Fun of a different kind!

[Crankin]

That sounds like torture.
I am ready to fall down dead tired. I went to boot camp 2 days in a row, as I am trying to get back on track after vacation, and now we have 3 days in CA for a wedding this weekend. My favorite instructor is now teaching on Monday and Tuesday. She did a really different workout on Monday and I felt great. Although today was different, there was some repetition of muscle groups, which was not good. Yesterday, I was peer pressured into using 2 risers on my step. She said it was just for resistance stuff, but we did do some cardio on the bench and I was fine, but it feels awkward. I have the cardio capacity, but I'm always afraid I am going to kill myself. I am particularly bad with the long resistance bands... sometimes I cannot figure what to do by watching, and I have to get personal "corrections." I hate this; I can do the exercises, but I can't figure out how to get into position to do them. Thankfully, she doesn't use the bands very often for upper body, sometimes for lower. It feels such a long way from when I was the one asking if I could touch someone to help them be in the correct position in my classes.

[Crankin]

DH started Boot Camp at the fitness center at work yesterday. He didn't think there would be so much running! It's all outside (yesterday was about 40 at 7 AM) and he feels pressured to "look good," because of his position in the company. His comment this morning was "at least I can walk," but he is going to have to modify some of the stuff, because after 3 days of riding in Vermont his knees aren't feeling too happy with running up and down the garage stairs 12 times.

[Catrin]

Your post made me smile Crankin! I can see how the combination of riding + Boot Camp when he isn't used to the latter can hit the knees - glad to hear that he is wise enough to not fear modifications. I've a bit of a problem with not wanting to do that but my coach no longer gives me the choice, he plans my modifications into his program

Yesterday I was the only one to show for the 8am group training and he knows me so he KNEW I needed an azz-kicking/stress busting workout. He was all ready for me. The last ~18 minutes of the workout looked like this:

Kettlebell ladder the 1st (this took me 9:38 to complete)
44 lb kettlebell goblet squats: 20 down to one by twos (so 20, 18, 16, etc)
TRX Rows: 1-10 by ones

Kettlebell Ladder the 2nd: (8:17 to complete)
62 pound kettlebell swings: 10 down to 1 by ones
TRX Chest Presses: 1-20 by twos

I seriously needed this workout - and it has entered my list of favorites!

[Irulan]

I would think the instructor would be supervising first timers.... "If you are new to this, you might do only XX stair repeats..."?

[Crankin]

He said several of the participants were sitting down on the ground. He has the cardio capacity and the legs to do the running. His body is just not used to it. The instructor didn't make anyone do stuff when they couldn't. I showed him how to modify the side slides/touch the ground.

[Catrin]

This is "Warrior Cardio" week for my group training, and while our coach's warmups are always intense, for the last week of the month they progress in intensity so we are ready for the main event. This morning part of our second warmup included mountain climbers on sliders. Sounds simple, but we had one foot in the air - the only foot on the ground is the one attempting to do the mountain climber. I did it - it was just a few inches for each one but I DID it The main event that we were warming up for was intense, but fun! I think that I am a sick woman....

[Catrin]

"Warrior Cardio" week has rolled around again - it is always the last week of the month. My butt was thoroughly kicked this morning! Our "finisher" was the following:

Prowler sled push for 200 meters
100 monster rope over-head slams
50 wall balls (in my case it was 42 wall balls and 25 goblet squats)
25 Head Cutters (burpees with a kettlebell)

All of this followed a 10 minute body weight pyramid and a 6 minute KB clean and mountain climber combination.

I was the second slowest, so far, in completing this work in 15:24. I am NOT ashamed of that time, it was a royal butt-kicking - which is a good thing for a holiday week! Back tomorrow morning for another one before heading out of town for the rest of the week. BTW, the fastest time so far was 8:45 THAT was awesome, and from a man in my age group.