Tuesday, August 28, 2012

Boot Camp Fitness


Several weeks ago our running club, iRUN, was invited to participate in Tactical Fitness & Bootcamp training session offered by Fred Alvarado III. He's a former Marine and law enforcement officer, in other words, the dude's a bad ass.

We began by doing some group stretching (if you’re a regular reader, you know I really dislike stretching) led by Fred and his awesome assistants. Once we were nice and stretched, we were divided into 2 teams.

The 1st challenge involved about 50 orange mini-traffic cones. We were told that 1 team was supposed to knock the cones over while the other team had to place them upright. Oh yeah, if you were the team knocking them over, you couldn’t use your feet. At the end of the 2 minutes, which ever team had the most cones knocked over/still standing was the winner. Let me tell you - this was harder than it sounds.

Little did I know that this was only the beginning, I should have known I was in for a butt kicking...

The rest of the workout consisted of timed stations - similar to a circuit training.

We worked out using: a speed/agility ladder, crunches, tractor tire, barbell, push-ups and some combination of a bear crawl using dumbells (don't ask me to explain further because I cannot).

I have never worked out so hard and had so much fun.

I'm a runner, and I consider myself in pretty good shape, but Fred took it to another level. It was an extremely tough but FUN workout. Beginner or advanced - it's for anybody and everybody.

Do you have what it takes?

I just happen to have a free week (3 x 1 hour sessions) of Tactical Combat Fitness to give away. Yes, absolutely free. Comment & subscribe to my blog and I'll randomly pick a winner from those that do so.

What the heck - I prefer comments on my blog, but you can comment on the fb link & be eligible to win.

**Sorry folks, this giveaway is limited to people that live in the RGV.**





http://www.tacticalfitnessandbootcamp.com/

11 comments:

  1. I love this bootcamp. Fred keeps us on our toes. It helps a runner like me maintain a good balance of workout. By the way, Please pick me to win this raffle. I absolutely love Fred's kicking ass! LOL

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    1. I still haven't forgotten the little team obstacle course/stations he had for us.

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  2. I'll comment, but I don't know that I want to subscribe, because I have noticed you sometimes type these while on ambien and it makes me jittery. and I didn't know Fred had a kicking ass?? WTF!!!

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    1. We didn't look like we were working out as hard as the ladies, Ramon. We as Team Captains had other duties.

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  3. And why didn't any of your pictures make it?? or mine??

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  4. And so, since only me and Nora have replied and I have 3 entries and she has 1, my odds of winning should be better, right?

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    1. Theoretically, yes, but Cruzers has also commented & there are several commenters on the fb link also. Gotta be fair.

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    1. A tough, fun workout that'll leave you beat!!!

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  6. Hey, Ascary, congrats!!! You've won the free week of Tactical Fitness Bootcamp. I'll email you the deets w/i a couple of days.

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