Corvallis Fitness Adventures Big Climb Stair training

Great job to all of our Boot Campers for really working hard on the stairs, trails, and in the parks in preparation for upcoming events! We have several people that are going to participate in the Big Climb Stair Race in Seattle as well as many of us also participating in the Corvallis Half Marathon in April. Training has been intense but everyone is really working hard to prepare. We will be wrapping up the February Boot Camp and looking forward to the next session in March.

Spring is kind of in the air! The gloomy weather can make it hard to get up early and workout but we all know how much better we feel after putting forth the effort to rise and shine and workout! The best way to fight the February blues is getting that blood pumping and getting outside for a terrific workout. Keep it up gang! If you have a friend that needs some motivation and is looking to shake up their routine have them give Shandra a call or send her an email. Happy Monday everyone!

Corvallis Fitness Adventures Big Climb Stair Team

Hello Boot Campers!

The stairs were fantastic this morning and a great big Good Job to all who participated. The Big Climb will be here before you know and we will be ready to climb the Columbia Center. Keep working hard and listening to your body. Make sure you are getting plenty of rest and the proper foods to keep your body properly fueled and those muscles fed. The bootcamp workouts are getting harder and all of you are getting stronger. Keep up the great work everybody!

If you have a friend that would like to join us just have them send Shandra an email. Enjoy the day!

Corvallis Fitness Adventures Home Boot Camp Workout for bad weather

Many of you have requested another copy of the “home workout” that I emailed to the group during our really nasty weather. So, here it is once again. This is a great workout to do at any time, not just if the weather is bad!

Warm ups- (most important part that and stretching so you don’t pull a muscle)

ENLARGE THE PRINT, PRINT IT OUT, PUT ON SOME MUSIC OR NOT… AND GO FOR IT!!!

 

20 of each

High knees

High heel butt kickers

Body weight squats

Walking lunges with rotation

Inchworm with a push up :)

Jumping Jacks

Toe walks

Heel walks

 

12 REPS OF EACH FOR 10 MINUTES NO BREAKS UNLESS YOU NEED IT

Squats -Heavy weights

Stationary Lunge with Biceps underhand curls 12 each leg

Triceps Push ups (Elbows stay close to your sides, knees or toes

Burpees with an overhead dumb bell press (put your dumb bells next to your feet, when you come up grab the weights and do an overhead press,  DO NOT JUMP UP WITH THE WEIGHTS.

 

**Do these exercise to fatigue on each set perform 2-3 sets of each… Fatigue means with good form and I know you will all be able to do more than 12 reps.

Bulgaria1 leg reaches behind up on a step and perform a standing lunge(ooooo ya!)
Plank with 1 arm alternating row (keep your butt down and hips level)

Reverse Lunge holding weights at your side (add 2 pulses at the lowest part of the lunge to feel the burn in your Butt and Thighs)

Chest Press in a bridge- face up, hips up, push through your heel

 

Stretch, ahhh!!!

 

 

If you have time to do all of this it will take you the hour… if you are thinking to yourself that you just don’t want to do this then pick 2 exercises from each group, 1 upper body and 1 lower body exercise and do those, to continue to build lean muscle mass and burn calories it is BEST not to go 3 days or more without strength training :)

 

Will be checking back for emails, let me know how the workout went :)

 

Shandra

Corvallis Fitness Adventures
www.corvallisfit.com
541-207-8526

Corvallis Fitness Adventures LLC January Boot Camp Workouts

Happy Thursday everyone! We started out our day with an amazing workout at the track this morning under clear, cold, and starry skies! What a fantastic circuit workout out on the field. Everyone in the group did a tremendous job this morning with the TRX suspension trainers, planks, lunges, medicine ball slams, and jump rope exercises. What a way to get your heart rate up, speed up that metabolism, and blast those muscles.

If you have a friend or colleague that would like to join us just have them send Shandra an email. Have a great rest of the day and see you all tomorrow morning :)

Corvallis Fitness Adventures Workout wake up tips

Well, we all know that the winter months can be dark and cold and all folks want to do is sleep in. If they just pack there things the night before to make it easy when they wake up and give themselves 10 minutes at their workout destination whether it is a Corvallis Fitness Adventures Boot Camp or another activity, usually after 10 minutes they will be awake and their body will want to continue. Of course if they are at my class they don’t have to think, I will get them going. :)

 

Tips on how to make your morning workouts easier:  start out with just a couple of days, then add 1 day at a time until that becomes a habit. Set two alarm clocks and put the second one on the other side of the room. Make your whey protein smoothie the night before so you have it ready to go when the workout is over. You will always feel better when it is done and you will never have the day talk you out of a workout :)