Monday (House of Pain) & Tuesday (Push-N-It)

Well, at least my friend April is still talking to me...she even came to Boot Camp on Monday and Tuesday! This is preview week and it's free to anyone who wants to try out Boot Camp, so she's been tagging along. She often makes me smile during the workouts by saying profanities and her favorite word, "SICK," when one of the instructors suggests an exercise she doesn't want to do. Example:

• Instructor: "OK, let's do some more plank holds!!!"
• April: "SICK!"

or

• Instructor: "Good job on those walking lunges, next we'll do 2:00 minutes of push ups."
• April: "Oh S**T!!!"

...she makes me laugh when I'm miserable...that's what friends are for, right?

Well, Monday was the "House of Pain." This was about 6 or 7 stations of various exercises. We would do 5 counts of one exercise and alternate it with another for a total of 75 seconds. There were so many combinations I can't even start to remember them all. Oh, and we would do things like shuffle, back peddle, high knees, etc. from one station to another. This went on for about 30 or 35 minutes. It was much hotter than last week, so back to sweating profusely! It was really tough! But I always feel so good when I'm finished...and proud of myself for finishing.

Tuesday was another 100 degree day and April returned for another fun night. The workout was called "Push-N-It." There were 3 different types of exercises for the night. One was cardio, then push up holds and then moving strength exercises. The cardio consisted of sprints, high knees, butt kicks, toy soldiers, and others. The push up hold station was my least favorite. We did between 90 seconds and 120 seconds of staying in a push up position, doing push ups, doing planks, etc! SICK!! The moving strength station was things like walking lunges, shuffle, "breaking and entering," bear crawls, crab walks, etc.

I was sweating so bad that every time I would sit or lay down, the dirt would just turn to mud on my skin. By the end of the workout, I had mud on my knees, back, arms and face! Now, that's a good workout! Again, I felt great when I was finished and I'm ready for Wednesday. Hopefully, April will come again to keep me entertained!