My Second Tuesday Night Workout

My next workout with Chris was on another Tuesday night at the BootCamp619 headquarters. Once I arrived, I helped Michelle set everything up for the workout that night, and then Chris had Michelle give me an introduction into the world of kettlebell training. This was the second time I used one of those things (the first time was the was at Revolution workout). They kept it pretty basic at the Revolution workout though, so I was excited to see what else Michelle would teach me.

There was still some awkwardness on my part when I first started with the kettlebell again, but I was trying hard to manuever it as best as I could without thinking about it so much. Michelle and I went over the basic moves I had learned previously, and then she also showed me some advanced techniques that are performed using the kettlebell. Although I still need a lot of work, I am confident that with practice I can eventually become very proficient using the kettlebell.

When it was finally around 6:15, boot camp began and we started our warm-up run to the parking lot at UCSD. This was the second time I had to do this run and it was not any easier than the first time to run up that big, long hill (but at least going back down it isn’t so bad). The workout was typical in its level of toughness—meaning I got my booty kicked, as usual (but in a good way!). We did a lot of leg strengthening and rowing exercises and I also got a lesson in doing a “real” squat as opposed to the partial one’s I have apparently been doing all of my life—who knew? Chris also showed me a couple of dynamic stretching techniques towards the end of class. All in all, it was another great workout at BootCamp619.