So I have been doing this boot camp class at Jim’s Gym in Clinton for a while now. I started it in April. It’s tough, really tough. It’s getting easier. Well easier is probably not the right word. I am getting in better shape so I am getting through it better. Just an example of a one hour workout we do so you can get an idea.
Start:
1) Run 1 mile on treadmill (started at 5 mph and progressed to 6.5 mph)
2) Change incline to a 6 and run at a 5.7 for .5 mile
3)Incline back to 1 and turn around. Walk/jog backwards on treadmill for .25 mile
4) Turn back around and run .25 mile at 6.5-7 mph (he had me at 8 mph for the last tenth to get it done).
Move on to
circuit #1 (repeat 3 times)
1) 100 jumps on the jump rope.
2) 30 lower ab curls on the ab machine.
3) 30 sit ups on the incline bench.
4) 30 side to side with legs off the floor holding a 12 lb. exercise ball.
5) 30 crunches on the stability ball.
Circuit #2 Triceps (repeat 3 times, and those who missed Monday had to do dips on the machine and they are brutal)
1) 20 over head tricep presses with a 20 lb dumbbell.
2) 15 tricep dips with feet elevated on a bench hands on handles of another incline bench.
3) 15 tricep pushups.
4) 15 tricep dips hands on bench.
Circuit #3 (repeat 3 times with the exception of first exercise)
1) 100 calf raises holding onto the treadmill for balance.
2) 30 calf raises on edge of step bench with a bar (weighted of course).
3) 30 squat calf raises.
4) 30 crunches on ball.
5) 30 calf presses using the leg press machine.
If you stop and rest too long you will get yelled at. Oh, and don’t you dare touch the treadmill with your hands. It is HANDS OFF!! Its go! Go! GO! One exercise after another. And this isn’t even the hardest workout we have done. This was mild compared to some of the stuff he has us do. By the time I got to the 3rd circuit on Monday night I could barely hold myself in a pushup position.
I have to say I love it though. Even on my bad days where I don’t want to do anything I always feel so much better after. I think I am going to try and start writing down the workouts we do after every class and posting them. That way anyone out there can look at them and try them to. And when I finish with Jim I have a record and can do them on my own.
Oh, and can I tell you
MY CALVES HURT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
2 comments:
Sounds like fun. That place is just down the street from my house. I might have to check it out.
You should totally do it. It's so worth it. Next week is my last week but I am hoping to find the money to continue. He has a special going right now buy one training package get one free. It's only throught the end of Clinton Days. And it is a certain package. It is his 12 week full time package. Meaning it is 12 weeks 5 days a week. So you would get 24 weeks which is 120 sessions. The package is not cheap it is $690. So it comes out to about $6 a session. Which for personal training is incredible. I have to see if I can manage it. I have my student loan payments starting next month. yikes.
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