For the past few weeks, I have been rehearsing HIIT (high intensity interval training) routines while adopting certain characteristics of Lara Croft. Because I have a strong interest in fitness and well-being, I chose to use The Body Coach (Joe Wicks) as help and inspiration for HIIT routines. If you have not yet come across him, here he is:
His YouTube and Facebook videos have been my guide for creating my own HIIT routine. I tried to focus on creating a high energy and fast-paced routine as I do not wanted a slow-paced performance. Unlike in Joe Wicks’ videos, I would not be performing the routine in one spot. I wanted to use a T shaped performance space (see below) so that there would be an aisle between the audience that would have up lights all the way down the aisle on either side.
Here is one of the many videos that I have looked at for inspiration for HIIT routines:
(The Body Coach TV, 2017)
I also found a couple of Lara Croft inspired workouts that helped me with how to adapt certain exercises to suit the characteristics of Lara Croft.
(Betty Rocker, 2012)
(Bodytime, 2014)
However, even though I had a routine together, I had to change my idea due to a knee injury that restricts me from doing a large percentage of the performance I had originally created. I will still be sticking to using the gym and exercise as my focal point but with more emphasis on storytelling rather than largely physical movements.
I am centring my adapted performance on my journey to find the gym through my time in education. I have picked out specific aspects of my involvement in sports that made an big impact on my eventual finding of the gym. I will start my journey back at a primary school sports day, ending with when I first realised the gym was the place for me.
Works Cited:
Betty Rocker (2012) Tombraider Workout – No Equipment Total Body Exercise Action Sequence. Available from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EeG1neo_nyc&index=16&list=PLMWdxS3yDYCOeFAjdq7ofymT0xyTmwQWE&t=155s [accessed 20 April 2017].
Bodytime (2014) L’entrainement de FITNESS de LARA CROFT by Bodytime. Available from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hqVXcacB5Vg&index=17&list=PLMWdxS3yDYCOeFAjdq7ofymT0xyTmwQWE&t=21s [accessed 20 April 2017].
The Body Coach TV (2017) 20 Minute Intense Fat Burner | Home HIIT | The Body Coach. Available from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xLHA5g-82vY&t=285s [accessed 20 April 2017].
Wicks, J. (2016) Profile Picture. Available from https://www.facebook.com/JoeWicksTheBodyCoach/photos/a.201803993226878.49797.201801253227152/1055725334501402/?type=1&theater [accessed 11 May 2017].
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