Friday Favorites

Congrats on making it through BootCamp booties!! You have done a wide variety of workouts.  You've had ups,  you've had downs, and you've probably had some sideways.  No two days were the same and we are sure you did some exercises you haven’t ever done (or thought of) before.

There were plenty of new experiences for boot campers and instructors a like.  You met new people, got faster and stronger, learned how you should be eating, had a lot of good days and maybe even one or two bad days.  So what was your favorite part of this past month?

Did you have a favorite workout or exercise?  Did you like the mix of running, pull ups, push ups, and squats during Park Smurph?  Or are you now an expert at V-Ups or LGO’s? Are you surprised by how far you can actually run now?  What are you looking forward to doing as part of your exercise routine in the coming months?

Don’t be shy; we want to hear from you!!  Post your comments to the blog and let us know what you think.  But be warned, just because you didn’t like running hills, probably doesn’t mean you are going to do any less of that in the future!

And OF COURSE we want to hear about the improvements you have seen and are feeling.  Go ahead and brag a little, you did the hard work and deserve a big ol' pat on the back!

Thanks for making it another great month of BootCamp!  We love you booties!

Gimme A Tabata Holla!

How much do you love Dr. Tabata?!? Sooo much, right? Well here's a little background info on our friend...

Dr. Tabata is a Japanese fitness researcher.  The Tabata Protocol was developed for Olympic caliber athletes.  It consists of six to eight 20 second full speed sprints followed by rest periods of 10 seconds.  Dr. Tabata’s study found that doing this kind of exercise 5 – 6 days a week increased both aerobic and anaerobic capacity at a greater level than an hour of endurance exercise.

The key to the Tabata Protocal is the rest periods.  Conventional training suggests that a rest period should be 3 times as long as the period of work.  But the Tabata protocol calls for a rest period that is half as long as the period of work. This gives a physical and mental break while keeping the intensity at a high level.

At boot camp, we have learned that you can apply the tabata protocol to almost anything.  Tabata squats, tabata sprints, tabata, push-ups, tabata dips…heard of tabata driving?? Ask someone!

Apparently The Tabata Protocol can be influential in all aspects of life.  Check out this article called Tabata My Job about working more efficiently.

What do you gotta tabata??