Coppell Boot Camp - Boot Campers of The Day

Wednesday, September 28th

Congratulations to Boot Campers of The Day : Chantrell Lacy & Teressa Parham!!

Lacy- Way to handle the Wednesday Wild Card Workout. Not only did you keep your intensity high the entire time, you joined the 15# club today. Way to kick it up a notch! Very inspiring to watch!

Teressa- Your tenacity and determination are admirable. Way to go with an outstanding workout today. Good work!

Overall amazing effort by the entire class today. You ladies did a great job!

Highland Village AM - Boot Camper of The Day

Tuesday, September 27th

Congrats go to Melanie Ortler- Our Boot Camper of The Day!!

Melanie did an awesome job in class today. I threw out a wild card workout and her determination and intensity was unprecedented. I asked her after class what sparked her intensity today and she replied, "I decided I could take it up a notch". The power of decision is remarkable. Way to go Melanie!

Highland Village PM - Boot Camper of The Day

Monday, September 26th

Congratulations to Boot Camper of The Day Jennifer Garross. Not only did she crank out squats with 20lb dumbells at chin height but she encouraged and helped everyone she could throughout the workout.

Special shout outs to Mary for killer mountain climbers her first class, Dawn for super deep squats, and Amanda and Diane for buzzing through the finisher...their last round had even more energy than their first round. Great Job Tina on your level 3 variations on all the exercises in the finisher.

Coppell Boot Camp - Boot Camper of The Day

Monday, September 26th

Congratulations to Boot Camper of The Day Teressa Parham.

She rocked it!! She did what she had to do to finish! Awesome focus.

Shoutout to everyone there today.Fabulous partner work. When I asked the group to make a form modification on mountain climbers, ALL of them did it the first time! Also everyone went up to level two bridges and did great!!!

Coppell Boot Camp - Boot Camper of The Day

Monday, September 26th

Congratulations to our Boot Camper of the Day-Teressa Parham!!! She rocked it...She did what she had to do to finish! Awesome focus.

Shoutout to everyone there today. Fabulous partner work!! When I asked the group to make a form modification on mountain climbers, all of them did it the first time! Also everyone went up to level two bridges and did great!!!

Coppell Boot Camp - Boot Camper of The Day

Friday, September 23rd

Congrats to Boot Camper of the Day Cecilia Davenport! You did an awesome job today.

With only two weeks of boot camp under your belt, you attacked the Spartacus workout with great form and "the big girl weights". Way to complete your second week with a bang. Congrats!

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Highland Village AM Boot Camper of The Day

Thursday, September 22nd

Lori Eden congratulations as Boot Camper of The Day.

Lori came in still feeling a little under the weather from fighting a cold and showed how much fight she has in this workout. Her form on the stiff legged deadlifts with rows was perfect and she challenged everyone during the finisher. Great job Lori!!

Shout outs also to Sarah, Megan, Amanda and Kallen for super intense high knees and Karen for doing the upper body twists with her 12lb weights.

Boot Camp Body Transformation Behind the Scenes

Boot Camp Body Transformation Before & After

Jaime's 6-Week Boot Camp and Jean Drop Challenge Transformation...The goal jeans fit!

Enjoy going behind the scenes of Jaime's boot camp body transformation. The entire series including all of her boot camp journal entries and her video interview are right here.

Jaime's First Week Journal Entry
http://greatshapefitclub.blogspot.com/2011/08/boot-camp-transformation-behind-scenes.html

Jaime's Week Three Journal Entry
http://greatshapefitclub.blogspot.com/2011/08/boot-camp-transformation-behind-scenes_15.html

Jaime's Week Four Journal Entry
http://greatshapefitclub.blogspot.com/2011/08/boot-camp-transformation-behind-scenes_1457.html

Jaime's Week Six Journal Entry
http://greatshapefitclub.blogspot.com/2011/09/boot-camp-body-transformation-behind.html

Jaime's Video Interview
http://greatshapefitclub.blogspot.com/2011/08/boot-camp-transformation-behind-scenes.html

Boot Camp Body Transformation Behind the Scenes

I apologize for the late post. I wanted to be sure to share Jaime's last entry from her series where she takes you behind the scenes of her body transformation. She has since shrunk even more, not to mention how strong and fit she is, through her continued participation in boot camp and Jean Drop Challenge. She recently placed in the top three of our last transformation challenge. My bet is she has her eye on that $500 prize for our upcoming challenge too. Congrats Jaime! We are proud of you!

Jaime's Week 6 Journal Entry

Week 6 already…it never ceases to amaze me how fast time flies. This has been an empowering week for me. Since my goal jeans are now wearable I tore apart my closet looking for smaller jeans. I came across a bin buried in the back corner labeled “Jaime’s Hopefuls”. I pulled it out and went for a wild ride down memory lane. These clothes haven’t seen the light of day since my early college years. I wish I could say I tried everything on and it all fit; it didn’t. But here’s the surprising part, a lot of them, especially the tops, were not that far off from fitting. A little more work and keeping up with what I’m already doing and I will actually be able to wear these things! Watching the numbers on a scale drop can be a lot like watching paint dry, so it is especially rewarding when you discover progress in other ways. At least the numbers are dropping, I’ve hit a weight I haven’t seen since before my last pregnancy and that feels so good.

On Tuesday evenings after my JDC workout I come home and tuck my older daughter into bed. She always asks the same thing “How was your workout, Mommy? What moves did you do?” She listens intently as I tell her about how we used a fire hose or were flipping a tire back and forth across the floor. She participated in a soccer camp this week and the coach had the kids running drills through a ladder. When I told her that sometimes I have to do that at my workouts she said “wow, soccer must really be a lot of hard work!” because she knows how challenging my workouts are. Later we did some stretching together and she was so excited when I let her use my foam roll. I am proud that I am able to teach my children about being healthy by example. I am walking the walk.

So even though these six weeks are coming to an end, my journey is not. My husband and I were having a conversation about things we’d like to do “someday”. I have always really wanted to go to Hawaii; so I threw it out there. “If I get down to my goal and am looking fine, will you take me to Hawaii?” He said if I can keep this up that “yes” he will take me to Hawaii. Here it is in writing and I’m going to hold him to his word. I have signed up for 2 more JDC sessions so next time you see me say “Aloha!”

Coppell Boot Camp - Boot Camper of The Day

Wednesday, September 21st

Congratulations to Boot Camper of The Day Allison McAuliffe!!

Great job on the workout today. You give your best during every workout and it is nice to see how you have progressed and changed so much in just a few short months. Way to be an inspiration and show others what is possible with a little hard work and dedication!

Highland Village PM - Boot Campers of the Day

Tuesday, September 20th

Congratulations to Jaime Fechter & Kalpana Kelkar .Congrats on rocking Feet Elevated Pushups for all 3 rounds. Awesome!

Dawn - Great effort and intent on the finisher. I like the way you were determined to finish YOUR set. Me saying done meant nothing to you and that is exactly the type of attitude it takes to get the body and performance you want. Way to go!

Highland Village PM - Boot Camper of the Day

Monday, September 19th

Congrats to Boot Camper Of The Day Powerhouse Rookie, Tina!!

She bumped up to Level 3 on all four exercises in the finisher and did an outstanding job during the strength portion of the workout as well.

Shout outs also go to: Tricia for her perfect push ups, Aleya for tearing up some X Body Mountain Climbers and Tanya for her deep deep squats!

Great job to all last night!

Simple Body Transformation Approach

Making Body Transformation Simple – The Four Factor

If you want to transform your body by losing fat and increasing muscle definition, it can sometimes be challenging to channel all of the advice, excitement, and anxiety into a simple, effective plan of attack. Here are the four areas you need to have nailed down to enjoy a simple and effective body transformation- without the unnecessary stress.

#1: Weekly Regimen
First determine how many strength and cardio workouts you need to complete each week. In general, you will need 2-3 strength workouts and up to 3 interval workouts. Once you determine what your weekly workouts will be, schedule them in your week- ideally with at least a day between strength workouts. Put your workouts on your calendar like any other important appointment and now all you have to do is show up.

#2: Nutrition Approach
How are you going to approach nutrition? Will you be eating 4 meals a day or 6? Will you be having starches with all of your meals or only some? Which meals will you have starch with? How often will you splurge? Define your nutrition plan. Don’t leave anything out. Once you know what your plan is, you won’t have to wonder how you are doing in the area of nutrition. You are either following your plan or you aren’t. The simplest place to start is by eating meals that contain protein and produce every 3-4 hours, eliminating refined starches and added sugar, and drinking plenty of water. Once your results slow down following this approach (our Phase 1 nutrition approach), it may be time to look at carbohydrate timing and other more advanced nutrition strategies.

#3: Food Prep Strategy
Now that you know what you are going to be eating, you have to make sure that you have the right foods available at the right time. Without a food prep strategy, you are destined to fall off the nutrition wagon quickly. There are many food prep strategies that you can employ. A few popular ones are the Sunday ritual, the Twice Weekly Ritual, and the Cook Double Ritual. For the Sunday Ritual you cook all of your meals and snacks for an entire week, package them in individual containers and then store them in the fridge and/or freezer. The Twice Weekly Ritual is similar to the Sunday ritual only you prepare less food since you will complete the ritual twice. The Cook Double Ritual is where you cook twice the amount you need at each dinner and pack the leftovers for the next day’s lunch. Your personality and food preferences will determine which ritual works best for you but the most important thing is to pick one and stick to it. If it doesn’t work for you, pick another.

#4: Tracking Method
To reduce the severity of your ride on the emotional rollercoaster that can sometimes come along with a body transformation, pick at least one tracking method for both your actions and your outcomes. This helps you minimize the amount of times you will find yourself saying, “I don’t know I just FEEL like I’m not doing so well. I mean I haven’t cheated or anything but I just FEEL like I could be making more progress faster”. Tracking what you have done and the results your actions have produced makes it a lot easier to determine if you are getting results and what actions are contributing to your rapid results or lack thereof. You can use a journal to record your meals and workouts to easily assess how closely you stuck to your plan or use our Boot Camp Scorecard to get your total daily points based on your workouts and nutrition. To measure your outcome, you can watch our Self Measurement Video on the member blog and track your circumference measurements and weight or have your boot camp coach take your progress pictures every 4-6 weeks. One of my personal favorite outcome tracking methods is the “jeans method”. Get a pair of jeans that are too tight (preferably ones that don’t button). Try those on every 2 weeks and note how the fit changes. Regardless of what the scale says, you will know you have made progress when you can confidently rock those jeans outside.

Now you see, losing fat and transforming your body can be a simple and manageable task when you use our Four Factor approach.

Coppell Boot Camp - Boot Camper of The Day

Coppell - Monday Boot Camper of the Day


Congratulations to Chloe Fernandez. She rocked out the cardio portion....even doing it by herself!!!

Boot Camp Transformation Challenge

Another boot camp transformation challenge coming your way!

Fall Fat Loss Frenzy Transformation Contest

Jaime achieved these results following our Phase 1 (least restrictive) nutrition plan in six weeks. What could your six week results look like? Get involved in our challenge to find out!

Register Now!

6-Week Boot Camp Transformation Contest
Registration: September – 19th – 29th
Contest Period: October 1st – November 12th
$59 covers your registration for the contest even if you want to compete in both divisions!

Two Ways to Compete

Division #1: Lose the Fat - Have extra pounds you want to shed? Get involved in our Fat Loss Frenzy contest today to give yourself the extra accountability and support as well as a deadline to get serious about losing the fat now.

Division #2: Get Fit - No weight to lose or want to get better athetically? Compete in our performance division of the contest. Complete our boot camp challenge workout at the kickoff meeting. Train hard in the weeks to follow. Complete the same workout again at our finale meeting. The person who improves the most is the winner.

What You Get:
Personalized Nutrition Approach
3 Saturday Boot Camp Challenge Workouts
Chance to Win $500* Cash Prize for Best Aesthetic Transformation
Chance to Win $500* Cash Prize for Best Athletic Improvement
Chance to Win Additional Weekly Prizes During the Contest
Plenty of Inspiration and Incentive to Do Your Best

Rules:
All contest pictures will be taken in a sports bra and mid thigh length shorts or 2-piece bathing suit (contestant choice).

Boot Camp Challenge workout will be used to determine the best athletic improvement. The same weight and exercise progression with each exercise must be used for the first and last workout to ensure proper scoring.

Before and after pictures and/or before and after performance stats of contest winners will be published to Fit Club blog and Facebook Fan page and used in other marketing materials.

All other contestant before and after pictures will only be posted to Fit Club blog and Facebook Fan Page with permission.

Permission to post pictures is not required for participation or to be eligible for prizes during the contest (however as stated above Grand Prize winner pictures and/or performance stats will be posted).

Contest will be judged by Fit Club coaches and panel of anonymous judges.

Attendance at bonus Saturday workouts is optional and not mandatory to be eligible for prizes.

Fit Club reserves the right to change dates and times of contest meetings and will make every effort to provide ample advance notice of such changes.

*$500 cash prize is contingent upon getting a minimum participation of 35 contestan

Boot Camp Transformation Challenge Winners

Boot Camp Transformation Challenge Winners

Kuddos to all of the boot camp transformation challenge participants who completed the challenge. Our top 3 boot camp transformations were:

Amanada Thrasher (pictured above)

Jaime Fechter

Lynn McCoy

I have cash prizes for you ladies. Can't wait to see you in class! Congratulations!

Coppell Boot Camp- Boot Camper of the Day

Congratulations to Leslee Johnson!.

Leslee you ROCKED this morning. You rocked the Spartacus workout and your level 3 Jumping Jacks & Star Jump combos were extremely IMPRESSIVE. Way to end your first week with a bang. Great job!

Coppell Boot Camp - Boot Camper of the Day

Coppell- Wednesday Boot Camper of the Day

Congrats to Jada Burton!! Way to go with GREAT effort in the workout. Also GREAT job on getting your friends to join you in class!

Highland Village Boot Camper of the Day

Highland Village - Tuesday Boot Camper of the Day

Congratulations Sheila Mahoney!!!

Great workout Sheila. The one word that can describe your workout is TENACITY. Way to see it through until the end. Good job!

Highland Village PM Boot Camp - Boot Camper of the Day

Congratulations goes to Boot Campers Of The Day Tina and Heika.

They picked up on form corrections and absolutely killed this workout. They had some of the deepest squats from newbies I've ever seen.

Awesome job to all last night! The energy was outstanding.

Coppell Boot Camp - Boot Camper of the Day

Coppell - Monday Boot Camper of the Day

Congratulations Ebony Carrington.
Great first day. Every exercise done with perfect form and lots of great questions. Way to get engaged Ebony. Good workout!