Boot Camp

So tonight I did a boot camp with my friend Kitty and her fiance.  It wasn't so bad, but the very first thing that we did was *shutters* jumping.  If you know anything about me, or my tits, I hate jumping.  They don't make a sports bra that can corral these bad boys in without restricting airflow.

Anyway, we started with a "dynamic warmup", which basically meant a lot of stupid jumping that made me angry. So let's not talk about it.

The actual workout was interval training, with everyone starting at a different station. Since he had a bigger class than normal (which isn't hard considering this place was a hole in the wall), some people had to pair up at the stations.  I stole Kitty as my partner as we giggled and pointed at Coop because he was all alone. 

• The first station was side lunges with a 10 pound medicine ball.

• The second station was like a row.  There were these bands with handles hanging from what looked like scaffolding.  We had to grab the handle and lean back and do a row.  You controlled your intensity by either leaning back more, or standing up straighter.

• Third station was this really weird step to the side then kick your leg behind you.  I thought it was weird, so being the bossy gym rat that I am, changed it to a curtsey. 

• Fourth station was a deep squat whislt holding a 10 or 12 pound weight or kettle bell.

• Fifth station was mountain climbers.  You had two options, stand on these pad things that slid across the carpet, or just do a regular mountain climber.  I chose the slidy things because again, I hate jumping, and a regular mountain climber is too jumpy for me.
• Sixth station was a weird jump into a lunge, so again, I modified it to just be a regular deep lung.  I'm not so great at doing things quickly because I have zero balance. You stick with what you know, right?
• Seventh and final station was a T push-ups, or at least I think that's what they were called.  Since I was still sore from body rock push ups yesterday, I just did the plank into the twist up with one arm move, which I eventually cheated into a on-the-knees twist up thingy. (I like adding "y"s to words)

If I remember correctly, we went through each station 4 times, with a break between the first two.  Then we ended with some bizarre squat routine.  Jump squats, to full deep squats, to holding a squat.   Instead of jumping (phew) squats, you could do pulsing squats.  Which, I chose and actually think were harder than what a jump squat would have been.  Oh well!

The one thing that bothered me is that he ended the class with no stretch at all.  So I chose to do my own stretch, because I know how important it is.  I won't bore you with the details, because it wasn't anything special. 

I think I should be feeling it tomorrow, and if I don't, I'll know to push harder next Wednesday.