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I just finished 2 months of Bootcamp at the Pro-Sports club. As expected, my fitness level has improved over the last few weeks.
I did pretty well this time. I won the ‘Most Improved’ (something new being done this year). It was actually a tie with some other class member. My highlight was the 2-mile run [...]

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Bootcamp!

Tuesday evening on my way to play squash at the Pro Club, I curved in and decided to sign up for another offering of the famous ‘Pro Sports Club Bootcamp’!
I know, I said I was probably not going to do it this year. But I figured this will force me to start going to the [...]

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I finally finished with Bootcamp for the year.
The results show I am improving as the months progress.
Here are my current numbers, and how they compare with my previous baseline tests.
Pull-ups (continuous)
APR : 7
JUN : 9
SEPT: 14
Pushups (1 minute)
APR : 26
JUN : 35
SEPT: 37
Sit-ups (2 minutes)
APR : 46
JUN : 54
SEPT: 62
Timed run (2 miles)
APR : 18:24 [...]

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Pro club bootcamp v3

In other news, I am doing Bootcamp at the Pro club again. Today was day 2!!!

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I finally pulled through it.
The last Bootcamp class was an oxymoron – Bootcamp yoga!
Corey showed us his other side – he is more than Mr. Bootcamp instructor. Maybe he was marketing for the Yoga class that he teaches. No warm ups – we just headed straight to Grass Lawn Park. We did a few laps, [...]

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What is passing bootcamp? What would be failing?
Well, test day was last week wednesday, and I improved on all my numbers. I did not care too much about them because I already hit one of my initial goals – make a medium sized t-shirt look baggy on me! I still have to hit my other [...]

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Week 1: Done…
Week 2: Done…
Week 3: Done…
Week 4: Done…
Week 5: Done…
Week 6: Done…
Week 7: “I will survive”….
Week 8: Last week….
Next : Test day….
7.2 miles! Amazing.
Proclub > Grasslawn park > Bridle trails path > Bridel trails forest > Bridel trails back road > 40th St hills > Proclub
It was a damn long run.
The last mile, I [...]

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I have made it this far.
Week 1: Done…
Week 2: Done…
Week 3: Done…
Week 4: Done…
Week 5: Done…
Week 6: Hello….
What has been happening?
Each week, the class has been getting tougher - as expected. This time round, I noticed that they have made adjustments to the program. We seemed to be doing more body conditioning exercises, and throw in [...]

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Weight at start of Boot Camp* : 176 lbs
Weight this week : 182 lbs
Gain/Lost since start : +6 lbs
*This might or might not be Chilumba’s true weight.

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Bootcamp: Week 3

 
In Pro sports club boot camp news this week –
Monday:

I went to class 10 minutes late, and I had to do push-ups.
(Excuse for being late)
Why was I late?
Sunday was a busy day. Nelly and I did a lot of cleaning and some gardening. We emptied the storage shade, and got rid of many items in [...]

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