Boot Camp Wrap-Up

My first boot camp experience came to a close yesterday with our final weigh-in of the six weeks. I gained two pounds--apparently all of it muscle, and lost 1% of body fat. I expect that I'll lose more the more I do it. What I really gained was stamina and strength. This was very helpful, since I let the rainstorms of the last week keep me from doing my half-marathon training. I was able to run eight miles today without having done anything but three days of boot camp during the week. (Not that I recommend this or am planning on using that as my training strategy.)

It was really hard to get up at 5:30 three mornings a week, but once I was working out I felt great. We did circuit training on Tuesdays and Thursdays and shadow boxing on Wednesdays. Our circuit training this last week was a killer--lots of pushups, plyometrics and tough upper body things. Rowdy came with me the last two Thursdays, and even he thought it was a tough workout.