3rd Week @Bootcamp

Feeling and seeing the difference in my 3rd week, I have more energy and am loosing cm's off the body which is great news, even though I cannot afford to loose anymore off the bust!! I am finding that the extra classes at fitness first are also helping me recover, to some this sounds nazi but nothing like a pump and jam class on a wednesday night after a morning of strength training on the beach to stretch and work those muscles. I love it and it makes me feel so alive! I am sleeping better, eating better and the brain power defnitely is boosted.

I am enjoying the discipline and find that this does challenge me to put in the extra effort. Monday's we train at an oval near Clovelly Beach. Involves lots of sprint work and defnitely can feel the difference, my hamstrings have never been so tight in their lives, so lots of extra stretching for Dons. I enjoy the sprint work as long distance is not my thing, I do not breathe correctly, so sprints I am able to put in 100% and then recover quickly, which is a good sign of my improving fitness level. Heart rate this Monday was 180bpm. 80% for my age is 135-155... so this was defnitely improving my VO2max/max oxygen intake... improves cardio fitness. Wednesday last week we were on the grass @Bondi doing circuit work involving sit ups, press ups, squats & lunges. "Who knew you can do so many different exercises for the same muscle group I heard one of the girls say", you sure can and boy does it make your body scream!! Friday was a hard day, it was a bit humid and I couldn't control my breathing as we dragged sandbags/ropes down the beach, I finally got myself into gear and was able to put extra effort into the exercise of running along the beach with rope on the shoulder, one would drop of the back and sprint to the front of the rope and keep running... was a good workout. We then lined up in ranks and had a team member in the water.... yeap, we had to run to them and tag them to get our team through quickest... Needless to say Dons found the only hole in the sand... was a perfect way to cool down and everyone was drenched from head to toe... Lets hope the rest of this week will be as challenging.

I have implemented a whey protein drink into my diet, finding that this helps fuel me for bootcamp/gym and helps the recovery process also. I am managing to get my daily intake (0.75g per kg body weight) of protein doing this and adding oily fish/nuts to my diet. Lowering my complex carb intake just a little bit and finding that my appetite has supressed a little allowing my food intake to be at a level that is within healthy range ie not comfort eating so much.

So with five more sessions to go I am going to push myself and hopefully get further results.