Sore Muscles, Vocal Affirmation, Dog Poop… What a Wednesday!

I decided to sleep in on Wednesday and attend the evening Bootcamp session instead. Believe it or not, I was looking forward to it all day. I am generally a morning workout girl. I like to get it done and move on with the day. But there is nothing like being drenched in sweat after a day of work to make me feel 100% accomplished.

Jen had us focusing on shoulders and biceps with some cardio mixed in. After our warm-up run, we all lined up to start with some weight exercises. As we were groaning in pain, one of the ladies in the group starts laughing and points out a woman in the park wiping her dog’s rear end. So now, not only are we dripping sweat but we’ve got tears of laughter mixed in. All it takes is some mutual shock at seeing a woman wiping up after her dog to bring us campers together.

As we continue through the session, Jen sets up an obstacle course for us. Bicep curls, jumping jacks, shoulder presses, tricep dips, and back to the beginning again… it was exhausting and awesome all in one. It’s great to be constantly moving but never getting bored because we were on to step number two before step number one got redundant. My heart rate was elevated and my energy was up. So far, this was my favorite Bootcamp activity.

After the obstacle course, we gathered back on the asphalt to do more weight exercises. The woman next to me let out a quick “woo!” claiming that a few cheers and exclamations while working out can really encourage her. So as we continued for the last 10-15 minutes of the session a few of us chimed in with our own exclamations (most of them happy in nature). And she was right. Letting out a high-pitched “woo!” not only encouraged me but seemed to make Jen giggle and bring all of the campers a little bit of energy.

Too bad Mike reminded me that we likely can’t do any shouts in the morning unless we want a neighbor uprising. I wonder if whispering “woo!” would have the same adrenaline boost…

I woke up today and certainly feel the past three days of camp. I am enjoying every ache as a growing pain; and, in this scenario I am growing stronger and leaner.