My Journey With Health And Fitness – Enjoying A Change

Yesterday when I got up at 4am the weather was terrible. I headed off to the gym as usual but when I was coming back home I swear the wind and rain were even worse. Of course being Monday it is walk day with the seniors. However, I took the stance that given all the debris flying around it simply was not safe to walk which trust me the seniors all agreed to immediately. Still got my daily hour workout in which of course is this week’s goal.

So today was a new class at the gym. Normally on Tuesdays we do a strength and mobility class (we do the same on Wednesdays just with a different instructor). Last week the Tuesday instructor announced she was shaking things up and going to more of a bootcamp style class. While I like the strength and mobility classes, bootcamp classes tend to have more cardio which I really like. I was actually looking forward to trying this class and I am happy to report it lived up to my expectations.

The new name for the Tuesday 5:30am class is Reboot (Rebecca’s Bootcamp). While this was not a step class we did make good use of the step platforms. In total we did 3 rounds of a a group of exercises. You would do the group for 40 seconds with a 10 second rest and repeat this 3 times. Then in between round 1 and 2 and then again between 2 and 3 it was a 2 minute cardio set. What I liked about today was each group had an intense focus on a group of muscles. The leg section was amazing with many squats being done using the step platforms. The group with arms allowed me to challenge myself and instead of doing triceps kickbacks I instead did full on triceps dips from the bench. Let me assure you that the 3rd time doing those and my triceps were screaming. And finally was the core section which I always find the most challenging.

Now don’t get me wrong, most of the instructors in whatever class I attend ensures you work all your muscles. I think this one was different to me because there were several new exercises thrown into the mix and the significant use of the step platform.

Overall I really enjoyed this change and I can’t wait to see what we are going to do next week.