Posts Tagged ‘tallahassee boot camps’

It’s Getting HOT in Here

Thursday, July 29th, 2010

Holy Smokes, the temp at the gym has been insane. I know by posting this I will probably turn people away, but I always believe in being up front with people about boot camp. I always tell them, we are not a pretty little gym with mirrors, music and towel service. We don’t have air conditioning or heat. It’s been 100 degrees inside in the summer and in the 30s during the winter. I find that there is a crazy group of people who get excited by that.

What I love most about our gym is that we are “old school, bare bones, your body is your machine” kind of place. Yeah, we throw in Russian Kettlebells, tires, telephone poles, TRX, sleds and some other equipment, but it’s mostly about using your own body to move better, get stronger and yes, burn some fat.

I was so proud to hear that 2 of our male clients each lost 20 pounds last month. That is 20 pounds in 4 weeks, coming just 3 times a week for 45 minutes! One of our female clients lost 10 and she only comes 2 times a week. Others dropped 2 sizes in the past 4 weeks.

The one thing I love to hear (and see) more than weight loss, is the increase in confidence, the friendships being formed, the healthy habits people are creating, the workouts planned on off days and most of all, people moving better and having less pain.

I love my “job” and I am blessed to be surrounded by some awesome clients and co-workers.

L

A Little Video From May

Thursday, June 10th, 2010

I keep promising myself that I would be more faithful with this blog but as you can see, it’s not working out so well. It’s sad though, because I love to write and actually miss it. Keeping up with Facebook, Twitter and other sites I subscribe to are sucking up my time. I need to remedy that and soon.

Anyway, here is a quick video I shot of one of our workouts in May. We snuck in some corrective exercises cleverly disguised as part of our circuit. I find just telling people that a particular exercise will work their abs or butts will take care of any concerns or questions. It’s like putting your dogs heartworm pills in peanut butter. He thinks he’s getting a treat, but actually he’s getting something good for him.

Ricky thought of adding the skaters to the ropes and it was great. So the circuit was;

Rows
Tire flips
Kettlebell DL
Jump Rope
TRX Squat, Row and Curl combo
Crazy Ropes
! leg bridges (our corrective exercise)
Aquabag Reverse Lunges

Last Week of Camp

Wednesday, May 12th, 2010

We had some huge success stories this session. Not only were people improving times for running and races but lots of people lost a lot of weight in just 4 short weeks. It just goes to show that hard work pays off in a big way.

This is just a quick video of one of the last workouts for the April session. As you can see, everything can be modified to fit your current fitness level.

Here are the Tuesday and Thursday classes doing the same workout.

March Madness

Tuesday, March 30th, 2010

I can’t quite remember all of the exercises in this one but there were a lot!

Lots of great new clients for February

Thursday, February 11th, 2010

We have been blessed with tons of new clients this month. I’d like to post a shout out to the teachers and principal of Griffin Middle School.

This month we also welcome the KOs from GTO. This group was selected out of 22 area businesses to represent in a 3 month weight loss/lifestyle change challenge. By the time we are done with them, they won’t even recognize themselves.

We also welcome a group of ladies from the Florida Chamber of Commerce. This group of ladies were not selected as finalists in the city wide challenge but decided not to let that stop them from being the best they can be. You can find this group working out with Mike during our Urban Assualt camp down town on Tuesday and Thursday evenings.

We have many other great new and old clients and we are grateful to each and every one of you for allowing us the privilege of helping you on your fitness journey

Congratulations to our new HKCs

Thursday, February 11th, 2010

On Saturday, Feb. 6th Boot Camp Fitness and Training played host to the first HKC in Florida. For those of you who don’t know, HKC stands for Hard Style Challenge (certification). This is an entry level Russian Kettlebell Certification focusing on 3 basic Kettlebell exercises; the squat, the Swing and the Get Up.

Doug Nepadol, Senior Instructor came from CA. to conduct our certification. Assisting me was my son, Ryan who is an RKC from Orlando. In attendance was John Fox from MS, Tristan Phillips from NY, my husband, Rick, my sister, Janine Thomas, Mark Liles and Rodney Gallon from Success Athletic Training and Greg Hawthorne from FSU’s Athletic Dept. Last but not least; two of my awesome clients, Nick Mack and Mike Munroe.

The day started with the required pull ups for men and flex arm hang for women. Everyone passed with flying colors. The next 8 hours were spent learning, practicing, perfecting and learning to teach others how to do the 3 basic moves. Each attendee was then tested on their ability to perform the Swing, Squat and Get Up. I am proud to say that everyone passed.

What sets certifications from www.DragonDoor.com apart from the rest of the fitness industry is that there is a standard and there are expectations. I’ve been to many “certifications” in which I was awarded a certification just for attending. There was no testing. Certifications were given just by showing up. You will not find that with Dragon Door’s HKC or RKC. The failure rate for both is around 30%. Many of those who fail; fail to train.

You don’t just get a Russian Kettlebell Certification from Dragon Door; you earn it and it’s hard work.

With that being said, I am very proud of my family members who received their certifications but I am especially proud of my clients, Nick and Mike. They worked hard and they earned that certification.

Out of our 9 attendees, almost half will go on to train and earn their RKC in the coming year.

In October of this year, Dragon Door will hold it’s very first RKC certification in Orlando, FL http://www.dragondoor.com/wpkb53.html . Even though the cert is 8 months away, my newly minted HKCs have already begun their training.

Various workouts from the last few weeks

Wednesday, January 13th, 2010

Just put together a video of some of our different classes. Enjoy!