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Fit 4 Life | TrainFit outdoor bootcamp madness was extreme

Published:Monday | July 2, 2018 | 12:00 AM
The Gleaner's HR Services assistant manager Mary Dick learning boxing fitness from champ Sakima Mullings
Boxing fitness with champ Sakima Mullings
The Gleaner's Fit 4 Life Season 2 Tuff Enuff second event with TrainFit Club at Calabar High School Track, 61 Red Hills Road, St Andrew on Saturday, June 30.
Sprinting to the finish line.
Hurdles drill with Calabar High School coach, Craig Sewell
Hurdles drill with Calabar High School coach, Craig Sewell
Brian Walker performing long distance training.
Ameleo Wallace crosses the finish line for his winning relay team.
On your mark with fitness guru Stokely Rose
Head of the TrainFit Club, Stokely Rose, gearing up Fit 4 Life participants for outdoor madness bootcamp.
Plyometrics, core and more training with the TrainFit team.
Strengthening those legs.
It's off in the 15-metre sprint challenge.
Plyometrics, core and more training with the TrainFit team.
Holding the squats.
The Gleaner's Fit 4 Life fitness coach Marvin Gordon (left) and sales manager Rainford Wint (right) and Chas E Ramson's Annalisa Norman (second left) with the winning relay team: (from third left) Francene Spence, Christine Bucknor, Ameleo Wallace and O'Neil Wallace.
Training for the tracks
LAmeleo Wallace (second right) accepts his Chas E Ramson basket from the representative for dominating the 15-metre sprint. Fit 4 Life's fitness coach Marvin Gordon (left) and sales manager Rainford Wint (right) share in the occasion
Flying over those hurdles
Sprinting to the end.
Lionel Rookwood/PhotographerThe hurdles challenge.
Missing the baton change in the relays challenge
Tying in the 15-metre sprint were Shereen Campbell (left) and Colleen Clayton (right), accepting their prizes from The Gleaner's Fit 4 Life sales manager Rainford Wint.
Who will take home the prize in the hurdles challenge?

The second staging in The Gleaner's Fit 4 Life Season 2 Tuff Enuff Challenge turned the volume way up. It was outdoor madness boot camp with the TrainFit Club, and fitness guru Stokely Rose and the crew ensured participants were trained to be tuff enuff.

Fitness enthusiasts turned out in their numbers on the Calabar High School tracks on Red Hills Road, St Andrew, on Saturday prepared for a great workout and left with every muscle aching, after being worked to the limit.

The outdoor madness involved a five-series circuit that included: boxing fitness with champ Sakima Mullings and his team; hurdles drill with Calabar High School coach, Craig Sewell; coach Errol Messias imparting long-distance method and training secrets; coach Omar Hawles teaching sprint performance training; and the TrainFit team taking participants through plyometrics and core training.

Even after such an intense session, those left standing had to gear up to take the challenges - 15-metre sprint, hurdles and relays.

The winners walked away with prizes from Fit 4 Life, The Gleaner, sponsor Chas E. Ramson and TrainFit.

Power shake made with Foska Oats and Blue Diamond Almond Milk was just what everyone needed to refuel.

Week three of Fit 4 Life Tuff Enuff takes place on Saturday, July 7, with the Body By Kurt team, at 11 Oxford Road, New Kingston (across from The Pegasus hotel back gate).

Everyone is invited to come out to each of the 12-week boot camps, free of cost, as The Gleaner's Fit 4 Life team journeys with Jamaica to a healthy, fitter life.

Follow us on Instagram, Twitter, Facebook and The Gleaner's website to see where we will be next.

Each week - starting at 6:30 am - will feature boot camp style workouts, lifestyle and fitness tips, challenges to win great prizes, and demonstrations and samplings from sponsors and partners.

Over the 12 weeks, the Fit 4 Life team will condition and prepare participants to take the ultimate Tuff Enuff Challenge - 10 intense obstacle courses arranged in three supersets - on Saturday, September 8.bThe question is: are you Tuff Enuff? Let's find out.

For more details or to enter the challenge, email: yourhealth@gleanerjm.com