What is Boot Camp?

This ain’t no workout at the Y!Several people have written and asked me about Boot Camp.

Boot Camp is a program at the Medical University of South Carolina’s Wellness Center. The class meets Monday, Tuesday, and Thursday from 6-7 am. Mostly calistenics and running.

The class is taught by Marines who are in an enlisted commissioning program. The Marines are great motivators. They are full-time students at the Citadel (they are not cadets but attend classes with them), have their military obligations as part of the Marine unit at the Citadel, and most have families. All of them are Sergeants (E5) and above. All have several years in the Corps and most have been in combat. And yet they take the time to come workout with a bunch of civilians who do jumping jacks like the Iraqi army (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kSJokTJLZu8). They’re a pretty inspiring group of guys.

About Boot Camp on the Medical University’s website.

A local TV station’s story about Boot Camp.

Love this Marine recruiting commercial.

2 Responses to “What is Boot Camp?”

  1. iFiveK Results @ Charleston Runs says:
    April 20, 2009 at 7:41 pm

    [...] Results Posted on April 20th, 2009 CoachGreg No comments Team Boot Camp entered four teams in the local iFive:K – 2 6-person teams and 2 2-person teams. Everybody was [...]

  2. What do you mean when you talk about hydrating? @ Charleston Runs says:
    June 15, 2009 at 8:16 am

    [...] In my case, my sweat rate for running in the middle of summer is at least 64 ounces/hour.  In Boot Camp, it’s about 30 ounces/hour when we’re indoors in the [...]

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