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Megan heads to boot camp
In case you didn’t know, Austin Sports and Social Club is in the boot camp business.
I just finished the first of four weeks — and I am the most sore I’ve ever been. In fact, I’ve had to literally roll out of bed every single morning this week.
Boot camp runs nonstop for an hour three days a week — Monday, Tuesday and Thursday — at 6 a.m. at Zilker Park. On Monday, we met trainers Marc and Monica and, after seeing them, I knew they meant business. They briefly explained to us what to expect and our one and only rule — no walking — then it was straight to running.
The sky is the limit with the type of activities they have us doing, from running up and down hills, stairs — or anything with an incline to push-ups, pull-ups, all sorts of agility drills and more. The hardest part is just pushing yourself beyond what you think you can do — and Marc and Monica help a lot with that, too. They make their way around the group, focusing on each of the participants to make sure our form is correct so we can get the maximum results out of our minimal time together.
In addition to working on our physical fitness, our eating habits are also taken into consideration with daily food journals that we e-mail in every week. This is where I need to work the hardest because I love food — with the exception of anything green, orange, or raw/crunchy. And to add to everything, I made a bet with my husband after my first day of boot camp (while I was still on my newfound wellness high) that I could go a whole month without eating cheese. That means no queso with my chips, no swiss with my turkey, no parmesan with my popcorn, NOTHING! But I can and will do it because with the help of Marc, Monica, and the rest of my fellow boot campers, I am making a life change.
This has quickly turned into way more than a four-week survival quest and I can’t wait to see what happens. I am going to be keeping a weekly blog of my progression so stay tuned for next week.
If you want to more on learn how enroll in the next boot camp session, go here for all the details.
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