Hot 100

Bootcamp week 3, day 2.

Today was something called "Hot 100". The crazy ass drill instructor told us we'd be doing 100 of each exercise. Now is a good time to note that when I say 100, I actually mean 200, because the DI uses two (or sometimes four) counts. What did we work out you may ask? All upper body, and pretty much almost all chest. Push ups, wide push ups, tricep push ups, inverted push ups, one armed planks, and some weird back and shoulder exercise done lying down.
So why the "70" image? Because that's as far as we made it in the 45 minutes we had together. Now in all honesty I should have posted a picture of somewhere around 40...cuz that's about all i did. After the first set of exercises, I was feeling it. After the second, I was cashed. By the third cycle I had started to pause during the sets. Even though I didn't do all 70 (or 140 if were being honest) I did as many as my body would allow. There was a lot of shaking and sweating, and oddly a lot of heavy breathing. I was panting like a dog in August, very strange indeed.

Cest la vie. We'll see what tomorrow holds, but I can only hope it doesn't involve my upper body because I dont think it can take it.

Bootcamp - Day 5....harsh

today was no exception, bootcamp kicked my butt again. per the usual, the warm-up run was too fast for me. today the exercises focused on building strength so there were a lot of push ups and squats and the like. the picture is just to make me feel better, because i feel like ass right now.

i think tomorrow is an endurance day, we'll see.

bootcamp

OK, let me preface this with...it seemed like a good idea at the time. tc and i signed up for bulldog bootcamp. see, we haven't been running like we used to and tc thought it'd be a great way to get in shape by august. city chase is in august in case you've forgotten. knowing it's not that far away, we signed up for a 3 day per week, 12 week fitness program where drill instructors take some twisted pleasure in kicking our collective asses.

it's now into week two, luckily the very first day was just an assessment, so it didn't hurt too bad. it did however smack me in the face with my out-of-shapeness.

today was all about speedwork. we sprinted multiple times to cone placed at varying distances. 10 to the nearest, 6 to the middle, 3 to the farthest cone. each sprinting session was separated by core strengthening work (e.g. crunches, mountain climbers, supermans).

clearly i am not a machine, like i thought i was...cuz today kicked my ass. tc is soooooo gonna owe me drinks.