FHOC BOOT CAMP!

CLIFF AND WALNUTS... ARMY CRAWL!

"BILL" AND "GUTZ" ... TEAMWORK!

MARGUERITE AND GRIGGLET . . . BALANCE AND STRENGTH!

"TINK" AND SAM ... BEST FORM!

MEOW AND CATHY, WORK THOSE ABS!

MARGUERITE SHOWING HER BOOT CAMP PRIDE



Each year there is a themed practice, this year’s theme was BOOT CAMP! Everyone got into the theme... even the freshmen, some of which went knocking on doors to find clothes to make sure they were in Army attire. One teammate, Jill “Bill” Price, went to the extent of taping leaves to her shirt; for her excellent outfit she received the "Most like the Scenery" Award. Best Dressed went to Megan Clifford, she arrived in top fashion, skirt, face paint and even Army shades.

The practice consisted of an intense foot work shuttle, circuit, stair sprints, and relay! The practice was set up so everything you did, you did with your partner, no man left behind! We cannot succeed without each other!!! The foot work went by like a breeze, I think because everyone was still super-pumped about our outfits. Next up was the circuit and stair sprints. We each grabbed a partner and split into two groups; half went to the steps the other to the circuit.

At the circuit, each station was a minute on- working 110%- to a minute rest, there were 9 stations. We worked on abs, legs, and arms. We did “Hi Moms,” partner sits (which are like wall sits but a medicine ball is passed between you and your partner as you lean against each other- reference Sam and Tink (me) picture), and crunches while passing a medicine ball over your head to your partner. Each circuit seemed to work the whole body while still focus on a core group of muscles. While one group did the circuit the other ran the steps of the stadium.
The stadium running consisted of sprinting up the steps, sprinting across, then jogging down and back to the starting point for recovery. With each new lap, we rotated between sprinting up every step ... to sprinting up every other ... to hopping on one foot .... and finally to jumping up them ... then .... REPEAT!!! This continued until the other group finished their circuit.

The last part was probably the most fun … A RACE! You and your partner worked together to push ten balls with your sticks from the end line to the 25 yard line. It was then a sprint to the 50. From the 50 to the next 25 was TRANSFORMERS, which are like moving push-ups. You start off in the plank postion...abs tight, hips tucked...and while moving laterally you go to a high plank and then back down to a low plank! You have to have your special field hockey player demonstrate for you! Then from the 25 to end line and back to the 25 was a sprint. From the 25 to 50 was an ARMY CRAWL! Gutz won best Army crawl ... by the Gutz is in ROTC. Then we sprinted from the 50 to the 25 and finally once at the 25 we picked up our sticks and moved the ten balls back over the end line. All the balls had to be moved at the same time with you and your partner working together! The first place team was Mary B. and Nicole, second place went to Sam R. and me., the writers of this fabulous blog. With the conclusion of the relay our Boot Camp was also over, but the fun and memories we created will last forever!!