...fun with balls

Friday!! Yay, I'm so excited that the weekend is here. There were 3 campers and 2 trainers tonight...a much smaller group than yesterday. But, it was a good group. We did a thing called "Fun with Balls." There were about 30 rubber balls all filled with sand that all weighed a different amount from 4 to 12 pounds. We started out with sit ups, squats, etc. using the balls for extra difficulty. We partnered up, stood back-to-back and passed the balls to each other side to side.

Then, we tossed the balls as far as we could, ran to pick them up, then threw them back. Over and over. We concentrated on using our abs and arm muscles. Then...my favorite...push ups. We went for a little run with one of the trainers. Kari, the head leader lined up all of the balls and we started doing push ups down the line. First, you would put your right hand on the ball and left hand on the ground, do a push up, then move to your right. You move your left hand onto the ball and right hand on the ground, the move to the right again. So, we did 2 push ups for each ball...about 60 push ups in all!!!

Then, we went for a quick run. When we got back, we did it all over again! This time, to the left. By the end of the second round, my arms felt like they were going to fall off. My wrists hurt the most, though! We went for another run and were finished with push ups, so we moved onto plank walks. Same concept, but omitting the push up part. It was really intense and sweat was pouring from my face. If that wasn't crazy enough, on the last few steps of my plank walk, I stuck my hand in a old, hard piece of dog doo-doo...SICK!!!! Kari said "You haven't done Boot Camp until you've sat on or stuck your hand in some dog poop." lol...we all got a laugh out of my disgust, so it was an okay way to finish the week. I'm excited about the weekend. I need to do some homework Saturday and Sunday...I'll keep you posted.