Boot Camp 101

I have been doing boot camp for a little over 1 week and I am LOVING it! I do half morning sessions, half evening sessions and it is defiantly something that I look forward to. There are different instructors, depending on when you attend, so there is always variety. In the mornings, we meet inside a mall.... so, as I am running past Banana Republic OR J Crew OR Victoria's Secret for the umpteenth time, I can begin to picture the clothes in my closet. Plus, I can see when they get cute, new stuff!

Since every session is a little bit different, you never have one part of your body that is sore.... you entire body is sore! But, I am one of those workout freaks that actually likes being sore after a good workout. It makes me feel like I am actually doing something.

Right now I am sitting on my couch with a glass of wine in hand, watching the Barbara Walters Oscar special. She just interviewed Vanessa Williams and she seemed to be one of the most honest actresses I have heard. Barbara asked her about how she maintains her 'look.' Vanessa was very upfront with it all -- Botox, multiple trainers, a special food delivery service, etc. I love how honest she was! Too many times these actresses act like they look like they do, without ever having to work at at. I love how she accepted the fact that looking a certain way does not come with simply good luck or good genes. Both of those things help, but you also have to work at getting that way.

Off to make dinner.... pan seared tilipia, couscous and salad. I am trying to get fish into our diet at least 3X a week.

Idol and Boot Camp

This is my favorite female Idol:

Plus, I have always thought that if I was an African American woman I would want hair like hers. I think I could rock the curly do.....

I just got back from boot camp.... and I will be back there again in exactly 8 hours. Sheesh... Update #2 will come after the next ass kicking.

Boot Camp - Day 1

So, last night was the the first boot camp session. I pick up Allison, leaving plenty of time to make the 5 minute drive to where the camp was taking place. Well.... as soon as I pick her up, I realize that I forgot my yoga mat. We had to have the mats because the session takes place in a huge church parking lot, and if I was going to be doing push-ups and such on concrete, I needed to mat. I DASH back to my place and we make it to the church with minutes to spare....until we get lost in the parking lot. Don't laugh. This place is huge..... one of the largest church's I have even seen. So, we begin to panic because in the class instructions it clearly stated that YOU WERE NOT TO BE LATE. And here we are.... Day 1... late.

Luckily, we were able to slip in just in time to hear, "time to run your mile!" And we were off..... (To give you an idea about how large the church it, one lap around the parking lot was the mile) We finish the mile, and the order that you finish dictates your fitness groups for the rest of the class. The first 10 that finish are in group 1, second 10 are in group 2 and so on. We were in group 4 of 9... not too shabby.

We immediately begin with reps of cherry pickers and some other jumping move.... 10 cherry pickers and 10 of the other thing.... 9 cherry pickers and 9 of the other thing.... etc... after that out group does some sort of shuffle exercise, 2 different exercises of 20 reps and you do both sets 3 times.

The entire class consisted of fast paced exercises of that nature. At one point, we were doing some sort of arm exercise while lying on your stomach and the drill sargent threatened to step on your fingers if your hands touched the ground. Hard core.

There were a couple of times where we thought we were going to throw up and / or pass out. BUT, other than that... it was great! Seriously, I was not as sore today as I thought I was going to be. I really liked the class and I am looking forward to tomorrow night. Tomorrow we have to bring weights, so I am guessing that we will focus on arms. 1 day down, but I think this is going to be a great experience.

Down and give me 50!

I am someone that eats relatively decent and I work out most of the time BUT there always seems to be that lingering weight around my mid-section. I know that is normal, but I do not like it! As much as I run and workout, that area should be non existent. Hopefully this will do something about my mid-section.

BlueBird and I have signed up for the month long Jay Johnson Fitness Bootcamp. If you recognize him, it is because that he is on the Making of the Dallas Cowboy Cheerleader show… he kicks their butts into shape! Maybe I will look like a Dallas Cowboy cheerleader when this is all over. OR maybe I will hardly be able to get out of bed. We shall see.

The program is set up for you to attend a minimum of 3X a week, but we plan on attending 5X a week -- 2 sessions after work, 2 before work, and Saturday morning. Sunday will be our day of rest.

I will report back tomorrow and let you know how tonight goes.