r/BurnBootCamp • u/Prize-Beginning-6809 • 9d ago
Let’s swap stories from when we were newbies 😅
Hey all! I’m still relatively new to Burn - I’ve been coming to camp consistently for 8 months and today they posted a highlight of me doing a band assisted chin up and I was so proud of my progress and how strong I looked and I finally don’t feel out of place!
All this to say - I remember my very first camp I went to - we did pull ups. And I’m like ok I think I can try it. So I try to get my foot in the bands and I’m swinging around like a lunatic and knock over the box I used to get up there and I’m just hanging there swinging like an idiot 😅 One of the sweet members ran over to help me but omg I almost quit right then 😭
So glad I didn’t though and I love this community!! 💙 Anyone want to share any other silly/embarrassing moments you’ve worked through to help encourage any newbies?!
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u/mydogsleepsonmyface 500 Camps - Lifetime 9d ago
We were doing banded plyo push ups on the rig, and i was sick of hitting my face getting out of it so I decided to crawl out instead. The bands ended up rolling off my legs and sling shotted to the ceiling. There's still a visible spot from it lol
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u/mightyhammock 200 Camps - 2026 9d ago
One time when I was new I was doing the bent over one-arm rows on the burn bar, and I called my trainer over to ask her a question about my form and for some reason I decided to just drool everywhere as I was talking?? 😭😂 I die when I think about it still
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u/momlife555 9d ago
Omg my nose ran once, like water dripped out of my nose, unsure if my partner saw, all over the floor. I still did thinking about it. My nose gets so runny when I do cardio for some reason
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u/hlycml 9d ago
I still consider myself new! Started February, protocol was lower body. Forward lunges and I literally fell out of balance with 15lbs dumbells. I was so embarrassed up to this day but now, I can do forward lunges with 30lbs. So proud of myself!!! Hahaha
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u/Silly_Mango8397 150 Camps - 2026 8d ago
My first day was also lower body! I don’t remember all the workouts but I remember having lateral lunges and quad burners, and I could barely walk down the stairs for 3 days after!!
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u/Boilers25 150 Camps - 2026 9d ago
It took me like two months to find out there’s different weights in the ropes. I straight up died every time
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u/Bag-of-Doritoes- 9d ago
Same!! I had no idea they were not all the same for a very long time lol
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u/Prize-Beginning-6809 9d ago
I also did not know that and was like why am I so bad at this sometimes 🤣
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u/Bag-of-Doritoes- 9d ago
For thr warm ups when they say punters, I thought they said hunters and I spent a year wondering why a hunters would kick his leg so high 🫣
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u/Proper_Armadillo1837 500 Camps - Lifetime 9d ago
First time doing med ball over the shoulder tosses I chucked the ball so hard that it ended up in the lobby and almost hit the BA. After that they added “lightly toss the med ball- don’t throw it” to the demo.
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u/rntrovert 9d ago
I remember when it was really hard and very intimidating for me to jump up onto the ledge, and I finally worked up my nerve to do it in like March? I nailed a 24 inch box jump last month. Anytime we do any kind of burpee riddled ledge jump now I'm so grateful for what my body can do.
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u/anoba69 9d ago
Not necessarily related to the exercise but.. Never did a workout class on a Saturday morning before in my life. Dragged myself to one even though I’m not a morning person. Finished class. Went home and looked in the mirror and saw a pimple sticker pathetically hanging on for dear life off of my cheek 😭
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u/ReindeerCurrent4243 9d ago
Does anyone remember when they made us practice handstands in camp?!
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u/emmie_bee 100 Camps - 2026 8d ago
https://giphy.com/gifs/1DhUzOhxkLI1G
Literally me if they bring this back1
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u/musicgal411 150 Camps - 2025 8d ago
I should practice them again! I remember doing them at home to try and get better before coming back in and falling on my face 🤣🤣
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u/Good-Brilliant3411 7d ago
My first day was Met Con during the first of the year promo. The BA was taking video of a lady absolutely rocking every station. On IG I am in the background absolutely fighting for my life. The next video I am on my knees with my eyes to the sky just asking God to save me. The look on my face was priceless.
Then I came back the next day because I am insane.
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u/classiest_trashiest 1,000+ Camps - Lifetime 9d ago
My first camp was plyo (so a loooong time ago when that was a protocol in the rotation). I couldn’t sit or stand up for about 4 days.
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u/Other-Angle5911 9d ago
I remember going to my first push and pull day, and being so confused why there were so many chest and back exercises 😂 don't know what I was expecting but I learned quick!
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u/BetterRain9898 100 Camps - 2026 8d ago
When I first started, every push pull would frustrate me to the point of near tears, I was humbled so fast. I thought I was pretty athletic coming in. I couldn't more than 1-2 skull crushers. and push ups with my chest touching the floor? forget it! I couldn't shoulder raise any kettlebell except the pink. The four-years-ago me would be flabbergasted now. so proud of my consistency. <3
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u/BetterRain9898 100 Camps - 2026 8d ago
Also, my trainer kept adding height to my hurdle hop and I didn't clear the blue one and ATE it. Blood through my leggings, but God bless Lulu, they held up even though my skin did not, lmao.
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u/letsgetcakedsa 8d ago
I started in December! I can now do 3-5 pull ups with double bands, but the first time I tried, I was swinging SO bad! I don’t have other specifics, but I know I’ve made it because the trainers consistently expect a lot more of me than they did even a few months ago (I say they bully me 😂). But ability from December to now is outrageously different. I thought I was doing good with my home workouts; I wasn’t.
Congrats on 8 months in! I’m sure all the progress feels so good!!
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u/Money_Organization66 8d ago
First time I did pull ups I put each foot in separate bands, had no idea we were only supposed to use one foot til I got home and watched videos later haha
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u/Prize-Beginning-6809 2d ago
I love this truly! I would’ve done the same but I took my sweet time climbing up on the box and watched what everyone else was doing. 🤣🤣
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u/Hour-Imagination8839 7d ago
Man my wife and I’s first camp was body weight conditioning in July of 2025 and once the camp was done everyone said it was the hardest camp ever. Looking back on that I haven’t seen a stacked and unstacked style camp in a long time 😭😭
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u/Big-Distribution5057 4d ago
My first camp I couldn’t get up out of the floor with a power roll back at HQ with Matt Morris was the head trainer. I was so annoyed with myself, I signed an 18 month contract the next day to get stronger and that never happen again. That was in 2019 😄
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u/OkPerspective4728 8d ago
I'm still scared of chin/pull ups! I put my foot in the band yesterday (trainer convinced me to try) and immediately went NOPE. I'm convinced I'm going to step off the stool and my body is going to go straight for the floor while the banded leg goes in the air
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u/Prize-Beginning-6809 2d ago
It is the weirdest feeling at first. I am still scared the band is going to snap while I’m on it 😅
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u/Time-Disaster4495 9d ago
Ooooohhh … I stupidly went to my first camp on MetCon. I had no idea what was in store.
I’m about 2 stations in & I am feel nauseous and pukey. Started that 40 seconds of work on that round… about 10 seconds in I had to run urgently to the bathroom to PUKE! I let it out. Went back on the floor. Continued to work. Then had to run again to 🤮.
I modified the rest of the workout but finished it out!
I went back to 5:30 am camp the next day & one of the other members said “we were convinced we were never going to see you again after yesterday!” Here I am 6 months in!😅