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Wednesday’s Boot Camp Workout

Wednesday, July 15th, 2009

Hey everybody,

Just thought I’d give you an update on what we’ve been up to in boot camp lately.

Here’s a rundown on today’s workout.

The theme was “Core Killer” and “The Arminator” – too clever, right.

Today's workout focused on the "Batwing Arms"

Today's workout focused on the "Batwing Arms"

As the names implies the workout was broken into exercises that worked the core/abs and exercises that primarily worked the arms.

Here’s what the boot camp workout looked like:

Phase 1 – Did it 2 times

Station 1 – Cross Body Mountain Climbers and Triceps Kickbacks

Station 2 – Side Plank Extension and Stability Ball Rollout

Station 3 – Reverse Crunch and Butt Raise – Doing these 2 exercises back-to-back like this really made the abs burn.  I did this little combo yesterday and my abs are still sore.

Station 4 – Medicine Ball Slams and Planks

Phase 2 – Did it 2 times

Station 1 – Resistance Tube Row and Resistance Tube Triceps Kickbacks

Station 2 – Squat w/Shoulder Press and Superman

Station 3 – Bent Over Row w/Triceps Kicback and Stationary Lunge w/Shoulder Press

Station 4 – Overhead Triceps Extension and Russian Twist

After that last phase, the ladies’ arms were feeling it and I know they’re going to be cussing me out later today and into tomorrow!  I love it!

We didnt’ do any push-ups and laid off the legs today, but that more than likely means we’re going to be hitting those areas in tomorrow’s workout.

Now that we’ve got the “Station” thing all worked out and everybody’s used to it, I’m going to start throwing some curveballs into them.  There have been some exercises I’ve been leaving out because I didn’t know how they would fit in this new format, but I think I’ve got it figured out now and I’ll probably be giving them a go next week.

What do you think?  Wanna join Lincoln’s top boot camp and get the workout of your life?

Have an awesome day and I’ll talk to you soon!

Ed

P.S. – Don’t forget that I have added a Friday class at 5:45 which means there’s now a M/W/F option rather than just the M/W and T/Th options.  If you’re interested in jumping into the best boot camp workout in Lincoln, give me a call at 304-7858.

fitdadTVLast month for my “L” column I did an article on how push-ups are a great core exercise.

Not many people think of Push-ups as anything other than something they were forced to do (either by me in boot camp, or in their nightmares from gym class). Nobody thinks of them as working anything else but their arms, chest and shoulders, but they are a great core exercise.

It is one of the reasons I include them in all our boot camp classes. Plus I love to see your faces when I tell you what variation of the dreaded push-up we’re doing.

Before I get into my rationale, I figured I’d let you see a video of me describing my “why”.

Make sense?

If you have any questions, leave a comment below.

Have an awesome day and I’ll talk to you soon!

Ed

The ladies had an awesome boot camp workout today.

If you’re reading this ladies, you did an awesome job!  You worked hard, sweated profusely, cussed me out and had a great time.  What more can you ask for?

All the ladies were more than good today...they were great!

All the ladies were more than good today...they were great!

Today’s boot camp workout focused mainly on the upper body, with the core, shoulders and chest getting most of the attention.

Actually the theme to today’s workout was “You Don’t Really Need To Use Your Shoulders Today, Do You?”

I started theming the boot camp workouts a few weeks ago, but never told anyone or had any way to share it with the ladies when they came in other tham my screaming it from the mountain tops when they walked in the door.

So, now there’s a nice little chalkboard thing-a-majig on the front window that lets you know what you’re getting yourself into each day.

Nobody has turned around and walked out upon seeing the theme of the day, but I’m sure it’s coming…

Anyway, back to today’s boot camp.

We split the workout up into 2 phases, each phase having 4 stations with 2 exercises per station.

Here was the rundown on the first phase.

#1 – Push-ups/Bodyweight Squats

#2 – DB Rear Flies/Squat Hold – Got a lot of laughs on this one because of what it looked like.  I’ll let you use your imagination.

#3 – DB Curl-Press/Double Mountain Climber – No one liked this one, but it was a great way to hit the abs and get you breathing hard.

#4 – Tube Row/Tube Hatchet – Partnered up with the tubes to give it a little more tension/shoulder stability/core work

Phase 2 looked like this:

#1 – Push-up/Medicine Ball Slams

#2 – Spiderman Climb/Double Crunch

#3 – Rollout/Plank Extension – This is one of my favorite combos to really hit the abs and make you groan and cuss me out!

#4 – Tube Lunge/Tube Hatchet – Partnered up again to hit the core/stability a little harder

That was it.  The workout went a little long in both classes and for the most part I think the ladies loved it.  I love this new format and I’m having a lot of fun coming up with new themes and new ways to torture work all the ladies in these awesome boot camp workouts!

Have a great day and I’ll talk to you soon!

Ed Scow