Sorry for not updating much earlier. Now, gonna tell you more about boot camp.
When i joined boot camp, I was thinking that this is one place I can make my dream come true ie being slim and trim, finally looking like a million bucks when it's all over and feel good about my achievement.
I was wrong.
It's not about losing weight and looking good. It's the fitness, the discipline and how we were taught to work as a team. The workouts are super intense. I've just completed my 9th session this morning. This one is a killer ! We had to pull a huge tyre (looked like a tractor's tyre) with a rope and run, dragging the tyre to the other end of the field. Then, lift the tyre onto our shoulders and run back fast and hand it to the next group of 6. We did that in 2 sets. The first set was to do 10 laps and the 2nd with just 2 laps. It was a challenge. We lost. The punishment was to do 15 grunts and another 10 grunts for the 2 laps.
After completing this, we did a series of squats, lunges, planks each for a hurting 3 minutes. I was struggling. I did cheat a little as I was drained off of my energy that was left in me. I decided to do 'em slowly so the reps were lesser. Yeah, I know that's cheating. I just could not do any faster...lol.
Then it was the cooling down exercises and "hooyahs, see you on Monday".
My 10th session will be on Monday next week. I left the place finding it so difficult to walk as I think I pulled a muscle in both my groins. I was told by the Sarjan to give cold compress and do some stretching. He said I should be okay for the next session. It's still painful ...pretty tight at my groin. I am actually walking very oddly ...you know that kind of walk ...lol...Oh boy ! I could do with a massage right now !
But it's all good. What I am pleased about this boot camp is that my level of fitness has improved tremendously. I used to dislike running as it tires me and that's the hardest thing to do. Now, I can run a lap without any serious panting after that. But of course you ask me to do 2 laps and I would only be able to do power walking in between the running. But, I am genuinely happy that I have built my fitness level to this stage. That really impresses me and I am pretty confident I will do run more laps non-stop :)
Although, I know I may not be able to achieve my dream of looking like a million bucks (as in being slim and trim) but I know now that I am and will be FIT like a BILLION bucks. Haha. I am on the right track now. I wish I had done this much earlier. But its not late though. For a good workout it will be the one and only boot camp. And, this is where I will go if at all I see myself falling back on my fitness.
Cheers ! Happy Friday, folks. Enjoy your weekend.
When i joined boot camp, I was thinking that this is one place I can make my dream come true ie being slim and trim, finally looking like a million bucks when it's all over and feel good about my achievement.
I was wrong.
It's not about losing weight and looking good. It's the fitness, the discipline and how we were taught to work as a team. The workouts are super intense. I've just completed my 9th session this morning. This one is a killer ! We had to pull a huge tyre (looked like a tractor's tyre) with a rope and run, dragging the tyre to the other end of the field. Then, lift the tyre onto our shoulders and run back fast and hand it to the next group of 6. We did that in 2 sets. The first set was to do 10 laps and the 2nd with just 2 laps. It was a challenge. We lost. The punishment was to do 15 grunts and another 10 grunts for the 2 laps.
After completing this, we did a series of squats, lunges, planks each for a hurting 3 minutes. I was struggling. I did cheat a little as I was drained off of my energy that was left in me. I decided to do 'em slowly so the reps were lesser. Yeah, I know that's cheating. I just could not do any faster...lol.
Then it was the cooling down exercises and "hooyahs, see you on Monday".
My 10th session will be on Monday next week. I left the place finding it so difficult to walk as I think I pulled a muscle in both my groins. I was told by the Sarjan to give cold compress and do some stretching. He said I should be okay for the next session. It's still painful ...pretty tight at my groin. I am actually walking very oddly ...you know that kind of walk ...lol...Oh boy ! I could do with a massage right now !
But it's all good. What I am pleased about this boot camp is that my level of fitness has improved tremendously. I used to dislike running as it tires me and that's the hardest thing to do. Now, I can run a lap without any serious panting after that. But of course you ask me to do 2 laps and I would only be able to do power walking in between the running. But, I am genuinely happy that I have built my fitness level to this stage. That really impresses me and I am pretty confident I will do run more laps non-stop :)
Although, I know I may not be able to achieve my dream of looking like a million bucks (as in being slim and trim) but I know now that I am and will be FIT like a BILLION bucks. Haha. I am on the right track now. I wish I had done this much earlier. But its not late though. For a good workout it will be the one and only boot camp. And, this is where I will go if at all I see myself falling back on my fitness.
Cheers ! Happy Friday, folks. Enjoy your weekend.
