The Running Diaries of a Personal Trainer

Thanks again for the amazing boot camp Cindy! It made me realise that health and fitness is actually within my reach, even though I’m no spring chicken! I didn’t think I’d stay the course but, thanks to your encouragement, I’ve realised that was what they call a “limiting self belief”…so 2012 could be an exciting year of discovery!

When the idea of a new year boot camp was first suggested during one of our advanced pilates sessions, I felt tired at the thought. Everyday for 5 days? I come home from work exhausted and barely manage to fit in eating and sleeping without a military style fitness regime as well! But I hate to miss out so I decided to give it my best shot. Some of session 1 was a bit of a rude awakening after my lazy Christmas break. I admit that my squat thrusts lacked a bit of thrust.Those evil burpees, they were half hearted, but they were pardoned. I kept going and was addicted by day 2!

Boxercise was great for my inner core, despite the attempted derailing from my cheeky fellow bootcamper. Skipping, interval runs, lots of variety and the feel good factor took over. Finally, getting me up at 8am on a Saturday for 2hours of exercise was nothing short of a miracle. Spurred on by team spirit, sunshine and blue skies, I can actually say I enjoyed the final run and chat. So now you’ve kick started my new year of fitness and healthy eating,I just need to keep it going… I’m enjoying your circuits and boxercise whenever I can make them and looking forward to Easter bootcamp already!

Thanks again. 

Sophie