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Bootcamp is one of the six different free student-led aerobics classes offered to Wellesley students. The other classes offered are spinning, fit box, pilates, yoga and power abs. Katie Saylor ’10, Wellesley’s Recreation Coordinator, says “My motto for the classes is: no sign ups, no commitment, no experience required.” And Bootcamp is no exception.

Students meet at the pool tables at the entrance to the Sports Center at 8:15 a.m. Monday mornings before being led by instructor, Jenny Holland ’11 into the field house. After a couple of warm up laps and dynamic stretching, Holland dives right in. The class begins with alternating planks and wall sits—each held for 30 seconds. When the mat became available, the class moves to the mat and begins circuits. One circuit consists often of mountain climbers, ten push-ups, 15 full sit-ups and 15 squats. The challenge is to see how many circuits each student can complete in 10 minutes. All students usually finish at least five circuits in the allotted time. Holland keeps students on their feet and moves straight into burpees. For those unfamiliar with a burpee, a student begins in a push up position, moves her feet towards her hands, jumps up and then returns to the original push-up position. On Monday’s class this particular exercise only included half-burpees. Every thirty seconds the number of half-burpees done in a row increased by one until each student was doing 10 in a row. The group then decreased by one every 30 seconds until they reached one. In between, students tried to hold the push up position using upper body and core strength.

Holland ended the lesson with ab workouts and stretches. Before leaving, she told students to continue stretching and that they might feel sore for the next day or two. Throughout the entire lesson, she demonstrated the correct way to execute each exercise, shouted encouragement and instructions, and blasted upbeat music. When asked about the most challenging aspect of her job, she said: “trying to find a balance between pushing people enough that they actually get something out of it, and not pushing them so much that they feel uncomfortable and don’t want to come back.” According to her students, she has definitely achieved that balance. All left feeling that they had had a thorough workout and most planned to return. Susan Goldman ’11 said that she “plan[s] on going every Monday and Wednesday.” The students came from all different backgrounds of fitness but each left feeling as though she had had a good workout and planned to come back. Goldman said that she tries to work out on her own but often lacks the motivation. Alex Curatolo ’12 said, “I like working out with other people for motivation.”

For Holland, “the most rewarding thing has been meeting a ton of new Wellesley students—I love when people I just met come up to me the next day and tell me that they’re sore but can’t wait to come back!”

Source: Wellesley News

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Lots of fat burning pills and gadgets promise to help you “burn” fat. And they almost always disappoint. Maybe it’s all a matter of degrees. Instead of burning fat, should you be trying to freeze it instead?
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Source: Big News