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Spilling my guts
Chris White
Phone: (386) 754-0420
cwhite@lakecityreporter.com
In the movie
“Fight Club,” the characters played by Brad Pitt and Edward Norton botch a robbery of sorts outside of a liposuction clinic, spilling an entire bag of fat in the parking lot.
While I’m not in the soap-making business as those two were, I seem to have lost about
15 pounds of the stuff on some asphalt on the west side of Lake City.
After six weeks of the fitness boot camp I joined hoping to keep occupied and active
over the summer, I can honestly say I got more than I bargained for and lost more than I thought I would, too.
But the real point is that the boot camp
system works, and for a lot of reasons. After doing a story about
some of the fitness
camp offerings at
different gyms around Lake City, I wondered how something could be so effective for people
in great health and
not-so-great health, from high schoolers to senior citizens. After about one day, I found out that it’s because you’re pushed to do the most you can do. For some, that’s maybe 10 push-ups. For
others, it might be 60. But you’ll find your limit, be pushed past it, and get better every week.
The buddy system works wonders, too. I know I never would have pushed myself as hard had I not thought the person next to me wouldn’t call me out. It’s all about accountabilty.
And finally, it was fun. Even when I was
debating throwing up into a bucket or lying down on the side of the road to catch my breath, every day was slightly different and the mood was always friendly.
I earned my dog tags with STEP Out Fitness’ Michelle McCollum, and there are several other qualified trainers running boot camps and fitness camps around town. I heard nothing but good things from the people in the M&M Fitness camp instructed by Mike Beardsley when I went out there for a story about two months ago, and the trainers at Kelly’s Absolute Fitness said their co-ed boot camps were quite popular when I spoke to them.
Each camp’s style may vary, but the instructors have all told me the same thing — it’s only about getting people in the best shape they can be in. There’s no gimmick, no cliques and nothing meant to intimidate. Some military veterans may disagree with that definition, but in Lake City, that’s the boot camp way.
Phone: (386) 754-0420
cwhite@lakecityreporter.com
In the movie
“Fight Club,” the characters played by Brad Pitt and Edward Norton botch a robbery of sorts outside of a liposuction clinic, spilling an entire bag of fat in the parking lot.
While I’m not in the soap-making business as those two were, I seem to have lost about
15 pounds of the stuff on some asphalt on the west side of Lake City.
After six weeks of the fitness boot camp I joined hoping to keep occupied and active
over the summer, I can honestly say I got more than I bargained for and lost more than I thought I would, too.
But the real point is that the boot camp
system works, and for a lot of reasons. After doing a story about
some of the fitness
camp offerings at
different gyms around Lake City, I wondered how something could be so effective for people
in great health and
not-so-great health, from high schoolers to senior citizens. After about one day, I found out that it’s because you’re pushed to do the most you can do. For some, that’s maybe 10 push-ups. For
others, it might be 60. But you’ll find your limit, be pushed past it, and get better every week.
The buddy system works wonders, too. I know I never would have pushed myself as hard had I not thought the person next to me wouldn’t call me out. It’s all about accountabilty.
And finally, it was fun. Even when I was
debating throwing up into a bucket or lying down on the side of the road to catch my breath, every day was slightly different and the mood was always friendly.
I earned my dog tags with STEP Out Fitness’ Michelle McCollum, and there are several other qualified trainers running boot camps and fitness camps around town. I heard nothing but good things from the people in the M&M Fitness camp instructed by Mike Beardsley when I went out there for a story about two months ago, and the trainers at Kelly’s Absolute Fitness said their co-ed boot camps were quite popular when I spoke to them.
Each camp’s style may vary, but the instructors have all told me the same thing — it’s only about getting people in the best shape they can be in. There’s no gimmick, no cliques and nothing meant to intimidate. Some military veterans may disagree with that definition, but in Lake City, that’s the boot camp way.
