another week down, another week closer to becoming a PTI
the past week was kinda fun
had a number of tests, managed to pull through
some even surpassing my expectations while others i felt i didn't do too well
but the main point is to pass and get my pti badge. haha

we had lectures on physiology and prevention and management of sports injuries
more topics that will help us understand the body better and thus knowing how to train it better
physiology was a little tough for me as i'm not that good in science
so trying to remember all the formulae and the chemical reaction the body has when its doing different kind of exercises was a little tough
but with the help of some of my teammates, i managed to do quite well for the test

the other lecture we underwent was much simplier as it didn't involve much science
rather more on common sense
in this topic i learnt what kind of fracture i had on my left arm and why it needed metal plating and screws. haha
in this topic we also learnt how to tape
tapping is just to give the ligaments, joints more support and prevent them from injuries
and we covered sports massage!
i'll teach my mum and dad how to do it so they can help me with my back. haha
it just hurts from time to time and it really gets uncomfortable.
luckily i'm in this course, now at least i can help myself instead of going to a physiologist where they charge a lot for a single session( though its great!)

then came the physical tests
this week they conducted the swimming test and the standard obstacle course test
i happy to say that i passed both
for the swimming test, i didn't know i could swim that fast
or rather meet the 100% mark
swam 50m( the length of an olympic swimming pool) in 45sec
was quite shocked to hear of my timing really. haha

however, i didn't do that well for my standard obstacle course
during recruit time, i clocked under 8mins
now however i only managed to clock just under 9min
which is barely a pass
it just showed me that training msut be done during the weekends in order to improve myself
training is tough but i need to do extra as i'm not that fit and the remaining 2 fitness tests will be much tougher

well at least i've cleared more tests in this course in which i'm glad of
this coming week will be firefighting course
saw the schedule for the week and it won't be easy
will be going through ladder drills, hose drills, using the breathing apparatus etc
this pti course is different from the previous course
last time the course was just 3weeks of pure physical training while our pilot group is based more on knowledge on sports sciences and it also includes the firefighting course.
so, i'm finally enjoying my time in this course.
6more weeks and i'll be through!