"you're gonna be hurtin' tomorrow"

I was so scared of today. And now I'm terrified of Friday. I think it's going to be an ongoing trend before each class because, as one of the quotes in the gym says, "yesterday was the easy day."

Today was TOUGH. And it was still just an intro day! From Friday on, we'll be with the rest of the class.

We worked with kettlebells today.














They're as horrible as they look, let me tell you. Thank goodness I'd been introduced to them before.

After our warm up, it began... First it was a set of squats and a set of lunges without the kettlebells. And then... then we added in those horrible things. Then we did these swing things incorporated with a squat. Squat down, and bring the kettlebell back, then stand up and bring it up shoulder high.
We did military presses with them... and a combination of arm curls, presses and arm extenions. boy that was fun!
We did these windmill type things where you hold the kettlebell up with one hand straight in the air, lean over and grab a second kettlebell, life it, then back down.

While laying on the floor and hold a kettle bell up (and not moving it), we had to sit up. if you think it sounds easy.. you're WRONG.

I think I'll always forget things that we did. That's just how I am. The memory fails me all the time.

While we were stretching after we were finished, one of the other newbies asked, "what should we be doing between now and friday?" Apparently she didn't listen on Monday b/c we were told. We were told that for the first week, we should just do bootcamp. After that, do cardio on our days off. Anyway, after being asked that, the instructor gave a humored look and said, "nothing. you're gonna be hurtin' tomorrow."

Hell, I've been hurting all day!

Having doubts

I seriously need to go to bed, but I'm having major doubts about tomorrow. Can I do it? Is this really something I should be doing? Will I just go back to how I was?

It seems as though going to the gym and working out has consumed my life. I go most days (I went today even!) Is that what "normal" people do? Is it worth it?

I know all the answers to these questions, but man... Sometimes it just scares me. It's such a huge change.

Change is hard.

Ouch!

I'm soooo sore today. Not sore in the places I was when I worked with the personal trainer either! Kinda took me off guard!

"pretend you're picking something up with your breasts"

so today was bootcamp day #1. got there early... the lady who runs it is soooo nice. i really like her. i thought MAYBE she was 35, but didn't peg her to have a 26 year old and a 15 year old! i expected her to be more rough based on her pics on the website, but she's not. she's so nice.

there are 4 new people in the class (and about 15 returning). the first week, they are separating us. (or maybe just the first 2 days, i'm not sure.) so the 4 of us were outside... we did a warm up (errr... that was a WORKOUT, not a warm up!) and then did our sets for the day. lots of pushups, lots of squats, lots of lunges. lots of crunches.

i can't do pushups. i just can't. one of the things i've heard is that by the end of bootcamp, everyone can do them. i really am looking forward to that. anyway, while doing modified pushups (on my knees, as the others were, too), i was struggling. the instructor came over to me and said, "pretend you're picking something up with your breasts" hahaha! fortunately, they're understanding that it might not be possible for us to all go all the way down. in addition to the normal pushups, we had to make a diamond with our hands and go down. then we had to extend our arms and do it. oy!

we did those running in place things where you have your hands on the ground... laying on your back and doing bicycling while alternating elbows to knees... superman!! (lay on your stomach and lift up your arms/legs like you're superman flying)

worked with those bands to do arm curls, too. the bands where you hold it down with your feet. i'm sure there are plenty of more things we can do.

we did jumping jacks, running in place while doing knee lifts... so much more i know i'm forgetting.

anyway, it was HARD. i was sweating like a pig. didn't help that i lost my hair thing early on and there was 98% humidity. i was able to do most of everything, so that was good. i did some things slower than others (though they don't mind... it's not a scary bootcamp where they tell you to push push push until you drop). but i still did them!

i got pretty queasy toward the end, but no puke. the instructor said most of the people who throw up are men they can't handle going from strenght to cardio and back. she said it's mostly fit men... ones you wouldn't expect. so that was nice.
i've learned that a banana is NOT a good option for me to eat before bootcamp though. i'll try something different on wednesday.

i don't think i'll be too sore, thankfully. i have a ton of energy today, but that could be from the 20oz mountain dew that i had on the way there, too. (B1 woke up for about 2 hours last night! and B2 woke up, too)

two of the returning people were BIG. they're a couple and i give them great kudos for going. if i weighed that much, i don't think i could do it. hell, they could probably run circles around me right now

one of the other new people was a little big... smaller than me, but still big. the other was skinny (though apparently not in THAT great of shape!) and the other an older lady.

the instructor who worked with the bands with us wasn't as nice as the other. they both are the owners and might be married? not really sure. anyway... i don't think he's mean, he's just not friendly.
when we started working with the bands, i chose the medium one. we got to one exercise and i couldn't do it, so i went to get another.. he insisted that i COULD and came to help me. um, ok... then found that i couldn't. uh yeah, dude.. i'm not being a wimp. i just can't do it like that. i don't know if has an attitude or if he's just the strong silent type. his blue eyes are piercing though and made me uneasy. He was in the military for 20+ years... so yeah. that's where the bootcamp aspect comes in, I guess.

the nice instructor won't be there wednesday so i'm a bit nervous.

i really don't know how well i'm goign to do with this. part of me screams, "of COURSE you can do it!" the other is screaming, "are you NUTS??"
one thing i DO know is that i'm tired of looking like i do. so if that means i need to do bootcamp to jumpstart things, that's the way it'll be!

one nice thing is that bootcamp also incorporates healthy eating. they gave us tons of info and next week there's a meeting with a dietician (monday night... got a sitter!) i *think* the dietician is the personal trainer i was working with! she's just awesome.

ok, enough for today. :D

Yesterday's ass kicking

From 7/16/2008


Yesterday was the last day of working out with my PT before bootcamp starts. i totally love my PT. she's awesome, despite kicking my ass.


This is what we did yesterday in the 95* heat...

Using one of those step aerobics steps with 3 levels up, I had to put one foot on it, down into a squat, up and lift the knee. 15 of those, then repeat on the other side.

run over that damn thing in increments of 30, 45 and 60 seconds.

laid down on the steps facing up, then she'd drop a medicine ball and i'd have to catch it and throw it back to her.

take the medicine ball and lift it over my head

lawnmower style lift things with the medicine ball

while shuffling, throw that damn medicine ball back and forth.

crunches (way more than before!)

alternating side crunches (she wanted me to lift the medicine ball high while doing the side ones, but that just was NOT happening)


i know there were 2 other things... but i can't remember them off the top of my head.


We repeated all of this 3 times.
No wonder I skipped out early on zumba!!

Last night, DH suggested that after bootcamp, i work with her again to help maintain and get back to a new schedule/level. so i get to work with her again. he was sooo gung ho last night. it made me feel good.

a week before bootcamp

From 7/14/2008

this week i'm going to step it up a notch. today i'm going to a "cardio special" class from 5:30-6:30, which i've heard is "bootcamp style".

CARDIO SPECIAL- A variety of cardiovascular exercises to get your heart and body in shape. Guaranteed to make you sweat!

tomorrow i meet for the last time with my personal trainer and do zumba. (i LOVE zumba... have i ever said that before? )

Wednesday I'm doing the gym's (only) bootcamp class.

BOOT CAMP - Combines the cardiovascular benefits of aerobics with the benefits of strength training, all in one fun, invigorating class. Each session begins with a warm-up, moving on to circuit-style aerobics, followed up with weights, abs and a full-body stretch.

Thursday I'm taking off... Friday is Zumba. If I do anything on Saturday, it'll just be some cardio on a machine. Nothing on Sunday to rest up for Monday. plus it's my birthday.


Update: I skipped out on the Boot Camp class at the Y.

Today's PT session (and zumba)

From 7/8/2008

oh.my.god. she KILLED me today.

i get there and she tells me to go warm up... as i'm warming up, we discuss what i should continue to do once bootcamp starts. once i'm done she tell me the bad news. "i figured since bootcamp is mostly outside, we're going outside today"


first of all, i'm going to bootcamp at 6:30AM!! NOT 5PM!!! NOT when it's 92* outside!!!

ok. so we go outside. I'm not sure I can remember everything she made me do... just the horrible stuff.

we get outside and she hands me a kettle bell. makes me do squats and lunges with that damn thing while swinging it around. i also had to do arm stuff with them.

THEN. OMG. she made me do shuttle runs. after my shuttle runs, i had to run up some stairs, do 15 jumping jacks, run back down the stairs and have to run up and down the curb. then we have to "shuffle" (which is NOT a slow walk!) back to the beginning.

Then we started all over again. After that, we went back inside and she made me to tons of crunches of all kinds. :stars:

Then I went to zumba for an hour.


One thing that made me feel good... As I was doing the crunches, i told her, "i should've waited to sign up for bootcamp until today! i don't know if i can do it after all this!"
her response? "you DID do it! you're done. granted, bootcamp will be 15 minutes longer, but you can totally do it"
I felt like a little kid who got a big star on her test in school