Goodbye Gold's, Hello Soldierfit

So last weekend  I worked the open house at Soldierfit and represented my store. I had always heard about it through my coworkers and my customers but never witnessed it myself. I loved the open space in the gym - a giant turf for bootcamp workouts, sprints, tire flips, pushing/pulling weights around, you name it. The weight area - tons of racks, benches, free weights, ropes, rings, and there's even a pulley rig for cable work. This place has everything I need besides maybe a treadmill. There's also a martial arts center which is cool but not something I personally need. Simply put, I was in a pretty serious gym!

The manager is a good friend/business partner of our store and she offered me a free workout so I could come try it myself.

I went on Thursday evening.... kind of had to drag myself there really, because it was after a pretty awful day and I was totally not feeling it. But I went anyway because I knew I'd feel way better afterwards.

Soldierfit offers 1 hour bootcamp style classes - kind of like military training meets functional fitness. They all start with a warm up and stretch, but beyong that each class is different. The particular class I did went something like this

Station 1 - Stand on the rim of a tire, then simultaneously squat and tricep press a kettlebell

Station 2 - Donkey kicks onto the wall

Station 3 - Wall balls

Station 4 - 10 Box jumps, then put a weight plate on the box and push it down the field and back. Rinse/repeat

Station 5 - Those circular slider things... put your hands on them and bear crawl down the field, then put your feet on them and donkey kick 10 times. Rinse, repeat

Stations 2 and 5 were hardest for me. I took 5 second breaks as needed. 

We did this 3 times. We also did relay sprints down the field and then hold a plank until the next person relieved us.

It was a good workout and very different from how I normally train. I didn't do terribly for my first class but it definitely showed me where I need to improve (Power and speed) It left me feeling pretty spent, but not sore in the traditional sense. I slept really well that night! 

So anyway - I'm going to be leaving Gold's and going to Soldierfit. How could I not? I mean look at this!

I will probably lift 2-3 x a week, do the class 2x a week, and run 2-3 x a week. We'll see how it goes. I think it's something good to incorporate into my training. I have another month at Gold's which is good cause I can use their treadmills.. March weather is unpredictable

Bye bye Gold's - it was fun but it's time for me to move on!