Boy, has it been two hard working mornings. I think Roy forgot there are new girls. I also didn't realize we had to be able to count. I just get distracted thinking about my breathing in and out and doing the particular move right. On Monday, we did some tests so we can compare at the end of the camp. Back and forth across the basketball court touching the lines. Then some squat presses. We finished the morning off with an Indian run. What....the new girls are suppose to like this group thing. I wondered how many we would lose by the second day.
By Tuesday we were still working hard on strength and training and the plank, over and over again, you would think that Roy was trying to put in hard wood floors. But I really do feel stronger each week. If I remember back to the very first week of boot camp I had to do the plank from my knees, now I can do a full on one and hold it. Ok maybe not the full time but almost.
What's the purpose of doing a plank, besides I guess just the ab-core strength thing. Roy said the reason it's good to be accomplished at the plank is when Barb and I are camping in the Amazon jungle and we have to make an emergency exit from our tent, army crawling and we come to a river that is filled with floating mines we can easily lift our torsos over the mines safely. Hmmmm...worth training for? Maybe.
I still am really loving the variety we get in our work out each morning. Even the jump ropes and the parking lot are so dreaded anymore. This weekend I turn 50 (yeah, already). I definitely feel fitter and am committed to keep going. I'll see how much working out I can do while I am in Eagan for the next 3 days. At least the early morning in Aliso Viejo got me use to the daily weather in Minnesota.
i was told by one of my trainers that the plank also helps to give you better posture although i am not so sure of that one! the jungles is deff. something we need to keep training for! ;) where does he come up with those things?
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