Review: Valley Boot Camp

I've been dying to try a Valley Boot Camp session and I finally got the opportunity to do it this past week. Now I wasn't thrilled about dragging my butt out of bed at 5am to be on the Ramsey High School track by 5:30am, but I was in good company as there were nearly 20 other ladies who also rolled out of bed. It's also helpful to note that you will be churning out push-ups if you showed up late. No slacking here!!  (As a side note, there are later classes you can choose from. The earliest class just happened to fit my schedule best.)

With our lovely heat wave, it was a steamy 80 degrees by 5:30am, but that didn't stop instructor Chris Doran from giving us an incredible workout. (Although it made me nervous to hear her say she was "going easy on us" due to the heat. If this was easy, I'd hate to see what hard is!)

The workout started with running the bleacher stairs and evolved to walking lunges, planks, push-ups, mountain climbers, and lots of other tough exercises. By the end of this one-hour workout, I was coated in sweat. By the time I got into work, I could already feel the soreness in my legs. By the next day I was really sore.

Not only was Chris very motivating and supportive, but everyone in the session took the workout very seriously and pushed each other. There was no such thing as "I can't" -- mainly because you would be subjected to extra push-ups . LOL!!

All in all, I highly recommed trying a session. You won't be disappointed! Learn more about Valley Boot Camp.

Have You Tried Boot Camp?

Since I'm always on the lookout for new classes and workouts, I couldn't help but notice the ad in the paper for Valley Boot Camp. It's an outdoor exercise program that involves strength training, obstacle courses, circuit training and much more. If you're an early bird, they offer 5:30am classes in Ramsey and Hillsdale. Park Ridge and Mahwah have more humane 9am classes.

My mom tried boot camp in her area and really enjoyed it. Members show up rain or shine and everyone has to establish goals -- whether it's to lose inches, pounds or just overall reshaping.

I'm tempted to give it a shot. The first class is free so you can try it out. I'd love to hear from anyone who's done it before or is currently taking boot camp classes. It seems like it would be interesting and totally different -- sort of like Zumba! LOL!

I'd love to hear your thoughts! And if you want to try it out with me, shoot me an email at fitmomsofnj@gmail.com.