I don't know if any of my boot camp ladies are reading this, but after last night's class my legs and butt feel like someone lit them on fire with a blowtorch. But I have to say, it's a good pain. I obviously worked my butt off and I love it when I'm sore...it tells me that I did was I was supposed to do. Want to know what I tortured my class with last night? Below is most of the class that we did. By the way, if you're thinking that you can't do boot camp (or something like what I've listed below) because it sounds too hard, I would tell you to suck it up and be a woman/man (all in a loving tone of course), because the average age in my class is roughly 45, with the oldest being early 60's and they all kick serious tush every class!
Try this and let me know what you think. This is very easy to do at home, so no excuses if you don't belong to a gym!
Here's what you'll need: mat or towel, heavy hand weights (if you have them, if you don't have them just use your own body weight), and WATER!!
Always warm up for about 5-10 minutes (we do a light jog) and then stretch (it helps prevent injury).
Session 1: (holding heavy weights if using them)
Lunge walk forward for 12 steps (6 on each leg) - Stop and do 12 dead lifts
Lunge walk back to beginning (6 on each leg) - Stop and do 12 dead lifts
Jog for 45 sec. (if you are in your house, just jog in place)
Repeat 3 times in a row
Abs: sit on mat/towel, lean back 45 degrees until you are balancing on your sit bones, feet in the air, then turn your upper body and touch your hands to the ground on each side (do a total of 15 each side)
Session 2:
Frog hop forward 8 times - jog 30 sec.
Repeat 4 times in a row
Abs: repeat ab in session one
Session 3:
Ski lunge 15 on each leg - shuffle to the left 4 then to the right 4
Repeat 4 times in a row
Abs: repeat abs in session one
Session 4:
Deep lunge up to a front kick - do 15 with the right leg then 15 with the left leg
Skip around for 30 sec.
Repeat 4 times in a row
Abs: repeat abs in session one
Session 5:
20 regular squats then 20 plie squats
Jog around for 30 sec.
Repeat 4 times in a row
Abs: repeat abs in session one
Cool down and stretch. Don't skip the stretching part...I swear that's why I haven't had a serious injury in the past 4 years. I stretch before and after every workout.
If you have questions about anything in this workout, or don't know how to do any of the exercises, please let me know. And if you're legs are screaming a day or two after you do it, I want to know that too! Otherwise I'll just feel like a lazy bum whose legs are severely weak!
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