After greeting us in the lobby of the Swimming Hole, Charlotte instructed us to jog down the rec path and around the building to the soccer field behind it. Once we arrived we were divided into teams and instructed to spring to the end of the field, pick up a clipboard and answer a question that was written on it, and sprint back. We had to do that six times and that was just our warm up.
Next we had to line up behind a rope ladder that had been stretched out on the field. Using some fancy footwork we had to step in and out of the rungs of the ladder, then run to a bench where we had to do 10 tricep dips before running to a bench where we had to hold a plank pose (a type of static pushup) for 25 seconds.
We did that three times before we were assigned two other obstacle courses using the rope ladder and benches.
Then, it was on to our final challenge. The television show "Survivor" had nothing on us with this one. We were divided into two-person team. One person was given a car tire and told to swing it between their legs and toss it over their head; then chase it, pick it up and toss it again until they reached the end of the field; and finally pick it up, hold it over their head and run back with it.
Meanwhile, the second person was given a medicine ball and told to do squats and overhead extensions while cheering their tire-throwing partner on.
I knew I was in trouble when I tried to lift the tire and found that I could barely hoist it over my head. I was terrified that I would smack it into my face, ending my Fit Camp training forever.
I gingerly tossed it only to watch it roll a few feet behind me. Discouraged, I realized that it could take me all day to get it to the end of the field. And I had no idea how I was going to run back to the starting line with it.
That's when my fellow Fit Camper rushed in to help. Justin, who had just broken a Fit Camp tire toss record, offered to toss the tire every other time for me. I would then run after it before giving it a toss. When we reached the end of the field, he grabbed one side of the tire and helped me carry it home.
During my second turn (yes, we had to do the tire toss twice) Kelly ran over to help me. This time, I declined her help when it was time to carry the tire back. I couldn't quite lift it over my head with my arms stretched out as Charlotte had demonstrated but I was able to kind of rest it atop my head just high enough to see where I was going.
Luckily, no one wanted to jog as we made our way back to the Swimming Hole after a quick stretch. Then, it was time to hit the rowing machine rowing 1,000 meters four times and writing down our fastest time for Charlotte. A 10-minute ride on the stationary bike concluded the workout.
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