Bring it!

The biggest lie in choosing is, "I can't." That is simply not true. We can do anything we want If we don't do something, it is because we have committed our time, energy and resources somewhere else.

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For time:
10 Abmat situps
1 Heavy Kb Swing
9 Abmat situps
2 Heavy Kb Swing
8 Abmat situps
3 Heavy Kb Swing
7 Abmat situps
4 Heavy Kb Swing
6 Abmat situps
5 Heavy Kb Swing
5 Abmat situps
6 Heavy Kb Swing
4 Abmat situps
7 Heavy Kb Swing
3 Abmat situps
8 Heavy Kb Swing
2 Abmat situps
9 Heavy Kb Swing
1 Abmat situps
10 Heavy Kb Swing

 

THEN ~~~~the 

DIRTY THIRTY!

Repeat the following Set 3 Times

1 lap around the gym

30 wall balls

30 deadlifts, single leg, alternating legs

30 pushups

30 Mountain Climbers

 30 decline situps--- set your step up on a decline, use weight.

suicide runs if time!

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Are you scared of your workout?

“If your workout doesn’t scare you, it’s not hard enough, if it scares you into staying home, you’re not hard enough.”

Is your workout hard enough? How do you know it's hard enough? Do you go through the motions, completing each rep perfectly and with precision? Is that what makes it hard enough? Did you do the required 45 minutes on the dreadmill? (or 2 hours if you are someone I know) Is that what makes it hard enough?

The whole reason you’re in the gym is to overload the system you’re training—whether it’s your heart and lungs or your muscles.  No improvement, no significant benefit is going to take place without overload.  If what you are doing has stopped being challenging and has become routine, it's time to change it up, get some intensity and get busy!

Is your workout social hour? If you spend more time talking than working, then it's time to pull down your baseball hat, put in your earbuds and focus on you! Of course we like some of the social time at the gym, but, don't forget that you also want to get some physical benefits too! I know some people who get downright irritated when their workouts are interrupted...you don't have to be rude, but, you owe it to yourself to get your money's worth while you are in there!


How long has it been since you changed your weights, number of reps or your workout plan? Do you always squat with 2 plates? Do you always pick up the same dumbell to do swings? Why? What are you afraid of? Get in there and try harder! Routine is the enemy!

Who are you working out with? Your workout partners should not be those that are willing to let you slide on that last rep, or tell you its ok to do burpees the easy way. Or that box jumps are hard so it's ok to do step ups instead! Of course it's all hard the right way, that's why it works! Find people to work out with that support your fitness goals, that are motivated like you are to create change and be healthy. Sometimes it is hard to always be the cheerleader, so, find someone who can cheer  you on as well, even on the burpee challenge, sprint forever, or plio push up days!

Get Fit Stay Fit Be Happy!

 Today's Workout may change depending on the weather, so, if it rains, I have included some back up.  We will not do all of this, but any of this is a possibility depending on weather.  So bring your water bottle, towel and POSITIVE ATTITUDE!

10 cleans then sprint
9 cleans then sprint
etc…..until you get to 1 clean then sprint...ohh, I can't wait to do this one!!!

" Leg Day" (Big Daddy requested legs...and he always gets what he wants...)

4 rounds for time:
1 Suicide(or if its raining 20 Straddle Squat Box Jumps)

20 Pistol Squats (10 each leg)
40 Air Squats
50 Walking Lunges (w/ bar backracked)


Painstorm...(don't you love that!!!)
Complete as many rounds as possible in 20 minutes (AMRAP):
5 x Deadlifts (75 lb/ 45 lb)
5 x Power Cleans
5 x Front Squat
5 x Push Presses
5 x Overhead Squats

Bar Burps
Ten rounds for time of:
10 Barbell Burpee Clean & Jerk (135 lb/ 95lb)
20 reverse crunches
Pushups....50 men, 25 women

"Death by Kettlebell Swing"
Do 1 KB swing the first minute, two KB swings the second minute, three KB swings the third minute… etc.
Continue until you can no longer do the required number of swings in the minute allowed.
The last time I did this workout, I got 29 rounds + 23 swings. And I vaguely recall swearing I would never, ever do this one again. But I do loooove to swing, and my short term memory isn't what it used to be, so here we are...
WOD: Sit Ups and Swings …

For time:
10 Abmat situps
1 Heavy Kb Swing
9 Abmat situps
2 Heavy Kb Swing
8 Abmat situps
3 Heavy Kb Swing
7 Abmat situps
4 Heavy Kb Swing
6 Abmat situps
5 Heavy Kb Swing
5 Abmat situps
6 Heavy Kb Swing
4 Abmat situps
7 Heavy Kb Swing
3 Abmat situps
8 Heavy Kb Swing
2 Abmat situps
9 Heavy Kb Swing
1 Abmat situps
10 Heavy Kb Swing

WOD - --- AMRAP in 30 Minutes....
50 Box Jumps
50 Kettlebell Swings on the deck
50 Squats - go HEAVY
50 Pushups on your TOES
50 OVERHEAD walking lunges outside
50 tuck jumps....... finish with 50 ab ball throws against wall 

 "Now remember, when things look bad and it looks like you're not gonna make it, then you gotta get mean. I mean plumb, mad-dog mean. 'Cause if you lose your head and you give up then you neither live nor win. That's just the way it is."  

Harriet Beecher Stowe

 

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BootCamp Tri-Style!

Veni, Vedi, Vici (I came, I saw, I conquered)
-Julius Caesar

Today's workout is in 3 parts!

we will meet in the cycle studio for 20 minutes, then do intervals on the treadmills for 20 minutes, then GET STRONG for 20 minutes!

10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1 + 10 reps of
Kettlebell/Dumbell Swings,
DeadLift (one leg, alternating each set)
Overhead Squat

Orange Vanilla Shake

Ingredients:

• Mix 2 scoops of Vanilla Protein Powder
• sprinkle of orange crystal light
• 4-5 ice cubes
• 1 tsp. Vanilla Extract
• ½ banana
• 2-3 frozen strawberries
• 2 packets of sweetener

The only one who can tell you "you can't" is you. And you don't have to listen.

• ~ Nike
   

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Dirty Thirty!

believe in yourself

you are strong

don't listen to the small people

find your center

wake up every morning with fire inside

pray

know who your people are

What’s your LEAST favorite BootCamp Movement?

If I were going to ask you what your LEAST favorite BootCamp movement was, what would it be? Oh and as a follow up to that, what does "least favorite" mean to you... most despised, hardest, inflicts the most pain, boring, just can't do it, etc.?? For me... its a toss up between thrusters (inflicts the most pain), and Pistol Squats (I just can't do them)....or burpees...they are so darn hard!  Post your thoughts to comments below.....

Tabata Plio PushUps. Full hand release, tabata style, don't stop until you have done 200 pushups! (men - 250)

THEN ~~~~the 

DIRTY THIRTY!

Repeat the following Set 3 Times

1 lap around the gym

30 wall balls

30 walking lunges with bar

30 kettlebell swings

30 Box Jumps

 30 decline situps

suicide runs if time!

 

"A WOMAN IS OFTEN MEASURED by the things she cannot control. She is measured by the way her body curves or doesn't curve, by where she is flat or straight or round. She is measured by 36-24-26 and inches and ages and numbers, by all the outside things that don't ever add up to who she is on the inside. And so if a woman is to be measured, let her be measured by the things she can control, by who she is and who she is trying to become. Because every woman knows measurements are only statistics and STATISTICS LIE." - NIKE  1994

 

You only ever grow as a human being if you’re outside your comfort zone.

- Percy Cerutty

are you taking all the opportunities you can to grow...?

My beautiful Southern hydrangeas...these get bigger every year, they are so beautiful!

 check out our family vegetable garden! This year we planted tomatoes, 4 or 5 different varieties, cantaloupe, dill, thyme, basil, cucumbers, arugula lettuce, squash, bell peppers and hot jalapeno peppers!!

Advanced Step Tonight...

It's never too late...

“Write down how you feel when you blow off your workout. Write down how you feel the moment your workout is over. Compare the two.” -Tony Horton

I think that I just found my most favorite NIKE quote ever!!!  I have been on a nike kick lately, not sure why, but their little nuggets have been resonating with me.  This one makes me think about my girls! I think you will love it!


"You were born a daughter. You looked up to your mother. You looked up to your father. You looked up at everyone. You wanted to be a princess. You thought you were a princess. You wanted to own a horse. You wanted to be a horse. You wanted your brother to be a horse. You wanted to wear pink. You never wanted to wear pink. You wanted to be a Veterinarian. You wanted to be President. You wanted to be the President's Veterinarian. You were picked last for the team. You were the best one on the team. You refused to be on the team. You wanted to be good in algebra. You hid during algebra. You wanted the boys to notice you. You were afraid the boys would notice you. You started to get acne. You started to get breasts. You started to get acne that was bigger than your breasts. You wouldn't wear a bra. You couldn't wait to wear a bra. You couldn't fit into a bra. You didn't like the way you looked. You didn't like the way your parents looked. You didn't want to grow up. You had your first best friend. You had your first date. You had your second best friend. You had your second first date. You spent hours on the telephone. You got kissed. You got to kiss back. You went to the prom. You didn't go to the prom. You went to the prom with the wrong person. You spent hours on the telephone. You fell in love. You fell in love. You fell in love. You lost your best friend. You lost your other best friend. You really fell in love. You became a steady girlfriend. You became a significant other. YOU BECAME SIGNIFICANT TO YOURSELF. Sooner or later, you start taking yourself seriously. You know when you need a break. You know when you need a rest. You know what to get worked up about and what to get rid of. And you know when it's time to take care of yourself, for yourself. To do something that makes you stronger, faster, more complete. Because you know it's never too late to have a life. And never too late to change one. JUST DO IT." --- 1999

YESS~

BootCamp workout for Thursday!

100 Burpee Challenge

The 100 Burpee Challenge is one of the most excruciating fitness tests in existence. Every single muscle in the body is worked to an extreme degree and you will not only be wearing out every muscle that you have, but you will also hammer your heart and lungs worse than you would have ever thought possible without taking a single step in any direction. You have 10 minutes to complete 100 burpees, if you can't get to 100, do as many as you can, try to reach your goal of 100! If you can do 100, how many more can you reach, where are you in comparison to last month? Train hard, set goals and see progress!

 

Burpee Challenge

 

THEN ~~~~

 

Run to Eastside High School and back, every 1 minute 10 air squats

then...

25 - 20 - 15 - 10 - 5
Dumbbell Thrusters
Plank Row Pushups
Box Jumps

"There are clubs you can't belong to, neighborhoods you can't live in, schools you can't get into, but the roads are always open."

see you tomorrow...bring your A game!

Burpee Challenge for June!

“When you get into a tight place and everything goes against you, till it seems as though you could not hang on a minute longer, never give up then, for that is just the place and time that the tide will turn.”


- Harriet Beecher Stowe

I am psyched!!! it's the first Tuesday in June, that means...100 Burpee Challenge today!
Warm up – you know what that means!!! 10 Minute Burpee Challenge!! As many burpees as you can do in 10 minutes! Goal is 100! Can you do it??? If you do meet the challenge, try to see how many you can do past 100. This is the 4th month we have done this and it has completely worn me out each time! I have yet to meet my goal of 120. Remember, FULL pushup...stay powerful....have a strategy...full overhead extension. 



What I have learned about this workout is that you have to have a strategy, I try to do 11 or 12 per minute, using the time left in the minute to recover. Then as soon as that minute is up, I do 11 or 12 more...if I can keep this up, I will have done way more than 100, right now, my goal is to get above 120. Remember, each of you is doing this at your own fitness level and so, set a goal before we start this and do your best to stick to it! I love how my whole upper body is screaming when this is over! The entire burpee movement has to be dynamic and very fluid without stopping along the way. However, if this is your first time learning the exercise, practice it slowly first a few times until you get the hang of it. Then speed it up.

The rest of class:

10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1 + 10 reps of
Kettlebell/Dumbell Swings,
DeadLift (one leg, alternating each set)
Overhead Squat

Run 40 meters after each round of Squats.
woohoo~~~ let's do it!

Today we run again!

Jessie Marie, Kelly and Phil getting down to business in class on Tuesday night!

“Everything you need is already inside. Just do it.”

People become really quite remarkable when they start thinking that they can do things. When they believe in themselves they have the first secret of success.
-Norman Vincent Peale

Warm-up
Race to 100 Thrusters with 5 Burpees at the top of every minute.

Run, Babies, Run!
Box Jumps

check out the boys in Tuesday night's bootcamp!

run 400m

lunges
run 400m

chest press
 run 400m

Burpees
run 400m


Overhead Plate carry
run 400m

This is a partner WOD.  One person will begin with box jumps while the other begins the 400m run.  Player 1 will do as many box jumps as possible till the other person gets back from the run, then the players switch.  Your rep count is continuous through the entire workout and it is for time also.  Your score is your time and your total reps.   

at the beach with Big daddy!

“Every day you have to test yourself. If you don’t, it’s a wasted day.”
-Terry Butts, Marine Corps Male Athlete of the Year