Recap of the Week October 30th

What an amazing week in San Diego. It actually felt like fall a few times this week. We kicked off our week on Saturday with an amazing 5 mile run up the coast. We had over 20 runners join us for running, hill sprints, stair sprints, even some backward running. Everyone finished! I even heard that a few people were tracking their calories burned and were hovering around 700 - amazing! Fellow Camper and caterer extraordinaire, Keely, was waiting for us on the beach with a beautiful Forever Fit breakfast with white table linens and glass serving dishes. As always, she exceeded my expectations. How did we get so lucky to have her in our group? :)

Monday morning we started off with our timed 1/2 mile run. Cori Crockett led the group with a 3:30 finish only to discover the next day that the little nagging pain she has been experiencing in her foot is a hairline fracture. We wish you a speedy recovery and we know it will kill you not to do the running at camp but we'll do all we can to support you and help you recover. Michelle Weber had most improved time. She shaved off 36 seconds from the beginning of camp. Amber Hale was a close second with most improved finishing 31 seconds faster.

Emma joined us at 9:15 on Monday so we could divide into 2 groups and switch continuously between cardio and strength. Wow! That was a doozy of a workout.

We had a record high attendance at Torrey Del Mar on Wednesday with 16 people. Thanks to Ann Maas, Amber Hale and Michelle Weber for taking 1/2 the group and leading them through the same grueling workout. I think we were all inspired by Lauren's fun workout pants. Super groovy!!! I think we all need a pair for the next boot camp session. Kathleen, we have to get a picture of those.

Thursday morning, we switched up the venue with the guys and headed over to Torrey Hills. Our reason? We were hoping for some park lights instead of working out in the dark this week. Unfortunately the lights around the park were on a timer that went off at 6:00 sharp, leaving us one more week working out in the dark. We hit the infamous stairs and finished off with a killer circuit near the playground. We even got to play around on the swings, although not in a conventional way. We have 2 new campers on Thursday morning. Welcome Richard Gonor and Sean Edwards. Sean made a great playlist for us which I'll share on this blog as soon as I get a copy.

We ended the week at Torrey Hills today. We had a small group of 6 because of all the Halloween Parades and Parties at school. We may have been small but we were tough! We even had Barb and Keely back today who were recovering a bit from their recent half marathon and full marathon. Great to have you back ladies.

Other news this week: Happy Birthday Brigid Reed! Welcome back to camp Cassie Nelson. Welcome to camp Rebecca Burnett. We miss you Robin Gaines (who will be out for a few weeks with a hip flexor injury). And way to go Anni Torres for getting out this week and doing that coastal run on your own (after doing it with the group on Saturday). Also, we will be starting our Holiday Challenge after Thanksgiving. Details coming soon. Please read all of the new posts this week. Kathleen has challenged you to share your Halloween successes this week. One point for everyone who contributes to her post. That point will carry over to the holiday challenge (wink!). Have a great weekend everyone and stay away from that evil candy ;)

Just say "NO"!

All that sugar swirling around your house, your car and in every store, office or building you enter...it is EVIL! Stay strong...you know that nothing beats the feeling of loose jeans, a flat tummy, tight butt or making it through a holiday without gaining a pound...or an ounce for that matter! And guess what?? Even if you run a ton of miles (trust me, I have tried this...), work out like a crazy body builder or even do 3 of Deanne's bootcamps this week...NOTHING, no NOTHING can make up for what mistakes go into your mouth.

So...choose wisely. Be the smug one that passes on all of the crap. Seriously...you can do this...heck, WE can do this!!

Now, go ahead and tell us all of your successes...every time you pass up an opportunity to eat junk, you have my permission to post a comment on this blog...let's rack 'em up!! It really does help to inspire each other!

I will start...today my son offered, dangled and begged me to eat one of my fave candy indulgences (red twizlers if you must know). I did not. No, I did not.

Stay strong my friends...and share your stories...

Monday=Funday!!

This was my last bootcamp to photo shoot (this session)
and they were a workin'!
[double click on the pics to get a real close-up]

And a special shout out to Deanne's assistant (no, not Emma today)
"Little Tykes...built to last!"

Tips...

Okay... I will start with Deanne's tip challenge. Here are a few tips that I will share with you...
1. BTPB (better than peanut butter) is cheaper at Trader Joes than Henry's
2. Greens and Whey protein cheaper at Henry's than Jimbo's
Also, MRM brand is the same as the brand Deanne recommends but cheaper. (yeah...trying to budget--for the first time in like 20 years...wish me luck:)
3. Greens give me gas.
4. The best tasting (and using best is quite a stretch here) out of the four greens that I tried was
"Amazing Grass"
5. When trying to stay with the food plan...having a buddy to text at critical moments in the day
will SAVE you!...give me your cell # and I can be your food buddy.

That's it for now...you can add your tips by clicking comments...go ahead....

"how tos"

Deanne on ropes...

I think that really...she likes this:)



And here we have Emma and Keely on push ups..
[Keely BM/beforemarathon]

Friday9ers

The day that I popped in on the Friday 9:15 group...
they were down on numbers but HUGE on energy!!


and...this is the way to kettle bell...

No wonder Emma is the go-to demo. gal!!


now I am not one to often say,
"Look at that butt!"

But...would you look at that tight little hiney?!! (both of 'em)

Nice work Friday group!!

Recap of Week 5 for the Women and Week 6 for the Men

Well another beautiful week in San Diego and some great heart pounding, calorie burning workouts together. We kicked off the week Monday at 6am with a guest from the Men's Boot Camp. Eliot Ward joined us. I didn't want to scare Eliot off so I decided not to partner him with Keely. Andrea showed him how the ladies like to workout. We did our band runs and our relay races through the ladders. There was some good grunting going on by the end of the workout.

I noticed with the 9:15 group that everyone is looking much stronger than they were 5 weeks ago, despite many people getting over colds and bronchitis.

We had a tough circuit on Wednesday at Torrey Del Mar and tried out the ropes with the women for the first time. Wow! A minute on those ropes feels like an eternity. I heard from everyone that they were pretty sore after that workout. Hopefully you got a good day or two of yoga in also this week.

The men did their timed obstacle course since it was their last official session and across the board everyone improved their times. We added some fancy ropes, heavier kettlebells and even some BOSU's for the circuit on Thursday. Men and BOSU's is often very entertaining but I have to say, this group is especially coordinated.

We ended our week at Torrey Hills and spent the first 30 minutes on the stairs. Then the women did a fast paced circuit using ropes, kettle bells, jump ropes, bands and some of Emma's killer lunges. I figure if we all keep doing Emma's lunges, we'll soon have Emma's butt.

Good luck to fellow campers Trish Wood and Keely Barrera. They will be heading up to Long Beach. Keely will finally get the opportunity to cross off marathon from her To-Do List. That's one monkey she's got to get off her back. Make us proud Keely and at least show up Monday morning to fill us in. Trish will be doing another 1/2 marathon. This has to be at least 5 for you since I've known you.

Have a great weekend and I'll see everyone next week for some great workouts!