Bridal Bootcamp

I am sooo sore today... yesterday was my first Bridal Bootcamp fitness class. Bridal Bootcamp is offered by The Healthy Bride, a Seattle company started by Christ Masi.

I learned about bootcamp when I went to the Seattle Wedding Show back in January. Leah and I did the Saturday class back in April and May and had a lot of fun. I have been meaning to do it again all summer, but my schedule just got too busy.

Anyway, I signed up for the last session of the year, and I will be doing the class on Mondays and Thursdays. We meet at Olympic Sculpture Park down on the waterfront, which is a gorgeous place to work out.

The first thing we did was set a few goals. One of mine will be 30/30/30 -- to do 30 push ups and 30 sit ups a day for 30 days. This is the beginner's version of 50/50/50 or 100/100/100. Baby steps, right? I will keep you updated on my progress.

We work out for about 65-75 minutes and we're moving all the time. We alternate between cardio activities, resistance movements and, well... other exercise-type movements. Last night we did our performance tests along with our workout so that when the session concludes, we can assess our progess.

After Monday's class, I'll post our protocol from that day so that you can get an idea of what Bridal Bootcamp is like. In the mean time, I can tell you this--it involves a lot of running stairs:

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A lot of push ups (and sit ups):

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And a lot of funny but killer movements, like this one, in which you basically continuously jump on one leg, alternating, while touching the toe of the other foot onto a raised surface. For 30 seconds at a time, with 10 seconds to rest... six times!


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The best part is that while we are jogging along from station to station, you can hear everyone talking about wedding-related stuff, like what are you doing about the bar situation, how many bridesmaids do you have, where are you going for your honeymoon, etc. It is a lot of fun!