We know we can rely on the veterans to come out in any weather, but we even had 4 new people brave the weather these last two rainy days! Hope you come back in nice weather too – it only gets better!
The advantage of doing a new workout every day means we have loads of options at our fingertips and can keep the workout flexible enough to duck out from under the pavilion for a quick sprint or Tabata set if the rain goes off even for a couple of minutes.
Wish we could have given sound effects - by now it was very blustery!
Boot Camp today was brought to you by the letter K and the number 50. Very big fun class, birthday girl Kate got a big cheer coming onto the beach and everyone had that Friday feeling! Thanks to Kim & Barri for keeping bringing new friends along. This picture was the “birthday wall squat” – sang the happy birthday song and stayed there to 50! Great start to Mother’s Day weekend. Thanks everyone!
Spring schedule for Boot Camp is as follows. Note that if they are charging in the parking lot, the Boot Camp parking rate is $2.
Rye Town Park:
9.15-10.15am, daily, (excluding Thursday & Sunday)
10.15-11am, Monday & Friday (strollers welcome)
Crawford Park, Rye Brook:
9.15-10.15, Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday
Hope to see you there! Lee
With the help of my lovely assistant Kirsty, I used the Boston Science Museum playground to show you why when we do abdominal crunches, we have our arms above and behind our heads.
In this picture the weight is on the closest peg to the center:
In this picture the same weight is on the furthest peg from the center and clearly just the position of the weight makes that lever much heavier:
So we raise our arms during abdominal crunches to make our upper body heavier and therefore work our abs more intensely. As I always tell you – I’m not just making these things up – it’s science!
Pats on the back all round to Boot Campers & friends who did the More Half Marathon this morning! Carol, Therese, Marci, Julie, Alexandra, Lindy, Laura and me! Glad it’s over, but glad we did it!
Aaah – that’s more like it! Sunny days bringing back old friends and new people who just can’t find any more excuses not to try Boot Camp! A couple of new people today told me they’ve been too nervous for a few months but realized today – no-one is paying attention to anything else apart from making it through their own set of wheelbarrows, froggers, whatever horrible drill we’re doing! So hot that the 10.15 class moved to the grass. I’ll take an early summer!
Super quick movie!
Just finished reading a GREAT book and was inspired to write this short article based upon it.
The power of habits
From this month’s Women’s Health
“Incline: A good place to do plyometric moves to build power. People who dud hopping drills at a 15-degree angle gained more lower-body strength and explosiveness than those who worked out on level ground” Source, European Journal of Applied Physiology
See?! As I always insist – there is method in the madness!
1. Knackered – ”exhausted, tired”. This would be appropriately used close to the end of a set of drills on the hill!
2. Wabbit – “exhausted, spent.” More appropriately used at the end of the class when you’ve given your all, and even though you were knackered after the drills on the hill, you went on to do grueling ladders sets and a 10 o’clock run!
3. Jiggered – “exhausted, tired, worn out” This should be reserved for the end of the day when even though you were wabbit after Boot Camp, you went on to do 20 chores all over Westchester before the kids came home, then dinner, homework and car-pooling before finally flopping on the couch at 9pm and saying to your husband “Please can you get me a glass of wine – I’m absolutely jiggered! I’ve been running around like a blue-arsed fly all day!”
4. Running around like a blue-arsed fly – I’m confident this kind of speaks for itself – all I have to say is “what you do most weekdays”
5. Haud yer Wheest, or simply Wheesht - “please be quiet”. I’m usually more diplomatic and say “you should not be able to talk during this drill” or “you should be running faster than talking pace”, but now I’ve taught you it I may just go to wheesht!
