Attention residents of Newton Ma! CORE Boot Camp is getting ready for it’s summer season. We are also celebrating our 1st anniversary in May 2010. Yaaaay… I want to take a few sentences to explain the program.
First of all, there is no reason to fear the word boot camp. Participants workout at a level that is challenging to them. So that will mean one thing to our 65 year old male participant, and it will mean something else to our female 30 some-thing’s in the group. Two very different demographic exercising in the same class at a relative, challenging intensity. There is no pressure to keep up with someone next to you. If you want to give it a try to challenge yourself by all means do so, if you don’t feel comfortable trying to then don’t. Work at your own pace. We have some participants who run during the running /conditioning portion of the class and others who walk.
Here is a list of some of the exercises that are used in the program:
- Lunges
- Body weight squats
- Thrusters
- Mountain Climbers
- Push ups
- Squat to rows
go to www.newtonmabootcamp.com to see videos of some of these exercises.
These exercises are compound exercises, meaning they use multiple muscle groups to create a larger metabolic effect. The more muscles, and larger muscles used will have a bigger impact on burning off unwanted body fat. If you don’t need to lose then this program can help you maintain the shape that you are already in.
A typical class will look like this:
Dynamic warm-up - using total body stretches while moving, promoting joint range of motion and increasing bloodflow. These stretches,  by design, will resemble some of the exercises we perform in the actual class .
Core stabilization and strengthening - We then move to the CORE muscles. All muscles that surround your waist line, glutes and smaller muscles of the upper back for good posture during closed chain (exercises with feet on the ground ) exercises. Using these muscles first will enhance their participation in exercises to come, and boost effectiveness of the overall exercises.
Total body exercises – See description of compound exercises above, multi joint/ muscle movements that get your heart pumping and your body burning fat.
Conditioning - Just before we stretch we do conditioning. 4-6 minutes of short burst, intense exercise. This is where people have the option to walk. Sometimes we run and sometimes we use body weight exercises like push ups and jumping jacks.
Stretch- We then cool down and stretch with yoga inspired movements that will have you feeling as if you are far, far away from all life’s little stressors.
So what are you waiting for? This is a great program for adults who don’t have time to exercise later in the day or morning and want to reclaim or maintain their bodies.  It has all the fitness components involved so you won’t need other classes on top of this. The schedule is as follows.
Tuesday and Thursday 6am – 6:45am
Saturday 7am – 8am (time subject to change)
www.newtonmabootcamp.com
