burpees!!!

If you asked me 2 years ago if I would ever be able to do 100 Burpees I probably would've laughed and said never. In fact I don't think I even knew what a Burpee was. I was thinking back to some of my first weeks with Shawna and I remember when she introduced me to the burpee.  I think I was able to do one barely and after doing it I thought who in their right mind would want to participate in this crazy maneuver? Is this actually fun? I was breathing heavily, completely exhausted and was barely physically able to do even the one burpee. Don't get me wrong burpees and I still have a love-hate relationship, but times have sure changed which I learned tonight at bootcamp. 

Back to present day.. I walked in and saw on the whiteboard the following workout which she called "Turbo work- out"

20 jumping jacks

20 high knee

20 squats

20 mountain climbers 

20 burpees

5 times...

Okay until I noticed the five times at the bottom I thought I can totally do this. Then in my head I did a bit of quick, mental math and the sheer understanding of the number of exercises that would occur overwhelmed me.

Now there is a happy ending to the story. I did it! Yes that is right world, I did it! This girl- Emily Moxey completed 100 jumping jacks, 100 high knees, 100 squats, 100 mountain climbers, and worst of all 100 burpees. I did all this in the designated time that she gave us which was 12 minutes. 

Boot camps are typically 50 minutes long. You do the math. This 12 minute turbo work out was only the beginning of craziness. I feel great. I feel happy. And I feel accomplished.

I felt like I was going to die at the end of just the turbo workout but I also felt huge sense of accomplishment. While I was doing them I was thinking back to that first day when I was introduced to what the heck a Burpee was. 

I couldn't be happier or more proud right now. I never thought I would say it...but I'm so glad I learned to love and embrace the world of the burpee.

For anybody that doesn't know what it Burpee is and wants to try it look at this video. I never thought I could do one and today I did 100. Get off the couch and give it a try, you won't regret it.

http://m.youtube.com/watch?feature=related&v=Pf7wZvraWV0