedule during physiology lecture. By focusing on just one event at a time, I am training at a higher, more focused level and have received high grades on my first midterms in Neurobiology and Biochemistry. I realize that I am not super human, but have learned how to optimize every second of everyday. Time is so valuable and there is so much I want to accomplish in my lifetime. I realize what is important in life, what my goals are, and exactly how I am going to live out my dreams.
My competition season is about to begin shortly and I am doing everything I can to properly prepare myself for #Podium2013 top finishes. I am lucky to have such amazing and wonderful sponsors supporting me this season as I work hard day in and day out on a pathway to the Olympics.
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GP8 has changed my entire perspective on water. I was a little skeptical at first that water could actually be "enhanced" with oxygen. However, after training and drinking GP8 for one day I was completely convinced. I did a thorough read through of their scientific papers and the facts hold true! This water delivers more oxygen to your blood stream, thus creating a greater partial pressure for the oxygen stored in your hemoglobin to be deliver to your tissues with more efficiency. I can taste the difference in the water, it's lighter and I don't feel bloated while hydrating with lots of GP8 Sportwater. Definitely a product I would recommend!
Thank you everyone for your continued support as I am able to live out my dreams each and every day knowing I have amazing friends, family, coaches and sponsors. I hope I can continue to motivate, inspire and enlighten those I come across in my path. Feel free to reach out to me if you'd like to connect. I love sharing my life with those around me!
Namaste friends.
Julia
