Out of your Comfort Zone Workout

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

BootCamp TUESDAY...

Part 1...IceBreaker...get a partner, do this in groups of 2.

10.9.8.7.6.5.4.3.2.1 reps of:

Clean and press...Deadlift...Pushups...Biceps...Scissor Lunges
Advanced option on the deadlift - one leg at a time.

Part 2...Super Conditioning 3x through
20 180 degree burpees (advanced option...full pushup on the burpee)
shuffle down sidewalk and back...sit deep and use your quads!
30 hand to  hand KB swings 

Jacknife with medicine ball/weights or without 20 reps 

Part 3...The Icing

Long Jumps forward across back of gym parking lot, or hill sprints...we will vote!

exercise demos

180 degree burpee's

Jacknife

Gandhi's Top 10 Fundamentals For Changing The World

1. Change yourself.

2. You are in control.

3. Forgive & let go.

4. Without action, you aren't getting anywhere.

5. Take care of this moment.

6. Everyone is human.

7. Persist.

8. See the good in people & help them.

9. Be congruent, be authentic, be your true self.

10. Continue to grow and evolve.

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Do Everything SpinCamp Today!

‎"My dear, I have kicked more ass than you have sat on".

~~Zotoh Zhaan 

(character from Farscape)

45 minutes of cycle intervals and hills and then we will do the following BootCamp style weight training 
“Deadlift and Push-ups”
 -1 Deadlift, 1 Push-up
 -2 Deadlift, 2 Push-ups
 -3 Deadlift, 3 Push-ups 
continue repeating this set for 10 minutes, try to fit in as many reps as you can, keeping good form.

4 sets!
25 Kettlebell Swings (24kg./16kg.)
10 Lateral Hops burpees (over and back = 1 on this workout)
25 AbMat Sit-ups (unanchored) 

"When anyone tells me I can't do anything... I'm just not listening any more." 
Flo Jo

This is a new song for me! I will be playing it in cycle today...using it for a hill...uptempo and awesome!

RockStar SpinCamp!

‎"My dear, I have kicked more ass than you have sat on".

~~Zotoh Zhaan 

(character from Farscape)

45 minutes of cycle intervals and hills and then we will do the following BootCamp style weight training 
“Deadlift and Push-ups”
 -1 Deadlift, 1 Push-up
 -2 Deadlift, 2 Push-ups
 -3 Deadlift, 3 Push-ups
continue repeating this set for 10 minutes, try to fit in as many reps as you can, keeping good form.


4 sets!
25 Kettlebell Swings (24kg./16kg.)
10 Lateral Hops burpees (over and back = 1 on this workout)
25 AbMat Sit-ups (unanchored)


Awesome Feeling #394: Feeling the tightness of your muscles and remembering back to the 


time when you didn't know what that was.




Never lose sight of the fact that the most important yardstick of your success will be how you treat other people – your family, friends, and coworkers, and even strangers you meet along the way.
-Barbara Bush 

KettleBell Hell Ladder

Mojo (moj-oh) noun – self confidence, basis for belief in one’s self and situation

You know you have it so bring it!

 Today's workout is a good one! I have put together a ladder using 2 kettlebells, if you don't have kettlebells, use 2 dumbells, the muscle stimulation is different, but, it will work. 


Warm Up

Starting as a group run the club twice 

AMRAP – 15 minutes
Sprint
5 Push-ups
10 Jumping Air Squats

here is the KettleBell routine
1 hand KB swing R and L
2 hand swing clean and press
KB Burpee (no Pushup) clean and press
Box Jump

REPS:

 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,9,8,7,6,5,4,3,2,1


a few notes on form:


Box Jumps – Both feet must leave the ground at the same time and land on the box at the same time. Athlete must fully extend hips and knees on the box.


How are you doing on your nutrition? I had a nice little awakening this week, and I am sucking it up and getting back to what I know is good eating for me....

Remember that it’s about 30% gym, 70% nutrition. Junk in = Junk! 

Workout With Heart!

"Its better to die on your feet than to live on your knees"

"Emiliano Zapata"

Quick Reminder, we are participating in the USMC Mud Run in Columbia, SC on October 15th. If you are interested in participating, here is the link to register:

loved having our awesome Labor Day Class! thanks for coming!

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3 Thrusters, 135/95 pounds
7 Clapping Push ups


AMRAP – 20 minutes
10 Push Press,
10 KB Swings,
10 Box Jumps,




For Time:
5 Rounds
 Run
30 lateral Burpee Box Jumps, one hand on box, one on floor
30 Wall Ball


Abdominal strength
2 x 50 Abmat sit-ups / 50 Flutter kicks
Alternate 50 of each – 2 rounds.

Some of my bootcampers are coming to class, and I can tell that there is a lack of true intensity in the workouts, remember, you will reap the rewards of your intense effort.  

It's ok to have an off day occasionally, we all do...but, when you consistently have off days, then it's more about effort and heart. 

Be someone you respect, work hard, don't accept just enough, show yourself that you have heart....

Wake Up Workout!

Without change, something sleeps inside us, and seldom awakens. The sleeper must awaken.

-Frank Herbert

Food is the most widely abused anti-anxiety drug in America, and exercise is the most potent yet underutilized antidepressant.— Bill Phillips

feel sad....go for a walk

feel anxious...run 30 minutes

feel lonely....join a gym

feel depressed....do ANYthing that makes you sweat

feel unmotivated? Just go, just move, just start, it will get better from there...trust me..I have been there, lonely, depressed, anxious, sad, unmotivated...movement helped me...it will help you too...

Thursday's workout!
Run the club X2
then AS MANY SETS AS POSSIBLE!

30 lateral hop one arm burpees
shuffle down sidewalk and back
30 hand to  hand KB swings
Run To Caesars and back ab

30 Wall Balls
Run FW and Back to fence
30 HEAVY walking Lunges
Lampost Suicide
30 AB Leg Lifts

Let's DO IT!

Find your Strong Workout!

No matter who you are, no matter what you do, you absolutely, positively do have the power to change.

Do you check the blog and skip class on the days that they look challenging? Major props to those of you that show up ready to take on what is planned.  If you only work on what you are good at, you will never truly grow, remember that being outside of your 'comfort level' is what will make you badder, stronger, harder and leaner...and most importantly, proud of YOURself!

Hydration: Stay Hydrated, it is AUGUST in South Carolina...if you plan on working out you will be sweating so make sure you are staying hydrated all day!

I really want to go to the Track tomorrow and do Bootcamp there, if that's not going to happen, here's what is....
Partner up! get a friend or make a friend, today you will work in a team!
Run to fence

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Run Backward
30 Hand-to-Hand Kettlebell Swings
one minute L-sit
Run to fence
Run  Backwards
30 Hand-to-Hand Kettlebell Swings
 1 minute L-sit
Run to fence

Run  Backwards
30 Hand-to-Hand Kettlebell Swings
 1 minute L-sit

SUICIDES on the parking lot lines!

5x with a partner!!!!
4 Deadlifts
8 Pistols
16 Box Jumps
32 leg push downs...
64 PUSH UPS...

We will take a vote at 9:30, either we run to the High School or we do the above workout! can't wait to see what you choose!

It’s been too hard living but I’m afraid to die
Cuz I don’t know what’s up there beyond the sky
It’s been a long, a long time coming but I know
A change gon’ come oh yes it will

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Strong Day Workout!

When there is no enemy within, the enemies outside cannot hurt you.

African Proverb

Warm Up

Bottom to Bottom Tabata Squats 8 rounds

then...tabata abmat situps vs  jump squats

Sprints, outside 15X

"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.

Bar Burps

10 Barbell Burpee Clean & Press
20 reverse crunches
Pushups....50 men, 25 women

Israeli Salad
2 medium roma tomatoes, cubed
1 1-pound English cucumber, cubed
1/2 medium red onion, cubed, or 4 scallions, finely sliced
3 tablespoons finely minced fresh, flat-leaf parsley
Juice of half a lemon
2 to 3 tablespoons olive oil
1 1/2 teaspoons sumac powder
Salt and pepper, to taste
You can either toss all of the vegetables in one large bowl, and pour over it the parsley, lemon juice, olive oil and sumac mixture you whisked separately in a small bowl, or if you’re in a hurry just toss everything all at once.
Other additions: 1/2 to 1 cup crumbled or cubed feta, 1 bell pepper, cut into cubes, 1 15-ounce can of chickpeas, rinsed and drained, 1/2 to 1 cup coarsely chopped olives, 1 to 2 tablespoons finely minced mint or dill.

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HAVE A STRONG DAY!

We LOVE Burpees!

HEY BOOTCAMP BABIES~

"obsessed is just a word the lazy use to describe the dedicated"

BURPEE CHALLENGE PART 2~
I am psyched!!! it's the first Thursday 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 5th month we have done this and it has completely worn me out each time! I finally met my goal of 130....well it was 129, but I am so happy! 
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.

WOD - --- AMRAP in 30 Minutes....
run to Caesar's and back
50 Box Jumps
50 Kettlebell Swings on the front porch
50 Squats - go HEAVY
50 leg raises
50 OVERHEAD walking lunges outside
50 tuck jumps....... you can sub squat jumps!
finish with 50 ab ball throws against wall

5 sets

30 seconds of mountain climbers
30 seconds of flutter kicks (feet cant touch floor during 30 seconds)
30 seconds of plank
30 seconds of quick feet drills
30 seconds of jumping air squats
30 second rest - then repeat from beginning

thought you would find this interesting!

so EAT YOUR VEGGIES! they fill you up and are full of wonderful nutrients!

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

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XXOO

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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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
   

I ain’t messin’ ’round witchoo bootybootcamp!

It is good to have an end to journey toward; but it is the journey that matters, in the end.- Ursula K. LeGuin

Hey Bootcampers! are you all ready for another great workout?
Run the club to warm up then...

10.9.8.7.6.5.4.3.2.12.3.4.5.6.7.8.9.10 reps OF:

Thrusters
Kettlebell Swings
Burpees
overhead squats

1 clean and press + 1 burpee

Add one rep every minute. . . continue until you cannot keep up with the reps in the minute time frame. You will go for 15 minutes, starting over at 1 when you miss your minute. Score= highest rep count in the one minute time frame!

parking lot suicides, we will do these going uphill :)

Tell your heart that the fear of suffering is worse than the suffering itself. And no heart has ever suffered when it goes in search of its dream. - Paulo Coelho




Sophie reminds me to keep following my dreams!



Tabata Thursday!

You gain strength, courage and confidence by every experience in which you really stop to look fear in the face. You are able to say to yourself, “I lived through this horror. I can take the next thing that comes along.” . . . You must do the thing you think you cannot do.
-Eleanor Roosevelt

Today is Burpee Challenge part 2~
Remember, set a goal and try your hardest to hit it. You will have 10 minutes to get as many burpees as possible. Tuesday night's big number was 118!
1. Burpee Challenge
2. Alternating Tabata  shoulders and situps and Tabata Sprints outside



3. 7 Rounds for time:
  run!
7 front squats (135/75)
7 push press
Use the same weight for push press that you use for front squats.
No racks used on this workout – you will clean the bar from the floor to rack position for front squats and continue with push press. You should try to complete all 7 reps of the squat and press without putting the bar down.

4. 3 sets
30 Box Jumps
10 Man makers
30 KB swings
25 Lateral Hops over step
50 OVERHEAD Lunges down Side walk
50 Mountain Climbers


 
 Why is Tabata Training and Interval Training SO effective?
We've been fed the "aerobic" lie for over 30 years. Even doctors have been fooled by this pervasive myth.The truth is slow aerobic training is terribly inefficient when it comes to losing weight.It all has to do with a 4-letter acronym: EPOC. EPOC stands for Excess Post-Exercise Oxygen Consumption. It's a scientific way of describing the calories you burn after you are done exercising. With aerobic training, once you're done, you no longer burn calories. That's it. Done.
But with high intensity exercise (even as short as 4 minutes at a time) your body continues to burn calories for up to 2 days later.  That's right - your body is still working hard burning that stubborn fat long after your workout is complete.