Boot Camp (week 1)

So as most of you know, a group of girls, lately called crazy, joined a boot camp. We did it to get fit, body & mind, and now more importantly, to see if we can do it. These chicas locas, aka Sam, Catina, Gaytra and i, Kim, finished week 1 out of 6, 4 days out of 24. We are all STILL breathing, moving, and in one piece. The 1st couple of days were brutal for most of us with post muscle soreness. Lots of soaking in epsom salt and marinating in tiger balm! I personally thought I was going to tear every strand of muscle in my legs! (would that make my thighs smaller at least?)

Anyhoo, no regrets here! At least not yet. Besides the initial pain, I think the girls will all agree that its thus far, one amazing experience we are having, and fortunate to be sharing altogether. I've created this blog for myself, as a diary of this extraordinary hurdle, as well as a way to share it with the rest of you lazy asses........i mean friends =) ENJOY!!!

Day 1: June 2 (Mon)
- every morning we warm up with a run

- immediately after, they taught us diff muscle training activities

- then they wanted to log how many pushups in 30 sec we can do

- the coaches always made sure we were doing the exercises properly & gave us great motivation

- next was sit ups in 30 sec

- then squats....GO GAYTRA!! BIKINI BIKINI BIKINI !!!

- THEN blurpees (dont be fooled by the funy cute name, this workout is far from cute!)


at the end of day 1, we were all feeling tired and sore, relieved and proud, worried and scared!


Day 2: (Tues)

- warmed up again with a mile run. most were sorer and slower. SHE must be a veteran >:(



- after our usual drills, and after our 8 min track run training, we were introduced to our 1st circuit. Groups of 4-5 at one station for 30 sec, then quickly rotating to another station that consisted of diff activities. There were 5 diff stations total. One was Slamball where u held anywhere from 10-20 lbs balls and then slammed down on the ground. Great for muscle toning, stress relieving, and fighting couples ;)



- there was also the Cowbell station where u swing anywhere from 10-50 lbs cowbell shaped objects between ur legs and out. Just be careful u dont let go of it during a swing!



- these are the resistance bands to work our arms. but we ALSO had to do squats at the same time. Didnt want the legs to feel neglected now. We had about 3 rounds of this til it was end of Day 2! Phew!



Day 3: (Thurs)

- this was a killer day, meaning they were trying to kill us. Again, after our normal warm up run, which was now on concrete UPHILL, they introduced us to the Tangela. Sounds yummy........well its NOT. This was another circuit course with 4 stations where we had to do 5 rounds for vets, 4 for newbies. We were also being timed.

- this station was to do...

10 8-count bodybuilders
20 spiderman planks
20 mt. Climbers each leg

(this is where i got my war wound on my arms)

- then 30 jumping rope, followed by 30 tuck jumps



- u also had to do 10 slamballs and then run up a flight of stairs and do the cross over lunges, then down the stairs to do some more cross over lunges.



- goal for the newbs were 4 rounds of all this, but most might not have made it. But we all survived it. And that was end of Doomsday 3.



Day 4: (Fri)

- another warmup run, quickly followed by our normal muscle exercises. Then we did pushups, situps, and lunges, each for 30 sec, 8 rounds each back to back. Quickly after, we learned the Tabata. A 3 man team circuit consisting of....

100 Diamond pushups

100 lunge steps

100 ankle taps

50 burpees

AND running halfway down the field and doing 20 moutain climbers each leg and running back!

Luckily we ended the day with something a little more fun. Another team game with 7 players each competing with one another.




- 1st was passing the weight ball back til everyone had a chance to be in front. Then the team quickly runs to the middle of the field and does team jumping jacks (30), team lunges (til next cone)



- My team was in the lead til the last stretch, when the team behind us, passed us in the final stage of the wheel barrel.



1 week down, 5 more to go!



Thank you all who have been very supportive. And check back to this blog for updates! And i encourage ppl to leave comments on here cuz the other ladies will be reading it. Give them luv <3 <3 <3 <3