Week 8: Time to Step it up a notch

It seems like I'm always saying that, but today, I brought it, and the MOOsers responded very well.

There's something about this year's group because they have been more resilient and have impressed me more than the past two years of MOOsers.  There are some serious contenders here and this competition is going to be right down to the wire!

Todays workout: Tabata

20 seconds of work 10 seconds rest.  Repeat 8 rounds

1. Push ups
2. Bodyweigh Squats
3. Rows
4. Burpees

All bodyweight, but don't be deceived.  This one even tested the most veteran bootcampers.

Here is the video:

Saturday Dice

Roll the Dice workout today, definitely a Camper favorite.

Pairing up in teams, campers will perform 30 Frog hops then roll the dice twice to see what exercises they will perform.  They repeat this process for 25 minutes. Here were the exercises:

1's- Pledge Push ups x 15
2's- Pull ups/Jump Pull ups/Rows x 15
3's- Wipers x 15 each side
4's- TRX Assisted Pistols x 15 per leg
5's- Kettlebell Swings x 15
6's- Weighted Sky and Ground Squats x 15


Here's the video footage of todays workout:

Listen closely as Paula 'gives it back' to Bill after so many workouts of it happening the opposite way.  Too funny!

Bring the Noise Friday

Great workout by the MOOsers today.  Started a little slow but kicked in gear very quickly.

Today we took a typical bootcamp workout and made it a little less nice :)

Todays workout was 30:20 instead of 30:30, so same amount of work but less rest.

Here is the workout:

Kettlebell Super Deadlift
Lateral Shuffle Burpee
Broad Jump Burpee
See Saw Walking Press
Rows

Complete 5 rounds

Long Time No See

So this week I've been slacking on my blog posts...

Monday we canceled due to the crazy weather, and yesterday Mary put the MOOsers through a tough cardio day.

Today I wanted to push them a bit and push them with some different exercises...a strength cardio circuit.

When combining strength and cardio, it makes for a very tough workout because you are pushing a moderate to heavy resistance plus you are pushing the pace to complete as many reps as possible.  That makes for a deadly combination :)

Here was the workout:

Tire Flips
Deadlift with 95 pounds
Kettlebell Rope Pull of 88 pounds
Farmers Carry of at least 62 pounds in each hand
Sled Push
Double Ring Rows

30 seconds of work 30 seconds rest for four rounds.  Here's the video of these workouts

The Halfway Results are In

Ok, the time you've all been waiting for.

Who's winning and how are all the moosers doing?

Well I won't waste any time, I'll get right to it.

Here are the halfway pictures and the before picture comparisons:

Abby Before and Six Weeks

 

Rita Before and Six Weeks

   

Lynn Before and Six Weeks

   

Andrea Before and Six Weeks

   

Bill Before and Six Weeks

   

Paula Before and Six Weeks

  

Laurie Before and Six Weeks

  

Stephanie Before and Six Weeks

   

Some impressive changes in the befores and the six week mark.  As for the competition here are the standings of the four remaining teams:

Team Bill and Paula Coates: 47.75

Team Stephanie and Laurie: 47.45

Team Lynn and Andrea: 35.35

Team Rita and Abby: 25.95

It is the closest competition we have ever had!  Some of the highlights are:

Bill losing 17 pounds so far

Laurie losing 13 pounds

Stephanie losing 9.75 inches

Bill losing 8.75 inches

Laurie losing 4% body fat

Andrea losing 3% body fat

Rita cutting her medication in half (insulin and blood pressure)

All of the teams have really killed the first six weeks.  One of the secrets is the intensity of their workouts in bootcamp as well as Cardio Days.  Here's a description of the Cardio Day some of the MOOsers just did on Thursday:

These next six weeks are going to fly by and it is literally anyones ball game

Time and Strength

Todays workout is one of my favorites.

It's called Every 2 for 20 and it takes a combination of speed and strength to complete.

The two, speed and strength go together very well when talking intensity :)

Here was the workout today:

Kettlebell Swings x 10
Unilateral Squat Press x 5
Unilateral Squat Press x 5
Tuck Jumps/Jump Squats x 5
Push ups x 10

Every two minutes a new round starts.  Complete the list in two minutes or less.  If you complete in less than two minutes, the time remaining is your rest.  Repeat for 10 rounds.

The video evidence:

Some of the MOOsers measured today and took halfway pictures but I'm not telling the results yet :)  Stay tuned for all the MOOsers to be measured and see how well they are doing!

Cardio Cardio and more cardio

Short post today.

Thanks to Mary for teaching Cardio Day Tuesday:

Workout today was 30 seconds of work 30 seconds rest for 6 rounds or 24 minutes

Sprints
Burpees
Squat Press
Hill Climbers

Reminder that halfway pictures and measurements as well as who is winning (yes remember the competition :) will be posted by the end of this week, stay tuned!