My A level journey and athlete lifestyle blog

Okay Jake cheers

How often do you do practicals? I gather there's 12 practical skills in the Aqa A level chemistry course I haven't done any practicals as I'm self teaching and haven't done any practical lessons at my local exam centre but I will be taking practical lessons in year 13 and I will of course do the practical assignment I'm hoping to smash as I need to get at least a D in the practical to get into uni to do Chem so a C would be great! Ohhh I see so what is your dream job?

I dunno but she knew ALOT! I always just couldn't remember everything once I had gone into the exam and this was the same for all subjects.I always never hit my target A levels and beyond because of this
Oo awesome, I've seen some documentaries of some bodybuilders plus some youtubers, not something that I would like to get into but can again learn about it and see what's coming from that side Good luck with your whole process

Yes exactly! I don't have a deadline its just gonna continue throughout the rest of my life so any progress is fine Not sure I quite understand what you mean? You mean, how is food appetising or what can you do to it to make it look appetising? You ate what you wanted to eat which is all that matters

Well, my exam board is OCR A for chemistry, so there is hella a lot of practicals. We often do 2 practicals per week, or typically when we finish a topic and it has a practical in it we most likely do it the upcoming lesson. I really want an A in my final exams, although I'm currently targetted a B. Hmm, my dream job is quite possibly a barrister/lawyer atm, what about you?

2 practicals a week is a lot I'm at a disadvantage having not done any so I really dk what I'll get for AS Chemistry this summer I may end up with a D as I'm behind Im not sure I'll cover the whole AS textbook by May 20th which is the date for paper 1 I'm hoping for a C for A level next year I think I'm gonna have to apply to do foundation year courses at uni in September so I'll be doing for years at uni then hopefully another year for a masters at another uni and my dream job is an industrial chemist

Nope, not necessarily speaking. Having done no practicals does mean you will be behind, but you can easily catch up. I'd recommend printing a list of all the chemistry practicals from your specification and begin making valued content which you can revise from on them. This means printing off each chemistry practical, and highlighting and going through it thoroughly, adding notes where you get certain parts, and questioning yourself parts you don't. I'd recommend spaced repetition as well so you won't forget all your valid content closer to May. That does, by all means, starting NOW.

I've made notes from watching practicals on YouTube though the problem is my parents are unemployed atm so we've not had enough money to buy a printer I've had to do an illegal cash in hand job to get enough money for my diet it's just working at an events venue it's note dodgy really but I'll be buying a printer in a few weeks and I'll have to wait till Monday to go to the library to print off the spec
Do you do much A level revision from YouTube?

So today I did some swimming I did 4× 50m sprints 3× 100m front crawl 1 400m front crawl and 2 ×200 m breastroke i couldn't get the splits as my watch was not working unfortunately but hopefully I can the times next time tonight I'm gonna do some circuit training and I'll give you reps I think it will be doing 200 push ups, 250 crunches, 200 sit ups, 2 minute plank ×3 cycle kicks, scissors kicks leg raises, wall sit, squats and 200 tricep dips

Thanks I'm really look forward to the lab work as I've not done any lab work since year 10! 😱 did you do A Level Chemistry? Yeah it's an awesome idea and yep I try to reach my macro targets each day I personally feel like it helps me to reach my body goals but @It's****ingWOODY doesn't agree and I think he has a better knowledge of nutrition than me but I guess it depends what you want to do personally Good luck with that are you just counting calories atm?

If it's something that you can honestly stick to for the long haul then it'll work dude, I personally find it's an unnecessarily overcomplicated and restrictive approach but if you're genuinely finding it easy to stick to then as I said, it'll work

Damn that's pretty intense today I've done some bicep curls, 150 push ups, 200 sit ups, 150 crunches, some leg raises, squats and 100 tricep dips are you with your girlfriend rn? You said you were going to have a romantic date tonight

Your mum and dad were working at a warehouse right? I knew your dad is unemployed but I didn't realise your mum isn't working

I usually watch YouTube videos when I don't get a specific topic (this is usually on Law though), and I need verbal guidance on it. I completely understand your problem, in that case, read thoroughly the online specification, and make a checklist on all the required practicals by just noting down the name of the practical and hypothesis, and then gather all your practical notes this weekend (or if you prefer, make flashcards), so you'll be ready to print by Monday.

Yeah my mum had to stop working due to back pains she'll have to have a few months off and yes they both worked at the same warehouse

Oh I see I just like studying topics on YouTube I watch YouTube videos for all of my subjects and get tips from A level vlogs too I'm a visual learner yeah I've started making notes on my tablet and I have ill have them ready to print over this Easter holiday rn I've typed up on practical skills so I have five more to do I've also drawn and coloured in diagrams of the practical I had diagrams and notes before but I think they were stolen

That's a pretty good core workout and bicep curls are great do you have dumbells? I don't have any yet but I'll hopefully have enough money soon like there's so many things I need and so little money! Yes I was with her last night and it was the perfect night love songs, strawberries dipped on chocolate, two bottles of prosecco and a double bed 😋

Yep, just like me. Although I've procrastinated a lot today but planning to study this evening. Oh, that's good, so you'll have all your practicals done by this Easter..! Don't forget to review past papers questions as they'll help fill in your knowledge gaps too.

Yeah it was decent had me feeling satisfied today I've played some football and now I'm gonna do a similar workout I've not been gym today so that's why I'll do that workout though in tempted to do a little jog round the block. Yeah bicep curls are great and I do have dumbells and loads of different weights so I just do different reps with each weight I've had these since I was 14 I see what you mean it must be hard for you I feel you bro atm I'm just comfortable with my job which gets me around £100 a week.

That sounds lit I had a feeling you would have a good night, I saw my girlfriend earlier she watched me play football and we went for a slush puppy