Days 3-5

I have finished the first week of fit camp! I am incredibly sore but feeling good. I'm starting to get used to eating well and getting up at 4 am.

Wednesday morning was our PT test. We partnered up and did as many pushups and sit-ups as we possibly could in one minute. Then we all went outside to run a mile and a half. Pretty quickly I fell into a pack of 50 something men with beer bellies and kept up with them. We finished in 18 minutes. After I finished I joined in with everyone else who were standing alongside the track and cheering on people as they came in. Towards the end I felt like I was on the set of Biggest Loser as people were cheering and running alongside people who were really struggling.

Thursday began real workouts. We started with a "burpee" contest. Two people from each team were asked to volunteer for the contest but when they said "burpee," I heard "burping." I almost volunteered because I thought it was just a fun way to get people excited about being here and I thought I had a shot with the way my stomach has been dealing with my new diet. Luckily I didn't volunteer though because "burpees" are actually an exercise in which you move from a push-up position on to your feet, jump with arms over your head, and then go back into a push-up as fast as you can. The rest of the time Thursday we were in constant motion. We did exercises (holding push-up position, jumping jacks, crunches, squatting...) on one side of the gym and when they blew the whistle we ran across the gym and back. We did that the entire time with no breaks. I was still out of breath when I got home. When I told my friend Garrett about it he commented, "It's amazing what the human body can do when..." and I finished, "when you go slow enough."

Today, Friday, was similar to Thursday and I have learned that we will be doing basically the same thing everyday. We got our T-Shirts this morning with the theme, "80/10/10," on the front. We celebrated getting our t-shirts by taking a group picture and then getting them sweaty. They jogged us out to the football field and had us partner up. I found my partner Mason. Once partnered up they told us we would be running for 80 seconds back and then alternate doing 10 push-ups or 10 Burpees. We continued this process the entire class. Partnering up made it harder than Thursday because this is Mason's 4th fit camp and he is in good shape so he pushed me out of my comfortable pace. He gave me permission to cuss him out as we ran together and I would have if I had been able to breathe. I have never looked forward to a weekend more in my entire life.