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To all of you much thanks for training with me this year. It really is my pleasure, and I feel very lucky to get to do what I love to do which is training.
Enjoy today, and everyday.
FRIDAY BOOT CAMP HOURS
Morning class: 6:30am
Evening Class: Regular time of 6pm
Monday and Wednesday, regular times.
Friday 6:30am rather than our regular 5:45 time.
Friday evening class time to be determined.
When I am creating your workout program, I have a few objectives in mind.
I am focusing on giving you the best fat-burning workout in our short, forty five minute time period. Safety is always on my mind too, as I want your fat loss to be fast, but it must be done in an intelligent way.
Our workouts focus on full body movements which burn a lot of calories, plus you are building lean muscles which will burn fat throughout your day...long after our workout session.
Like today's workout...we did what would be called a "fighter's workout". We worked the entire body with bodyweight exercises with minimal rest.
To those of you who made it to this morning's class, I want to say "way to go". You busted through a challenging workout.
You know when you go to a store and someone says that..."may I help you?". It sounds so insincere.
It's difficult to put this across in an email, but I really do want to know how to help you. I've made a short video today where I talk about your goals in taking the boot camp.
When I think of my job as your trainer I have a couple of main points on my mind.The first is to help you achieve your goal as fast and as safely as possible. Each email, video, workout, etc., has your goal in mind.
The second goal is to help you develop these skills and techniques so that you'll make them a habit in your own life.
So having said that, I'd really like to know what can I do to help? Is it more videos, emails, articles, more training days, weekend sessions? I'm totally open to hearing from you and your ideas.
Take 2 minutes to watch the video, and let me know.
Have a great day,Coop
I’ve been on a minimalist “kick” lately. I’ve actually been into Buddhism and Zen since I was about 12 or so, but we’ll leave that for another time.
I like the quote “Identify what’s most important to you, and eliminate the rest”. So how does this relate to your goal of being more fit and losing fat?
Success in boot camp will come down to a few things.
1. Courage
2. Commitment
3. Community
Courage- This one you have already conquered, so pat yourself on the back. You have followed through in signing up for the camp and you are showing up. If you only knew how many people have told me that they should or would come to camp but never do, you’d be amazed. You have also demonstrated your courage to do some new and often awkward exercises.
Commitment- Now it gets a little more challenging. Your commitment to eating well and training consistently will make or break you. I use the 80/20 principle here…so eating and training hard 80% of the time will keep you on the right track. If you stray from this very much, you will most likely be frustrated.
Community- There are a lot of great people in your class who are supportive and encouraging. If you aren’t already part of our Facebook group, I encourage you to join us there. You’ll find many of your fellow campers, and me, who are there to answer questions, or to keep you on track. We have a good time there. Join us here on the blog too.
The class sessions are filled with exercises and we don’t get time to discuss much, so please take advantage of the blog, videos, and the Facebook page.
As always, let me know what I can do to help.
We spoke a little about meditation at last night's class. How about this location for meditation?
Good morning everyone,
Isn't it nice to work out in the morning? It's warm in Altadena, the sun is out, the burpees are bliss, well maybe not bliss, but we got em rolling.
Speaking of rolling, how about a "shout out" to Christina of the morning class for knocking out the medicine ball crunches with the wall balls. Way to go Christina!
Welcome new camper, Judy, and welcome back to Nicole.
There are often a lot of questions about what to eat for maximum fat loss, so I've posted a quick video to help.