An Amazing Day at the Races

It was Monday and today was going to be the "Amazing Race" day. We gathered in pairs and set out to win a race constituting of numerous exercise sets that were highly challenging. The 1st pair who could execute and finish these fitness drills, would win a prize. And I love prizes, especially if it means promoting my fitness and weight loss with the Brian Schiff team! :) There was a winner for 2 divisions: one for the walkers and one for the runners.

This day brought out the best in all of us; it required us to work with speed, strength, efficiency, competitiveness, and good showmanship. Yet, for all the great mad fun I had, I was extremely sore and was hobbling around the next few days. I love a workout that lets me feel it. The Amazing Race....... talk about a total body workout!

Brian designed a program today that was hot as a firecracker. There was such variety, it must have taken him a good piece of time to set the exercise stations up. He even hid a few of the bands and tubing which prompted us to go on a treasure hunt while we were running/walking quickly between each station. We used the bands, tubes, dumbbells, agility cones and ladders, and our own body weight. One of my favorites was the walking lunges. They hurt like crazy but I desperately want to toughen up and strengthen my legs. I always appreciate doing balance and agility work as well. My other favorite is the ab work.

I don't remember who the winners were, but I did remember when Brian once told us that you can win a contest, race, goal by inches. You can also win by seconds. My partner and I were runner ups with the walkers, and we literally lost by fractions of a second. Fractions I tell you! We approached Brian simultaneously but just as Brian turned his torso to mark off another contestant's completed exercise, there I stood knowing that I did not win the contest. Although I had finished long before the winning team, I needed to wait for my partner to finish her jumping jacks. At stake was a free workout for the off week. That was worth busting my buns for! :)

Ah well. This is when learning to be a gracious loser comes into play. Partners are partners. As far as I was concerned, I was a winner when I completed this awesome, challenging workout for the day!

What is the only thing I wish? I wish we could perform this Amazing Workout twice a month rather than once. It really requires me to dig deep and move fast. I don't typically exercise with speed, especially weight training, so it is a valuable addition to my workouts.

I rather doubt if many realized how hard we worked when we were having such a ball! Maybe I will perform a simplified version of Amazing Race at home once a week just to keep me on my toes and break up the monotony. What a great way to apply what I have learned. You can take the pinK tiger out of Adventure Boot Camp, but you can't take Adventure Boot Camp out of the the pinK tiger! (lol) Heehee! :)

Yeah... just another classic example that there is always something to learn and experience at Adventure Boot Camp!