Boot Camp
Last week, I started going to this Boot Camp for women. I'm going three mornings a week and getting bossed around. I'm enjoying it very much.
The thing about running a martial arts school is that, yes, I get paid for giving people a good work out and yes, I can work out myself, but this also means I can choose to mostly boss people around or to only do part of the work out then move around and help my students with technique or give them some motivation etc.
At the Boot Camp, I'm only in charge of how much I want to push myself but the actual activity is up to Shannon and Caroline. My ego and my desire for a good workout leads me to push pretty hard; to disregard it when my body says "Hey, this is starting to hurt a bit." My brain says "What are you, some sort of wimp? Forget it and get your ass in gear."
Although the second day I made the mistake of bringing 10 lb. hand weights that were too heavy for the workout that day and I had to admit to Shannon that I couldn't complete my third round of a certain drill. She said that she, herself, doesn't bring more than 5 lb weights because of the number of repetitions that are done.
OK, I learned my lesson. I brought 5 lb. weights this morning. That was plenty. My muscles feel pretty fatigued. They both gave a talk about body type that was very refreshing to hear. They said not to compare yourself to anyone else, especially people in "those" magazines. Also not to compare yourself to how you looked before today such as before you had kids, or when you were in college. They said just realize that we're all doing really great things for ourselves by coming to camp and exercising. Besides that, we just need to eat as healthy as possible.
I'm just hoping to get stronger and increase my cardio conditioning. It sure feels like I'm in the right place. I'm also stealing some of their drills for my karate students and may look into doing this sort of thing myself with a self-defense slant to it.
Shannon and Caroline are a couple and I appreciate the fact that even though they are talking to a group of women, they will say things like "You can tell your husbands or wives that...." When I get the chance I'm going to tell them that I have both!
posted by anabel @ 11:40 PM
5 Comments:
I feel like such a sloth and not that I am comparing myself but I wish I was more motivated to excercise. I keep telling myself that when the technicolor not so dream house is all renovated, I will spend my time doing it. Ahhh the lies we tell ourselves to get by eh? hahah!
Hey Chunks,
The key is to find something you enjoy. When I tell Em about what we do, she says she'd hate it. She loves hitting the big bags at my school which is also a great workout.
Yeah, I would hate it viciously. In fact, I would walk away and never return. And at least you, Rox have a house in partial renovation. I have a house that is a wreck and a body that is a wreck.
I would absolutely love going to one of these boot camps! It sounds great. I need someone else to push me, and that's why group classes have always been the most motivating for me. I just learned yesterday that this little town of mine is opening a new gym/yoga studio in Sept, and I am totally ecstatic. I have missed having access to that. Have fun sweating your ass off!!
I'm with Em. I would "hate it viciously." (Nice choice of words.) I'll just walk my big marshmallow butt out of there and go somewhere I won't be yelled at, thank you very much.
...Actually I'm impressed and a bit envious that you do this. Good for you!
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