Team Corvallis Fitness Adventures

Some of us are looking forward to the kids starting school again and having more time for yourself!!! Set the alarm clocks, lay out your workout gear the night before, get your morning snacks ready and let’s kick some workout Boot Camp Butt!!!

The first week will meet on Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday at 5:30am and will end promptly at 6:30am. All other weeks will meet on Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Friday.

MEETING LOCATIONS FOR THE WEEK OF SEPTEMBER 7th – 10th. Meeting time 5:30am – 6:30am

Monday = Holiday

Tuesday = Corvallis High School Track

Wednesday = Downtown Corvallis Waterfront on 1st street.

Thursday = OSU parking garage stairs, meet at the top

Friday=Corvallis High School Track

There will be a new type of class offered on some evenings that are  separate than the regular Boot Camp workouts. The new format will be my new Adventure workouts to test your strength and endurance. Modes of transportation while on these adventures will be foot, bike, climb or crawl!! **The workouts will be clearly listed as to whether or not they will be a run, a bike ride or a hike.

Imagine mountain biking on our beautiful trails and packing along the awesome TRX Body Suspension Trainer for a workout on the go!!! Ride in, work your upper/lower body and core on the TRX then put it away in your pack, these babies only way about 2 lbs. Pricing for these trips will be $10.00 for regular Boot Camp members or $15.00 for drop ins.

Remember that drop ins are always welcome on any of the workouts.

I am so proud of our Big Climb team members for their fund raising efforts with a month left before the big event. We have more than doubled our fund raising goal which is just phenomenal. What a great feeling to be raising money for such a worthy cause while getting fit, strong, and healthy! If you would like to visit our Corvallis Fitness Adventures, LLC Big Climb Team page simply follow this link. If you have not joined our team or stopped by to take part in one of our Boot Camp workouts you can send Shandra and email or give her a call at (541) 207-8526.

• While climbing try to take two steps at a time and single step when you tire to aide recovery.
• Try to push through your heel as often as possible.
• Use the handrail: This can be done in several different fashions such as hand over hand (like rope climbing), one hand only, or if the stairwell is narrow you may be able to use your right and left hand on opposing rails.
• Pace yourself! Do not take off at a sprint to get a big jump on your time as this typically results in tiring sooner and loss of time later in your climb.
• Muscle soreness does not typically develop from climbing stairs. It comes from descending stairs so do this as little as possible. In other words, if you are training in a building, when you reach the top take the elevator back down instead of returning through the stairway to the ground floor. If you must descend the stairs then alter your pattern by going on diagonals, etc.
• Excellent exercises to aide you are lunges so make certain to implement them into your training program.
• A strong core is essential to your success so make sure you keep up with your Planks and Mountain Climbers.
• You can avoid the common phenomenon of “climbers hack” by breathing through your nose and exhaling through your mouth. The “hack” develops from breathing hard through your mouth for an extended period of time when your heart rate is at increased levels.

If you are not currently on our stair climb team or in our Boot Camp feel free to contact Shandra or drop in during one of our morning or evening sessions! We would love to have you as part of our group.

Probably not the best way to climb stairs!