Triple B - Betsy's Barefoot Bootcamp

Lately I’ve walked downstairs after my Thursday morning Triple B class and been 100 percent ready to take on the day.  I feel confident that I’m delivering a life enhancing product!

Triple B stands for Betsy’s barefoot bootcamp.  The class samples elements of resistance training, heart healthy cardio, metabolic conditioning, yoga asana, positive self-talk and more.  I had been playing with versions of this class for a couple of years in different iterations labeling it Yoga Sculpt and Yoga Conditioning. 

As public conversations evolved around cultural appropriation and my own research around the why and the how of the class, I changed the name and the scope of the class.  Triple B is a fitness class.  It can stand alone but it is also designed to complement, to support and to enhance your yoga asana practice.

I have always enjoyed mixing movement modalities and think it’s a key piece of staying healthy in mind, body, and spirit.

In elementary school our PE teacher taught me basic breathing exercises through long distance running.  It was through those exercises that I learned how to better manage my asthma.  It was tremendous and I started running most morning before school.  My ballet teacher at the time only saw that running would hamper my flexibility and she repeatedly asked me to quit.  I knew the conditioning benefited my dancing in so many more ways.  I didn’t listen to her and kept doing both.

I haven’t changed - I’m not a purist.  I celebrate all the different ways to move our bodies and minds and have found mixing it up more and more important with age.  Resistance training is beneficial at all stages, but I think it’s a must for peri-menopausal women and beyond.  Muscle strength naturally declines, and Triple B takes an active approach to mitigate that decline. 

And because most of my students are used to me teaching them yoga, I make sure to link the extra why for Triple B exercises.   For example, when we are doing a dumbbell chest press, I will emphasize proper grip and wrist alignment.  The wrist stability gain in your chest press will benefit you in plank and other hands down yoga poses.

Thank you to the students who are showing up for the class week after week and trying new things with me.  It’s hard to branch out and try something new.  Giving it a go with Triple B is translating into confidence in other areas of my life too.  I hope my students find the same.  I know we are stronger for it.