Slaughter Boot Camp

Another incredibly fun – and brutally challenging – Detroit Slaughter Boot Camp Ultimate Boot Camp Challenge Completed

What a terrific battle with Bloomer Park’s hill Saturday.

Some recruits remain shell shocked and STILL experiencing soreness to this day. Well I have three words for them….

Embrace the Suck!

Two Boot Camp recruits fully "Embrace the Suck Factor" at Detroit's Ultimate Boot Camp Challenge

Soreness for three days – that’s what I call a successful boot camp workout.  But that is no excuse to miss out on Monday, Tuesday, or any workout days.  If you want to turn your body into a muscular, lean, fat burning machine you need to learn to embrace the suck factor of it all and push on through.

Participants in Detroit’s Ultimate Boot Camp challenge were short of breath, muscles on fire, thirsty, muddy, hot and sweaty…. but they kept on pushing and embracing the suck factor of it all.  And at the end it’s nothing but pure glory knowing you are one of the few in Metro Detroit willing to get up early on a Saturday and put your body through such a punishing – and rewarding – exercise routine.

Ultimate Boot Camp Challenge 2 Survivors (Post river cleansing)

Here is the after action report summarizing all the fun exercise drills we performed:

1. Wake Up Call: One mile (plus) easy jog into the park.  Circle up with the group and perform two rounds of flutter kicks, dive bomber pushups, hindu squats, and 8-count body builders.
2. Stair Loops: Run a double stair loop around the park trails.  One set of stairs is 160 or so steps, plus another 50 yard run up a hill immediately after.
3. The Gauntlet:  Bear crawl up a hill then grind through numerous reps of mountain climbers, pushups and coffee grinders. Repeated several times until everyone’s shoulders, chest, and triceps were shredded.
4. Hill Running Hell:  Timed toboggan hill run up and down all five chutes. The next sequence participants performed 10 body builders as a group then ran up the hill. Repeated four times.  The final hill required participants to endure numerous flutter kicks and hindu squats then run up the final hill.  You can imagine how numb the recruits legs are at this point…
5. Bonus Sprints: An unexpected surprise.  Timed wind sprints with 5 pushups per sprint. A “mouth watering” addition to the exercise sequence.  (Andy by mouth watering I mean almost vomiting)
6. Mount Suribachi:  Timed run up Mount Suribachi.  Back down then run again to beat your first time.  Unfortunately, my equipment malfunctioned so we couldn’t get the timing on the second hill. So… everybody was allowed to run it a third time in order to get their time.
7. Surf Immersion: My favorite part.  Cross the Clinton River then perform mountain climbers, pushups, flutter kicks, and dive bombers in the river.
8. Timed Final Mile: Everyone ran the last mile as fast as possible for time.

Check us all out “Embracing the Suck” during the Body Builder hill run exercises. Can you see the expressions of joy on their faces?

Surf immersion exercise: Relief… or torture?

Crossing the Clinton River is a mental challenge, not so much physical.  You see, the river water feels ice cold when you’re panting and sweating.  But for some the water coldness was a welcome relief to burning muscles.

We take our inspiration from the Navy Seals and Army Rangers boot camp experience. Check out our “surf immersion” exercise drill. Nowhere else in Metro Detroit will you experience a thrilling boot camp workout like the Slaughter Boot Camp.

Detroit’s Slaughter Boot Camp – More Challenging Than Tough Mudder

One participant even stated the Slaughter Boot Camp Challenge was far tougher than the Tough Mudder.  He said there were points during the Ultimate Boot Camp challenge where he though his heart would leap from his chest.  The Tough Mudder was far longer, but at no point was it so high intensity like the Slaughter.

That’s the highest form of praise I’ve ever received!

Those are full sized people at the bottom of the hill who only appear tiny against the enormous toboggan hills. Boot camp recruits endured 10 hills

Slaughter Boot Camp turns your body into a fat burning machine

When you join the Slaughter Boot Camp your body will experience an incredible transformation.  All you need to do is show up, hang in there, and push yourself a little harder each week, we take care of the rest.  Watch your body melt fat and build the athletic, muscular physique you can be proud to show off at the beach. Slaughter Boot Camp offers weekly classes at two training levels.  Check out our schedule for location, days, and time.

Upcoming Boot Camp and Race Challenges

The Diamonds and Dirt race is next up on May 19th. As of this writing you can still sign up.  It’s a race for the ladies but it’s muddy as heck.  Knowing the kind of races Jeff Watters promotes, it ought to be a total riot of a time.

Detroit’s Ultimate Boot Camp Challenge 2.5 will be held May 28th. This has been a last minute addition due to such positive feedback from Boot Camp Challenge 2.  More details to come soon.

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We will have another boot camp challenge memorial day, May 28.  Tentative start time is 7:30am.

More info to follow soon… Please stay tuned.

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