July Sweat Fest!

Whoever is trying to bring you down, is already below you.

 Surround yourself with those who only bring out the best in you. When you have positive relationships, your thoughts will be more positive, and this will lead to more positive action in your life as well.

My Mama always said you've got to put the past behind you before you can move on.
 Forrest Gump

What a lovely quote to begin BootCamp with today! I hope that my friends and readers have had a hot and wonderful summer and are enjoying their friends and family. I am personally working hard to get my fitness back together and find my 'mojo'! I think I lost it in the last 10 months. Dealing with Breast Cancer, multiple surgeries, reconstruction nightmares and all that has come with that has just about broken my heart. I am forcing myself to look at what has taken place and not run from it. I have been incredibly emotional and have found true strength in my family. We have chosen to take time away and have had a wonderful vacation last week with friends...which has done much to heal. 

I look forward to each workout in the gym as an opportunity to catch what I have lost and hope to regain my mojo!

In Health, Lisl

Big Daddy and I in Hilton Head last week! 

TUESDAY NIGHT..“Nobody ever drowned in sweat.”

- USMC saying come get sweaty today!!!

Ice Breaker!

Max reps pushups in 10 minutes. Every time you leave plank position perform 10 wall ball shots 

Wall Ball Sprints

Sprint 
20 x Wall Ball (20 lb, 10 lb)
Sprint 
30 x Wall Ball
Sprint 
30 x Wall Ball
Sprint 
20 x Wall Ball

then...

21-18-15-12-9-6-3
Front squat HEAVY
Sit-ups
Box Jumps
biceps

one minute
-Plank Holds-Flutter Kicks-side plank

Suicides if time....

Orange Creamsicle Protein Shake

Ingredients & Instructions:
•1 to 2 scoops of vanilla protein powder 

•6 to 8 ounces of water 

•4 to 6 ice cubes 

•1 peeled orange or substitute a pack of orange crystal light  or 4 - 6 oz of Orange Juice

•Mix in a blender on medium for 1 minute. Pour into a tall glass. Enjoy!

Way of Life...

Check out the BootCamp ladies sporting their awesome STRONG tanks!

Fitness is a way of life, not a diet of choice....

 Today's WORKOUT!

10 minute Burpee Challenge....

Burpee Challenge today!

 Get ready to work hard!  

Warm up – Because it is the first Tuesday of the month, 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.

Ready? GO!!!

 AMRAP 20
2, 4, 6, 8, ……of:
Sumo Dead Lift High Pull
Mountain Climbers
Sit Ups weighted
scissor lunges
biceps

then...100 Overhead Squats
10 rep Knee to Elbow penalty anytime the bar comes down from overhead.

Today’s smoothie is a creamy peach concoction that almost tastes like a milkshake :)
Blend 1.5 cup frozen peaches, 1 Plain 0% fat Chobani Greek yogurt, 1/2 cup skim milk, and two drops of vanilla extract. 
Enjoy for about 220 calories.  If you like to add more protein, add a scoop of protein powder...

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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!

 Lisl's Store! Check out our new Line of Tshirts, tanks and Hats! Be Proud and Strong! get one today!

http://353512.spreadshirt.com/

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!!

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.