Shout-Outs: Calories rowed in one minute: Katie: 19, Karen: 16, Lindsey: 13, Cristie: 14, Marcie and Katie: jumped in the double-dutch jump rope set-up for the first time! (So silly!). Karen R.: ran her first mile without stopping in 11:41! Janet: 10:29 hill mile time!
JJ: "Annie"workout time reduced form 7:46 to 6:02! Christie: 100 burpee time reduced from 10:32 to 8:07! Deborah: Ran her first Boulder Bolder and with out stopping. And Deborah was never a runner!

The "Sexy For Summer" 27 day Body Transformation Challenge starts Monday, June 4th. A nutrition seminar and Challenge weigh-ins will be held Sunday, June 3rd at 9:00 am. Guidelines for the Challenge are detailed on the Events page.  What do you have to lose???  Well, besides weight, inches, bodyfat, food cravings, bad habits....

 Patty, Lisa and Christie

Kristen, Debbie and Lisa

This morning in boot camp we were laughing (well, not really LAUGHING) about how many exercise modifications quite a few of us need to make for our aches and pains and aging body parts. It would be different, we said, if we were all 25 years old.  We all ACT and THINK like we are 25, but our bodies tell us otherwise.
Caren Leaf, who is in the 6:30 am class, is married to a Masters Cyclocross racer named Lee. Lee just turned 60 and wrote a column titled "Age is A State of Mind" in Cyclocross Magazine about the mental aspects of age and sport which fits in perfectly with our musings this morning. Check it out:)

The Running Clinic got rave reviews. Stay tuned for more running workshops and team building classes in the near future!

In order to cheer them on, I told Julie, Sara, Trina, Sue and Tara that they were the only women IN THE WHOLE WORLD that were doing 150 ball slams for time at that moment. Did it help? If looks could kill....

Boot camp can improve your self-image by changing how you view your body.

     Poor self-image is often related to what a person looks like, namely, overall body size.

What’s going on?

     Well, the size of fashion models may have something to do with it, plus all the magazines and Internet space devoted to “who’s wearing what” in the entertainment world, plus the seductive outfits that today’s female recording artists wear. Self-worth for many young people—even the not so young (a la Demi Moore), is tied to physical appearance.

     What to do if you are focusing on the way you look as a measure of how much you like yourself?

Rather than focus on what your body looks like, focus on what it can do.

This small shift in thinking will produce magnificent results.

     At age 12, Cheryl Haworth weighed 240 pounds. By age 17 and standing almost 5-10, Cheryl weighed just over 300 pounds. These measurements are enough to sink the spirit of any growing girl and demolish her with never-ending self-hatred.

     However, Cheryl didn’t worry about what she looked like. Instead she focused on what her enormous body could do. She played softball, and this one day (when she was 12) led her to a gym where the sights and sounds of weight lifting mesmerized her. She was hooked. At age 17 she took the bronze medal at the Sydney Olympics in weight lifting.

This doesn’t mean that the cure for any individual with a self-image problem is to perform weight lifting at Olympic level caliber. But you get the point. Set performance-related goals, such as:

• Run one mile outside without stopping
• Complete your first 5k, or set a personal record for a run.
• Beat your previous time on boot camp workout.
• Train for climbing a 14’er this summer.

     What else? The sky is the limit! Choose something that makes you wiggle and sets your heart beating with the idea of it. Something you have dreamed about but never thought you would do.

     When you begin concentrating on effort and performance, the vanity aspect fades into the background. If you’re distraught over your thunder thighs, imagine how proud of them you’ll be when they can complete a five-mile hilly hike with ease.

     Rather than stew over how we look, let’s expend energy on changing what we can change: stamina, strength, fitness and health. Don’t get caught up with “body types.” Instead, get caught up with body strength, body endurance and body fitness.

    Eat healthful foods not because you want to look like a Victoria’s Secret model, but because you want to slash your risk of breast cancer and be around to see your grandkids grow up.

It’s always the right time to improve your self-image, no matter where you’re at on your journey.

Shout-Outs: Kudos to Karen: ran her first 9.9k (Title 9 9.9k)race without stopping, Deborah: ran 5 miles without stopping, Erin: PR'd her 5k mile time, Vicki: ran one mile without stopping. What's up with all these running PR's?! Great job everyone!

 

Deborah and Vicki - neither of them EVER considered themselves as being runners.

During this "week of rest" after getting my appendix out last Friday, I learned that my idea of "rest" is far different than most people's. When my doctor told me to do "nothing", he meant literally nothing.   So, Tuesday and Wednesday I went for a walk with my Mom, to lunch and then to Sunflower to pick up some essentials (that would be coconut milk creamer for my coffee). That was not "nothing". The area around my belly button was so painful I had to re-learn lamaze breathing in order to cope. I am better this morning because yesterday I laid on the couch and read my book. Which is what most people would have done; the entire week.
     Speaking of most people, the doctor and nurses who took care of me in the hospital could not get over how "in shape" I am. You are so ......strong......so ....healthy.......so RARE. "How do you do it? What are you doing?" Like I was a specimen in a jar.  They told me that the majority of people they see are over-weight or obese, eat like crap, are sedentary and are sick and tired. Those people are cheering because they have a real excuse to do nothing; their doctor told them to. HOW SAD that our society has come to this point. That the percentage of people who are fit are the minority rather than the majority. Studies indicate that 42% of our country will be morbidly obese by 2030. I never want to be in that majority, so I will keep the doors of Front Range Boot Camp open for those of you who want to be told that you are so .....strong, .....so....healthy....so RARE forever.

Shout-Outs: Ashley: 1st 5K! Jess: shaved 20 secs off her 30 cal. row time!, Colleen: ran entire perimeter of bldg. for 1st time!;
Mile Time PR's:


Jessica shaved 20 secs of her row time!

Sue:  10:00 from 11:00!
Christie: 8:20 from 10:15!
Leah: 8:30 from 9:23!
Charlotte: 8:32 from 9:14!
Lisa F: 8:31 from 9:15!
Patty: 13:30 from 15:05!
Vic: 8:45 from 9:15!
Michelle: 9:51 from 10:20!
Janet: 10:25 from 10:40!
Vicki: 11:49 from 12:04!
Lindsey: 8:19 from 9:15!
Pam: 12:53 from 13:57!
Marcie: 8:57 from 9:09!
Teri: 1st mile ever! She ran it in 10:20!

Patty, Lisa and Christie got a PR for their miles times, Colleen ran around the entire perimeter of the building for the 1st time! 

The results of the "Last Chance Before Summer" 28 day nutrition challenge are in! Thirty one women started the Challenge and 15 completed it. All of the women who completed the Challenge realized significant weight, body fat and inches lost. What they gained is even more valuable. These women told me they have more energy, sleep better, they feel leaner and stronger, their cravings are pretty much non-existent, their clothes don't fit and they have more self confidence. Hmmm... all in 28 days. The winner was chosen on percent of weight and bodyfat loss, total # of inches lost, food journal and workout points as well as increase in the amount of time held in a plank position.

1st Place: Betsy Sailor. 62 pts. 4.6#, 3.7% bodyfat, 3". 1st place: % of bodyfat, 2nd place: plank time.
2nd Place: Janet Wood. 59 pts. 12.2#, .7% bodyfat, 3.75". 1st place in % of weight lost.
3rd Place: Lauren LeTourneau. 59 pts. 12.4#,4.3% bodyfat, 4.5". 2nd place: % weight and bodyfat loss.
4th Place: Lisa Folks. 54 pts. 7.6 #, 7.75". 2nd place: total inches lost.
5th Place: Dawn Quaiser. 53 pts. 2.6#, 3". 1st place: increase in plank hold.
In no particular order:
Deb Siverson: 6.8#, 1.4% bodyfat, 6.5".
Katie Miller: 8.2#, 2% bodyfat, 6.25".
Erin England: 5#, 2.2% bodyfat, 5.5".
Christie Myers: 4.8#, 2% bodyfat, 5.5".
JJ Moss: 9.8#, 5.5".
Amy Hedgewood:7.2#, 3.75".
Shannon Perea: 7.8#, 2.4% bodyfat, 5".
Patty Godbey: 12.2#, 1.6% bodyfat, 4.25".
Marcie Haeg: 1.8#, .8% bodyfat, 5".
Vanessa Gonzalez: 4.6#, 8.25". 1st place: total inches lost.
Tara Deard: 2.8#, 2% bodyfat, 4.25".

Just a note for  the women who did not place 1st or 2nd. YOU DID NOT LOSE. NO ONE LOST. Everyone who participated in the Challenge WON. Big time. In fact, each of you who come to boot camp and give everything you have, for the one hour of the day that is yours, WINS. What do you win? A HEALTHIER, HAPPIER, STRONGER LIFE, for the rest of your life. What better prize is that?