Ok... I guess it's time to start updating the blog again. Although I'm guessing my followers have moved on.
Our trainer, Roy, made other commitments for the 2010 year so it was time to rethink the morning workouts. I was hoping to do it with my husband since that was probably the only thing I wasn't liking about doing the boot camp. I thought I would try one through the city rec department near home for the month of January and perhaps if my husband's shoulder injury got better he could join me in the 2nd month.
The boot camp was Monday, Wednesday and Friday at a park near my home. Only problem was by the time I got home, showered, dressed and got on the road, I hit the huge traffic mess going south and really struggled to make it to my office at a decent time.
The work outs were OK but the trainer wasn't Roy. I mean who wants to do jumping jacks for two minutes straight? It also wasn't the same camaraderie. I was the oldest in the group, the only one who had children and the heaviest. I was able to keep up and it definitely helped me stay fit.
For the month of January my weight didn't go down and my body fat stayed the same but I lost over 2 inches in my waist (thanks to the ab work) and improved my mile time by 30 seconds. I think it was a bit short of a mile (.98) and at least my favorite work out partner, my daughter, Jessy helped paced me on the final test, but I was excited to be under a 10 minutes.
By February, my husband hadn't been signed off by his physical therapist. I hesitated spending the money, but he told me that spending money on boot camp is worth every penny. I joined one back in Lake Forest, even closer to work with my sister-in-law, Cyndi. On the first day as I glanced at the liability release (forgot to read the part about "you may get hurt") I did noticed I had to initial that I had the support of my family.
My new trainer isn't Roy either, but Rita is very encouraging, fit, upbeat and she even does a lot of the workout with us. There are some women in the group who have been doing it for over a year. Rita is able to adjust the workouts to the ability of the camper and is always making sure that we have good form to prevent injury and to ensure we are getting the benefit of the exercise (unless she just wants to make sure we are sore for the next workout.) We get a warm up and a cool down. She even lets us talk a little bit. Roy wasn't too keen on the talking, I'm not sure if it's because he didn't understand women could multi-task or if he really thought it bothered the other women in the class.
So I'm off to a new year with a new group of campers continuing on my journey to get fit.
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