Friday, December 5, 2014

Bootcamp December BLAST

The month of December is referred to as BLAST in my outdoor bootcamp class. It's all new workouts that are meant to push us harder then ever before. It's actually been very challenging and a lot of fun. I find myself wanting to push through and finish the boards.
Day 1, Monday. I just couldn't get out of bed for the morning class, so I went to the night one (I'm sure this had everything to do with just getting back from CO and not being caught up on sleep yet). Monday nights are tricky because Chris has bowling and has to leave at 630pm which means the kids have to come hang out with me during my workout; not normally a problem, but it's been getting dark so it's harder to keep track of them.
The workout was just called 10 Minute Blasts. There were 3 stations that added up to 10 minutes. 1 minute of one exercise, 2 minutes of another, 3 minutes of one, and 4 minutes of yet another exercise. The 4 minute exercises at the end were killer! You already started to feel yourself getting tired and then you had to knock out 4 minutes of something - the worst one was 4 minutes of bear crawls! My kids loved them though! Katelynn kept telling everyone that they were awesome and doing great and she knew they'd finish. It was actually pretty cool to have the kids working out with us.
Day 2, Tuesday night. This one should've just been called Death by Baby. After our warm-up we were told to get a weight (I picked up a 10 lb medicine ball). Troy told us it was our baby and we weren't to put it down until the workout was over. It was crazy! We ran one lap on the track with our babies and then did a bunch of core exercises, then I did 200 walking lunges followed by some leg exercises, and then I got to Scoop and Throw my baby over 30 times just so I could do a few more leg and core moves. It was crazy hard and my legs were quite sore the next day. Of course my run in the sand earlier that morning probably didn't help the condition of my legs any!
Day 3, Wednesday was my weekly run with my Team RWB crew. I did the 5k route and actually felt really strong. I finished it in under 30 minutes (29 something) and my last mile was my fastest!!
Day 4, Thursday. Back to bootcamp. I have to do Thursday's class in the morning. Katelynn has therapy Thursday nights and there just isn't enough time to make it to the workouts.
This one was called, "I hate you!" Troy always says you need to fear the boards that have the least amount of writing on them:
It was 100 of all the exercises listed. 40 super burpees (with a pushup) then 40 weighted overhead lunges; 30 burpees, 30 weighted overhead lunges, etc. I got really happy on all the sets when we hit the 20 and 10!!
I had a major accomplishment with this board. I don't do box jumps. I fell at the gym when my trainer (back after Katelynn was born, so 2009 time frame) had me do them on a weight bench in the gym. I did ALL 100 BOX JUMPS!!! I asked Troy to take a photo so I had proof:
I look great don't I! Don't be fooled this was me after the workout:
Troy put together a collage of all of us doing the workout. I'm moving so fast I'm a blur on the ski abs! hahaha
Overall it was an excellent workout!
Day 5, Friday. There is only class on Friday mornings, so this was another early morning workout for me. It was also the only board I did not make it through. It started off with a high rep of exercises and then as we progressed through the workout the reps got fewer, but we added on exercises. It was called "Tack It On."
It was another great week of workouts! I'm really enjoying these classes and how strong they make me feel. I went ahead and signed up for an entire year of them!

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