BOOT CAMP: Session 2

Quote of the day:

"Self delusion is the most popular indoor sport."

Session 2:

Say hello to my little friend....Scramble and Ramble. We rounded the corner on our second day of boot camp and we had a few regulars return plus several newbies who impressed me with their hard work. Beneath a gray haze threatening rain we began our workout and some of my regulars winced as they began their Squats because the burning sensation hurt so good. We performed a series of timed moves and I was very pleased to see campers labor over their breathing because that meant I was doing my job. We plowed through each body part and got to my all time favorite.....(check out the "fun facts" portion of the blog for more info) Burpees! I just love them. They are the excercise to top all exercises targeting rear delts, hamstrings and abs torching 50% more fat than other strength training maneuvers. Love me some Burpees. The recruits are getting good at them though so I issued a friendly warning: "next week we are going from four count Burpees to five count so enjoy these." They are going to get harder. We completed the first segment of camp and after a generous two minute rest (what? We can't let the hear rate drop too much!) it was time for some fun. My former trainer, who was the strength coach for Georgia Tech Football, Lawton Heidrick, introduced me to his little friend called Scramble and Ramble. It was from his old football days and it is fun (fun like Pap Smears, and the Throw Up Virus) .The campers partnered up and one partner held Plank position while the other did push ups, crawled on all fours, then did more push ups, crawled some more..you get the gist. (and you are probably tired thinking about it). Then they sprinted back to their partner who was relieved to come out of Plank. I won't tell you how many times we did this. I will tell you their abs will thank me. And their shoulders....and their arms..... watching them reminded me of when I first began working out after having my second son and having to scramble around the floor doing this excercise thinking "gross my muffin top is hanging over my work out pants". I felt frustrated, fatigued and annoyed (because I was a germ a phobe and my hands were on the dirty gym floor). One day a couple months later I had gotten proficient at Scramble and Ramble and stopped worrying about muffin top because it was gone. The germ a phobia remained however. At least our campers get to scramble on the nice clean grass at Hazel Parker Playground in beautiful Charleston. See you Tuesday for Day Three. Get your cardio in over the weekend campers. Its free! Its your homework. Break up that lactic acid. Come back for more. I am proud of you.

Tidbit:

Try Agave all natural sweetener in lieu of sugar. It's three times as sweet and a third of the sugar on the glycemic index.