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Life With A Side of Laurel

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Winter Meltdown (Boot Camp)

March 6, 2019 Comment : 1

Hey Y’all!

For the whole month of February I went to a boot camp class at my gym called “Winter Meltdown.” We had class Monday, Wednesday, and Friday at 5 am. On Monday’s we did an aerobics/cardio workout. Wednesday’s we focused on one part of our body. Friday’s we played a “game” (the games were not as fun as they sound). Overall I really enjoyed the class!

Day 1 of Boot Camp!

Last day of Boot Camp!

Monday’s were probably the hardest days. The workouts varied, but my favorite was tabata. In the tabata class you have eight or nine stations. Between each station you do active recovery; either a minute on a stationary bike or we would run around our gym! The stations are usually body-part-specific. You have 2 workouts per station and you do each one 4 times for 20 seconds each with a 10 second break. You can find a lot of tabata workouts here!

Wednesday’s were a little bit easier, but more intense to one body part. My favorite body part to workout is back. I just feel like that is my strongest and it always feels good when you’re about to go up in weight. During the class, we did lower weights, more reps. We also did a lot of pulse reps and slow-count reps. It really gets that muscle group burning! You can find tips on how to pace your reps here!

Friday’s were deceiving. We played games, but you don’t really win. Most of the games were workout roulette. You draw exercises or words out of a bag and have something like bingo or doing an exercise for every letter in a word. Friday’s were a little easier than the other two days. When you pay to get your butt kicked in a boot camp, you can really expect anything easy. To learn about other workout games, you can find some here!

Boot camps are super fun, and can really push you harder than you thought you could go. I definitely became in better shape, but didn’t necessarily go down in weight. It is not always about weight though; I did take progress pictures and I have made a difference in how toned I am, but the scale just hasn’t shown progress. Remember – muscle weighs more than fat!

Enjoy Life With A Side of Laurel

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  1. Bert S says

    March 7, 2019 at 10:34 am

    Great post Laurel. Boot camps can be challenging and that’s just the idea – to get you out of your comfort zone, get you to try new things, to learn and to share in the support of the group. You all did a wonderful job. You brought a fun, positive attitude to class. You came consistently and gave it an excellent effort. You all were the bomb! And don’t forget, adding muscle and losing body fat can result in a scale that may not have budged but clothes that fit loser as well as a tighter/toner figure. So, don’t fret – it sounds like you earned better results than you give yourself credit for.

    Best wishes,
    Bert S.
    Owner AF

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