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Friday, July 31, 2009
Ultimate Outdoor Fitness Experience
I got an update last week from some former Boot Campers who have been hiking the Appalachian Trail since March 17th....now THAT is an Outdoor Fitness Experience if there ever was one!
As I have mentioned before, there are those, Erwan Le Corre of MovNat included, who would call us Zoo Humans... we are like wild animals who have been put in the zoo: we bear little resemblance to the "wild" humans we are supposed to be. Our lives are filled with artificiality: from light, to food, to the man-made items that we use and surround ourselves with all day. We stay up later than our ancestors because we have artifical light and TV and computers to keep us entertained. Alarm clocks wake many of us up before dawn....our natural rhythms are completely skewed and research shows that our hearts and our waistlines, among other things, are paying the price.
We have a innate drive to be outside, amongst all the things the natural world has to offer. It is just plain good for us! It lowers our stress levels, it improves our moods...and the list goes on....it even helps us heal faster!! We all WANT to be outside, yet we spend 99% of our time indoors! Could we possibly be living the way we, as human animals, are meant to live? Nope!
But think about spending 5 months on the Appalachian Trail, as Peggy and Paul DuFosse are...they go to bed with the sun, they wake with the sun, they are surrounded by the natural world all day long every day, with no outside distractions. No jarring sounds, like horns or sirens or phones ringing. There is no plastic, artificiality to their days...just nature: birds chirping, sun shining or rain failing, the feel of the ground beneath their feet, the smell of clean, clear, pure air.... It is all natural.
And they are living much the way our ancestors did: by abiding by the rhythms of the natural world that surrounds them. They go to bed with the sun, get up with the sun then their day flows like this: eat, be active, eat, rest, be active, eat and finally rest again for the day. That is the way the human "animal" has functioned for thousands of years. Far too many humans these days only have the eat and rest part down!
Here is a day in the life for Peggy and Paul:
My parents came to visit us in Killington, Vermont on Saturday it was a much needed but way to short. We both were a little homesick afterwords, and have been moving a little slower than usual. This isn't easy, the closer we get to the end the harder it gets mentally to put in the miles day after day, but we are both determined to see Katahdin. In my past E-mails I have been telling what we have been seeing or where we are, but never telling you about our average day, it goes like this;
We wake up around 6:30 lay in our tent and decide a goal destination for the day(any where between 25 and 15 miles). Next we sit in the tent pack up our sleeping bags and mats, get our smelly wet from sweat hiking clothes on and very slowly and painfully remove ourselves from the tent. We then pack up our belongings into ou packs, break down the tent and remove our food bags from the tree we hung them from the night before. We eat breakfast, usually bagels and peanut butter and peg gets her coffee, strap on our packs and start hiking. During the morning we hike together talking about our next food supply, the town that is just ahead or what ever comes to mind, almost always having to do with food. After five or so miles we stop for a mid morning snack, there we make plans for where we are going to eat our lunch and then we move on. Most always we hike together but sometimes I move a little ahead, and get lost in thought as I hike lately thinking about being back home. Our lunch break Is either at a view point, which is what we prefer, or at one of the shelters along the way. We almost always have some sort of meat and cheese sandwich(Hard salami, pepperoni or summer sausage w/cheddar) and some snacks. we then pack up and move on, we hike the rest of the day dreaming of Trail Magic( sodas, fruit, burgers, home-baked goodies, coca cola, mtn dew) taking small breaks for the rest of the day for refilling our water then treating it, and snacks. We arrive at camp and we look for a tent site, I am pretty picky so it takes a little longer than it should, and we set up tent. Peg will get the inside of the tent squared away with our sleeping mats and our bags while I go out and look for a tree limb to hang our food bags from, which is harder than it sounds but I have gotten quite good at it. We refill ou waters for the next day and for dinner, we cook dinner , eat dinner wash our bowls, pots and spoons, pack up our food, hang it and we our in bed around 8:00-8:30. In bed we read and lights out around 9-9:30 and the process starts over the next day.
This is our average day, but everyday is different and more exciting things do happen( we hit towns, meet really cool people, wake up and eat every meal at a different more beautiful than the last location, see tons of wild life and cool plants, and the views are amazing). This has been the most challenging thing I have ever done and I am enjoying everyday and never taking anything for granted and when we reach the top of Katahdin I already know that it will be the greatest most overwhelming feeling of accomplishment that either of us has ever felt. We miss everyone and we are planning on summiting around the 19th of august which will make it exactly five months.
Paul and Peg"
I think that is awesome! I am so proud of them for taking on this challenge and cannot wait to hear more about it when they return!
By the way, I will be sending them a link to this post so that they may see it the next time they are able to get online...please send them well-wishes if you'd like by posting a comment! I know they would love it!
Thanks!
Now Get Out There! yourself and have your own Outdoor Fitness Experience!
-Caroline
As I have mentioned before, there are those, Erwan Le Corre of MovNat included, who would call us Zoo Humans... we are like wild animals who have been put in the zoo: we bear little resemblance to the "wild" humans we are supposed to be. Our lives are filled with artificiality: from light, to food, to the man-made items that we use and surround ourselves with all day. We stay up later than our ancestors because we have artifical light and TV and computers to keep us entertained. Alarm clocks wake many of us up before dawn....our natural rhythms are completely skewed and research shows that our hearts and our waistlines, among other things, are paying the price.
We have a innate drive to be outside, amongst all the things the natural world has to offer. It is just plain good for us! It lowers our stress levels, it improves our moods...and the list goes on....it even helps us heal faster!! We all WANT to be outside, yet we spend 99% of our time indoors! Could we possibly be living the way we, as human animals, are meant to live? Nope!
But think about spending 5 months on the Appalachian Trail, as Peggy and Paul DuFosse are...they go to bed with the sun, they wake with the sun, they are surrounded by the natural world all day long every day, with no outside distractions. No jarring sounds, like horns or sirens or phones ringing. There is no plastic, artificiality to their days...just nature: birds chirping, sun shining or rain failing, the feel of the ground beneath their feet, the smell of clean, clear, pure air.... It is all natural.
And they are living much the way our ancestors did: by abiding by the rhythms of the natural world that surrounds them. They go to bed with the sun, get up with the sun then their day flows like this: eat, be active, eat, rest, be active, eat and finally rest again for the day. That is the way the human "animal" has functioned for thousands of years. Far too many humans these days only have the eat and rest part down!
Here is a day in the life for Peggy and Paul:
My parents came to visit us in Killington, Vermont on Saturday it was a much needed but way to short. We both were a little homesick afterwords, and have been moving a little slower than usual. This isn't easy, the closer we get to the end the harder it gets mentally to put in the miles day after day, but we are both determined to see Katahdin. In my past E-mails I have been telling what we have been seeing or where we are, but never telling you about our average day, it goes like this;
We wake up around 6:30 lay in our tent and decide a goal destination for the day(any where between 25 and 15 miles). Next we sit in the tent pack up our sleeping bags and mats, get our smelly wet from sweat hiking clothes on and very slowly and painfully remove ourselves from the tent. We then pack up our belongings into ou packs, break down the tent and remove our food bags from the tree we hung them from the night before. We eat breakfast, usually bagels and peanut butter and peg gets her coffee, strap on our packs and start hiking. During the morning we hike together talking about our next food supply, the town that is just ahead or what ever comes to mind, almost always having to do with food. After five or so miles we stop for a mid morning snack, there we make plans for where we are going to eat our lunch and then we move on. Most always we hike together but sometimes I move a little ahead, and get lost in thought as I hike lately thinking about being back home. Our lunch break Is either at a view point, which is what we prefer, or at one of the shelters along the way. We almost always have some sort of meat and cheese sandwich(Hard salami, pepperoni or summer sausage w/cheddar) and some snacks. we then pack up and move on, we hike the rest of the day dreaming of Trail Magic( sodas, fruit, burgers, home-baked goodies, coca cola, mtn dew) taking small breaks for the rest of the day for refilling our water then treating it, and snacks. We arrive at camp and we look for a tent site, I am pretty picky so it takes a little longer than it should, and we set up tent. Peg will get the inside of the tent squared away with our sleeping mats and our bags while I go out and look for a tree limb to hang our food bags from, which is harder than it sounds but I have gotten quite good at it. We refill ou waters for the next day and for dinner, we cook dinner , eat dinner wash our bowls, pots and spoons, pack up our food, hang it and we our in bed around 8:00-8:30. In bed we read and lights out around 9-9:30 and the process starts over the next day.
This is our average day, but everyday is different and more exciting things do happen( we hit towns, meet really cool people, wake up and eat every meal at a different more beautiful than the last location, see tons of wild life and cool plants, and the views are amazing). This has been the most challenging thing I have ever done and I am enjoying everyday and never taking anything for granted and when we reach the top of Katahdin I already know that it will be the greatest most overwhelming feeling of accomplishment that either of us has ever felt. We miss everyone and we are planning on summiting around the 19th of august which will make it exactly five months.
Paul and Peg"
I think that is awesome! I am so proud of them for taking on this challenge and cannot wait to hear more about it when they return!
By the way, I will be sending them a link to this post so that they may see it the next time they are able to get online...please send them well-wishes if you'd like by posting a comment! I know they would love it!
Thanks!
Now Get Out There! yourself and have your own Outdoor Fitness Experience!
-Caroline
Monday, July 27, 2009
When FItness REALLY Matters!
What do you train for? Do you train for fat loss? To be able to bench press a certain weight? To be able to fit in your skinny jeans?
What do you train for?
I was out running on the rocks at Middle Beach the other week and a woman asked me what I was training for and I answered: "Life"
What do you train for? Have you really thought about it? I bet you do it for the same reason I do...
We train, we push, and we push harder when we can't push anymore...we do it for life, for living....for surviving.
I read a great post the other day by Zach Evan-Esh, the Underground Strength Coach, that really put it perfectly...
You see, Zach had to take his young son to the emergency room, and although his son was and is fine, a bad diagnosis sent them into a frightening, crazy, surreal experience where they were stuck in the hospital for hours and hours. They were under tremendous stress and they went without food or sleep for far too many hours, and yet Zach was fine, he was capable of functioning, of thinking clearly, of being there for his son in every way. Sure he was tired, sure he was hungry, sure he was stressed out of his mind....but his focus never left his son. Meanwhile, he was surrounded by parents falling apart, complaining about having not eaten or not slept, even when their own child was in serious emotional and physical distress. The could not function when they needed to the most.
Now, some might say Zach is just that kind of guy - super-focused, able to remain calm under pressure, etc etc.... but he wasn't necessarily born that way, rather he has used intense physical - and as a by-product, mental - training to get to that place. He knows how to dig deep within himself to get done what needs to get done no matter the physical or mental "cost" to himself.
How about you? Do you train hard enough - not all the time, just some of the time - to know how to tap that inner tenacity? Do both your body and your mind know how to keep pushing and stay focused when most others would fall apart? I am guessing you do...you just may not have thought of some of the real-life benefits.
Just the other week, towards the end of a really challenging boot camp workout - one that had required mental focus on top of physical strength - I had my campers finish their workout with something that required even more mental focus, but decidedly less physical strength....some questioned why I did that. Weren't they too tired physically to be capable of what I was asking? Now, I'll grant you that I am sure some of them were "too tired" (I gave everyone an "out", an easier option, if they wanted it) but most of them tried it anyway and found that they could summon up the mental energy required to get the job done....
And you know what, that is when training is perhaps its most valuable.
And those are precisely the people that will be able to handle whatever life throws at them, be it 24 hours in an ER confused, terrified, tired and hungry or faced with the prospect of climbing out a window of a burning building carrying a family member to safety....they will be able to do whatever needs doing, physically, mentally and emotionally.
You may think I am being dire, but just think about it for a minute...we really never know what is coming our way...shouldn't we be as ready as we can be?
I think most reading this blog exercise for more than just the superficial benefits...I think most of us would say we exercise to live longer and stronger, and that is fantastic....
but think about what we are also training for: REAL LIFE.
Get Out There!
Caroline
What do you train for?
I was out running on the rocks at Middle Beach the other week and a woman asked me what I was training for and I answered: "Life"
What do you train for? Have you really thought about it? I bet you do it for the same reason I do...
We train, we push, and we push harder when we can't push anymore...we do it for life, for living....for surviving.
I read a great post the other day by Zach Evan-Esh, the Underground Strength Coach, that really put it perfectly...
You see, Zach had to take his young son to the emergency room, and although his son was and is fine, a bad diagnosis sent them into a frightening, crazy, surreal experience where they were stuck in the hospital for hours and hours. They were under tremendous stress and they went without food or sleep for far too many hours, and yet Zach was fine, he was capable of functioning, of thinking clearly, of being there for his son in every way. Sure he was tired, sure he was hungry, sure he was stressed out of his mind....but his focus never left his son. Meanwhile, he was surrounded by parents falling apart, complaining about having not eaten or not slept, even when their own child was in serious emotional and physical distress. The could not function when they needed to the most.
Now, some might say Zach is just that kind of guy - super-focused, able to remain calm under pressure, etc etc.... but he wasn't necessarily born that way, rather he has used intense physical - and as a by-product, mental - training to get to that place. He knows how to dig deep within himself to get done what needs to get done no matter the physical or mental "cost" to himself.
How about you? Do you train hard enough - not all the time, just some of the time - to know how to tap that inner tenacity? Do both your body and your mind know how to keep pushing and stay focused when most others would fall apart? I am guessing you do...you just may not have thought of some of the real-life benefits.
Just the other week, towards the end of a really challenging boot camp workout - one that had required mental focus on top of physical strength - I had my campers finish their workout with something that required even more mental focus, but decidedly less physical strength....some questioned why I did that. Weren't they too tired physically to be capable of what I was asking? Now, I'll grant you that I am sure some of them were "too tired" (I gave everyone an "out", an easier option, if they wanted it) but most of them tried it anyway and found that they could summon up the mental energy required to get the job done....
And you know what, that is when training is perhaps its most valuable.
And those are precisely the people that will be able to handle whatever life throws at them, be it 24 hours in an ER confused, terrified, tired and hungry or faced with the prospect of climbing out a window of a burning building carrying a family member to safety....they will be able to do whatever needs doing, physically, mentally and emotionally.
You may think I am being dire, but just think about it for a minute...we really never know what is coming our way...shouldn't we be as ready as we can be?
I think most reading this blog exercise for more than just the superficial benefits...I think most of us would say we exercise to live longer and stronger, and that is fantastic....
but think about what we are also training for: REAL LIFE.
Get Out There!
Caroline
Tuesday, June 9, 2009
Were we really built to run?
As you may know, ever since I learned about Erwan Le Corre and MovNat, I have become increasingly interested in the idea that the modern running shoe is actually making our bodies more injury-prone. There is plenty of research to support it. And now a new book, written by the same guy that wrote the Men's Health article about Erwan and MovNat, explores the theory and delves into the question of "were we really born to run?"
It is fascinating stuff!
You may have already seen reviews of Christopher McDougall's new book, Born to Run, which recently hit stores. Five years of running his 6'4", 230 pound body into marathoner shape had left him with a laundry list of injuries, from a torn hamstring to every runner's nightmare: plantar fasciitis.
While Christopher was trying to wrap his brain around the idea that his exercise would now need to be low-impact, he came across an article about the Tarahumara Indians in Mexico, a hidden tribe whose members run ultra-distances, literally injury-free, for their entire lives.
Check out his story in the June issue of Men's Health magazine and find out what he did that enabled him to continue running, finally free of incessant injuries...
Built For the Long Run
For more info on his book, check it out here....
We've been doing some "shoes-optional" workouts in boot camp...look for some video coming soon.
It is fascinating stuff!
You may have already seen reviews of Christopher McDougall's new book, Born to Run, which recently hit stores. Five years of running his 6'4", 230 pound body into marathoner shape had left him with a laundry list of injuries, from a torn hamstring to every runner's nightmare: plantar fasciitis.
While Christopher was trying to wrap his brain around the idea that his exercise would now need to be low-impact, he came across an article about the Tarahumara Indians in Mexico, a hidden tribe whose members run ultra-distances, literally injury-free, for their entire lives.
Check out his story in the June issue of Men's Health magazine and find out what he did that enabled him to continue running, finally free of incessant injuries...
Built For the Long Run
For more info on his book, check it out here....
We've been doing some "shoes-optional" workouts in boot camp...look for some video coming soon.
Thursday, May 14, 2009
Boot Camper of the Week!
And the winner is....Alice Mobley from the 8:30!
Alice is our "eldest" boot camper (she will be 64 tomorrow!) and she is an inspiration to us all!
I don't need to tell anyone in the 8:30 why Alice is Boot Camper of the Week...especially if they were in class last Friday when we did the long circuit through/over the rocks and through/under/over/around the playground! Alice took the challenge of that workout with no hesitation...as I watched her take on the playground with the energy and creativity of a young child, tow things came to mind:
I want to be just like that at 63 and boy, she has VERY lucky "grandbabies"...I am sure their friends grandmothers won't play on the playground with them, and I mean really play!
Alice joined Boot Camp in February 2007, on one of the coldest days of that winter and she has been a dedicated Boot Camper ever since.
Here's a word from Alice:
What an awesome surprise and honor!!! Keeping up with the "Young Guns" (some younger that my own children!) is always a challenge and makes me push myself far beyond what I would do on my own. No matter what deadlines loom ahead for the work week, boot camp only lets me focus on the task at hand. One more burpee, one more squat jump...with Caroline shouting encouragement, "C'mon, you can do it.". I find it impossible to stress and to push one's body hard at the same time! A great way to start the day...mentally and physically. And yes, coming out in below zero weather is a huge mental challenge...expecially when bed seems so cozy.
Beyond the physical benefits of our intense workouts, the friendships are a huge part of the appeal of boot camp. It is a varied and fun group of fellow exercisers. Sweating and groaning are good bonding agents!
Hats off to Caroline for creating such a successful program!
Thanks, Alice. Congratulations and an early Happy Birthday!!!! Keep up the great work!
Get Out There!
-Caroline
Alice is our "eldest" boot camper (she will be 64 tomorrow!) and she is an inspiration to us all!
I don't need to tell anyone in the 8:30 why Alice is Boot Camper of the Week...especially if they were in class last Friday when we did the long circuit through/over the rocks and through/under/over/around the playground! Alice took the challenge of that workout with no hesitation...as I watched her take on the playground with the energy and creativity of a young child, tow things came to mind:
I want to be just like that at 63 and boy, she has VERY lucky "grandbabies"...I am sure their friends grandmothers won't play on the playground with them, and I mean really play!
Alice joined Boot Camp in February 2007, on one of the coldest days of that winter and she has been a dedicated Boot Camper ever since.
Here's a word from Alice:
What an awesome surprise and honor!!! Keeping up with the "Young Guns" (some younger that my own children!) is always a challenge and makes me push myself far beyond what I would do on my own. No matter what deadlines loom ahead for the work week, boot camp only lets me focus on the task at hand. One more burpee, one more squat jump...with Caroline shouting encouragement, "C'mon, you can do it.". I find it impossible to stress and to push one's body hard at the same time! A great way to start the day...mentally and physically. And yes, coming out in below zero weather is a huge mental challenge...expecially when bed seems so cozy.
Beyond the physical benefits of our intense workouts, the friendships are a huge part of the appeal of boot camp. It is a varied and fun group of fellow exercisers. Sweating and groaning are good bonding agents!
Hats off to Caroline for creating such a successful program!
Thanks, Alice. Congratulations and an early Happy Birthday!!!! Keep up the great work!
Get Out There!
-Caroline
Tuesday, May 12, 2009
Short Attention Span Fitness
I was watching my nieces and nephew yesterday as they played at my mother's house...and it got me thinking....maybe we should try to maintain the attention span of a child when it comes to fitness.
My five-year-old niece, in particular, was ALL OVER THE PLACE! When I arrived she was head first, legs up in the air, in a ditch trying to make a dam to stop the water flowing by. Then she was swinging belly-down on the swing, a minute later she was playing frisbee with her brother...then she ran inside, then back out and back on the swing, this time swinging "normally"... and on and on and on. Do I need to tell you how she is built?
We joke that we get tired just watching kids run around. Hmmm, what does that tell us?
I think we would all agree that as kids, we were as fit as we have ever been. Now many of us struggle to stay fit, it is a chore really, not a pleasure the way it was when we were kids.
Does attention span have something to do with that?
Think about it: what do you truly enjoy that involves repetition? That involves doing the same thing over and over and over for a period of time? I can't think of much... Especially if my brain is not fully engaged in what I am doing.
But look at the way we exercise: endless, mind-numbing cardio and rep after rep with weights...
The reality is that we are so bored we do whatever we can do tune out the monotony...Gyms have TVs all over the place to give us something to think about while we "get through" our workouts and that's the same reason why many people read books and magazines while they work out. (Don't get me started on what I think of the quality of their "reading" workouts :-)
When was the last time you worked out without your iPod or some other distraction?
But what if "worked out" like kids? ...Except they don't call it "working out", they call it "play"...what if we "played" with fitness with the attention span of a child, moving from one thing to the next, using our creativity and natural instincts to do whatever came to mind?
Approach your fitness with the attention span of a child and a bunch of cool things will happen:
- You will definitely have more fun
- You will not only be more fit, you will be fit in a more well-rounded, real-world way
- You won't need outside entertainment just to get you through your workout
And last but not least...you will actually look forward to your workouts! Once you get to that point, that frame of mind about fitness, well then, then you will be fit for life!
Sometimes it's a good thing to have the attention span of a 5 year old!
Get Out There!
-Caroline
My five-year-old niece, in particular, was ALL OVER THE PLACE! When I arrived she was head first, legs up in the air, in a ditch trying to make a dam to stop the water flowing by. Then she was swinging belly-down on the swing, a minute later she was playing frisbee with her brother...then she ran inside, then back out and back on the swing, this time swinging "normally"... and on and on and on. Do I need to tell you how she is built?
We joke that we get tired just watching kids run around. Hmmm, what does that tell us?
I think we would all agree that as kids, we were as fit as we have ever been. Now many of us struggle to stay fit, it is a chore really, not a pleasure the way it was when we were kids.
Does attention span have something to do with that?
Think about it: what do you truly enjoy that involves repetition? That involves doing the same thing over and over and over for a period of time? I can't think of much... Especially if my brain is not fully engaged in what I am doing.
But look at the way we exercise: endless, mind-numbing cardio and rep after rep with weights...
The reality is that we are so bored we do whatever we can do tune out the monotony...Gyms have TVs all over the place to give us something to think about while we "get through" our workouts and that's the same reason why many people read books and magazines while they work out. (Don't get me started on what I think of the quality of their "reading" workouts :-)
When was the last time you worked out without your iPod or some other distraction?
But what if "worked out" like kids? ...Except they don't call it "working out", they call it "play"...what if we "played" with fitness with the attention span of a child, moving from one thing to the next, using our creativity and natural instincts to do whatever came to mind?
Approach your fitness with the attention span of a child and a bunch of cool things will happen:
- You will definitely have more fun
- You will not only be more fit, you will be fit in a more well-rounded, real-world way
- You won't need outside entertainment just to get you through your workout
And last but not least...you will actually look forward to your workouts! Once you get to that point, that frame of mind about fitness, well then, then you will be fit for life!
Sometimes it's a good thing to have the attention span of a 5 year old!
Get Out There!
-Caroline
Wednesday, May 6, 2009
Boot Camper of the Week!
And the winner is.....Susan Baracco from the 5:45!!!
Susan started Get Out There! Fitness Boot Camp in February of 2007!!! (It takes a special kind of person to start an outdoor boot camp on the coast of Maine in February!!! And yes, Susan was in attendance on the -21 Degree day this past January!)
She is a runner at heart - 5:45ers are used to her leading the pack on the warm-up run - and was pretty new to the cross-training idea. No more though! Susan was on fire last week in particular, flying around the bases in Boot Camp Baseball and really moving in the running and crab walking (and and and!) at the Seaside!
I always love to see someone suddenly turn things up a notch!! So, well done Susan and congratulations!!
Thank you for selecting me - it's an honor. As a 14 year veteran runner it's been a transition for me to think of a 45 minute workout as 'enough'. However, boot camp is a more effective, efficient workout than I could possibly get on a 45 minute run. It's been fun to see how our boot camp workouts have evolved over the past two years.
Blending these workouts with running is making a difference in my fitness
level that I've never enjoyed before. It also helps me keep up with my kids - very cool! Thanks! -Susan
Thanks, Susan! Keep up the great work!!!
Get Out There!
-Caroline
Susan started Get Out There! Fitness Boot Camp in February of 2007!!! (It takes a special kind of person to start an outdoor boot camp on the coast of Maine in February!!! And yes, Susan was in attendance on the -21 Degree day this past January!)
She is a runner at heart - 5:45ers are used to her leading the pack on the warm-up run - and was pretty new to the cross-training idea. No more though! Susan was on fire last week in particular, flying around the bases in Boot Camp Baseball and really moving in the running and crab walking (and and and!) at the Seaside!
I always love to see someone suddenly turn things up a notch!! So, well done Susan and congratulations!!
Thank you for selecting me - it's an honor. As a 14 year veteran runner it's been a transition for me to think of a 45 minute workout as 'enough'. However, boot camp is a more effective, efficient workout than I could possibly get on a 45 minute run. It's been fun to see how our boot camp workouts have evolved over the past two years.
Blending these workouts with running is making a difference in my fitness
level that I've never enjoyed before. It also helps me keep up with my kids - very cool! Thanks! -Susan
Thanks, Susan! Keep up the great work!!!
Get Out There!
-Caroline
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