Day 1 at Survivor Bootcamp June 23, 2008
I’ve just got back from my first day at bootcamp. Wow…do they ever work you and this was the ‘easy’ day.
The goal of bootcamp is simple - it is a group personal training regiment, designed to kick you into shape. According to their website “Our goal is to promote fitness and its many benefits to individuals of all ages. Join our small classes and you will run, hike, weight train, develop core strength through Pilates, and sweat through a fun and intense circuit every week.”
The bootcamp location that I signed up for is the one under the Cambie street bridge by Coopers Park.
The first day was about assessing your current fitness level to give you a benchmark on which to see the endurance and physical improvements that you’ve gained from the training. Below is my fitness test:
- Push ups in one minute (girly ones): 22
- Sit ups in one minute: 30
- Plank hold (you balance on your toes and arms and see how long you can hold it - I did the girly ones though where you balance on your knees) - 1:35 *the longest of all the girls!!
- Squat hold (where you lean against a wall and pretend that you’re sitting on a chair) - 1:07
- 1 km run - 5:40
Then there were the measurements:
- Right Bicep: 10.5 in
- Chest: 38.5 in
- Abdomen (they measured across your belly button and not your narrowest part - kinda didn’t love that bit): 32 in
- Hips (again not where I’d think to take it - we did it across the largest part of your butt): 40 in
- Right thigh: 23 in
- Calf: 13.5 in
So in 4 weeks I’ll give you my final scores to see how far I’ve come in just a month. Already, I can see where my strengths and weaknesses lay. I seem to be really good with endurance and core strength and need improvement in my upper body strength - I also seem to be a bit weak in lower body strength. I’m really looking forward to improving my weaknesses as well as my strengths.
We finished the day with a upper body and brief core workout. Judging from today, they are really going to kick my ass and I love it. I’m looking forward to feeling and seeing the results. I’ll keep you posted.
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