Today could have been a fun AND great workout at boot camp but I was mostly aggravated. In two of my past 4 workouts I've had to workout without a trainer. Last week I helped to lead a group so it wasn't bad (yes, that sounds controlling, but I could help control the intensity). Today however, I was with a group of 8 women, none of whom could make decisions.
So what was the workout? We were given a list of exercises and then we went into downtown and whenever we came across an Art Prize piece we were supposed to do 1 of the exercises until we had seen enough art to cross all of our exercises off the list. The girl with the list (while she was nice) could not make a choice so we'd stand around all giving our input about what direction to go or what exercise to do. I think for some of the women, it was a stalling tactic. For others, they just wanted everyone to feel involved in the decision making. I'm sure that there were at least 1-2 times when I frustrated people because I tried to keep us moving but, really, I can promise that I was 5x more frustrated than they were.
The other issue was that, in doing boot camp for so long, I've learned how to mix exercises to keep heart rate up. So, when they would do things like plank, tricep dips, sumo walks right in a row, my heart rate dropped dramatically. I kept asking if there were jumping exercises to get the heart rate up (like jump rope, star jumps, stairs, etc.) but they were avoiding them like the plague. In part, this reality makes me happy because it means that I've learned a lot about working myself out well and getting the most out of my 45 minutes. BUT, I don't want to work myself out, I pay to have trainer.
So, I'm waiting to see if the group gets smaller next month. I know that Rob and Wendy are doing an awesome job and workouts like yesterdays hard one remind me why I go to boot camp. They are trying to mix it up and I do appreciate that.
Tomorrow is no running, only weights.... I'm looking forward to that :)
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