Day 1 of BOOTCAMP.. Hooya!

The night before, i got so excited and couldn't sleep. As a result, i managed to sleep for only an hour and took off for the training which starts at 5.45am.

By 5.25am, i reached Padang Astaka, PJ and the instructors are already there setting up the training ground by placing cones ard the field. The sky was stil dark, sun was stil sleeping but my body and legs were itchy already, can't wait to get a taste of the BOOTCAMP training. Fred, Shane and I collected our BOOTCAMP shirts, get changed and started our warm up under the guidance of 7 instructors. The most interesting instructor is of course, the main instructor who is ranked as Sarjan. Why is he so interesting? Have a look at the pic below:

(pics taken from fb)

Yes, with his moustache and beard and well built physique, instantly i thought of Gerard Butler from 300 as i think they really look alike. He made us feel that the training today will be as tough as hell!

For warm up, what we did was jogging, side steps, forward lunges, reverse lunges and some stretches. After warm up, we were separated into 2 big groups and get to know 1 partner each. My partner was Tim, a 6-foot tall mat salleh who has joined this program since June.

Today is the 1st training of the month, and for every 1st training, assessment will be done. The assessment?
* 400m run
* 10 push ups
* 10 grunges (may spelled wrongly)
* 15 sit ups

Seems ok rite? But the abv is only considered as 1 set, we have to do 3sets continuously within 15minutes.

For new recruits like us, we were given the chance to do 1st. Ready, get set and off we go! Running was easy for me, i ran the 1st 400m with ease, and the 1st set was well done. 2nd set i started to slow down, and for the 3rd set, i have to walk a lil. Ish. I managed to finish 1st among the new new recruits, my time was 12minutes flat.

Next up are seniors like Tim. He ran the 1st 400m with great speed. He did all the push ups, sit ups in just a sec. He was dam fast. I thought he would slow down in 2nd or 3rd set but he did not. He just did the 3 sets continuously without slacking and same as the other seniors. Incredible! He finished 1st in 7+minutes. Super super fast. But what suprised me the most is that the person who came last in the seniors assessment was actually faster than me! This shows how unfit we are (the new recruits).

After the 3sets assessments, we have to run 1 mile as the last assessment. The 1st to finish is of course, Tim the mat salleh in 7+min. Meanwhile i finished in 9+min.

After all the assessments, i guess most of us were quite tired, especially the new recruits. We ended our training by warming down and a shout of HOOYA! Reminisce me of the chant from 300.

The training also reminds me of my primary skool days where i used to wake up early in the morning and train with my coach and running mates. It is challenging and I LIKE IT!


SHAKELINGAM!!!™