Moms put focus on fitness with boot camp

Jennifer Pender, co-founder of Boot Camp Moms, talks with WRAL News about how busy moms can stay healthy.
Posted 9/5/2014, 2:15:51 PM Updated 9/23/2025, 7:50:22 PM

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>>> ONE OF THE THINGS THAT NEW

MOMS WORRY ABOUT IS FINDING THE

TIME TO WORK OUT.

ENTER BOOT CAMP MOMS.

JENNIFER WELCOME.

>> THANK YOU.

>> WELL, IT IS HARD TO FIND

THE TIME TO GET BACK IN THE

SWING OF THINGS?

>> YES.

SO, WILL I WAS IN THAT

POSITION, WE DECIDED IT WOULD

BE GREAT TO HAVE A COMMUNITY OF

GIRLS IN THE S.I.M.

POSITION WORK OUT TOGETHER AND

DIET TOGETHER.

>> AND THERE IS THE HEALTHY

EATING AND ACCOUNTABILITY THAT

TIES INTO IT?

>> YES.

WE ARE A NETWORK.

WE DO MENU PLANS, WE DO WEIGH-

INS FOR YOU.

AND WE UNDERSTAND YOU ARE

JUGGLING EVERYTHING WITH LIFE

TO GET YOUR KID OUT TO SCHOOL

AND YOUR HUSBAND OUT TO WORK

AND THE HOUSE CLEANED.

WE WILL MAKE IT EASY FOR YOU

AND GIVE YOU ALL THE STEPS.

>> WHAT INSPIRED YOU?

>> I HAVE TWO KIDS.

I WAS IN TARGET WALKING BY A

WINDOW AND CAUGHT MY

REFLECTION.

I WAS IN MATERNITY PANTS EVEN

THOUGH I WAS NOT PREGNANT AND I

CRIED AND THOUGHT, HOW DID

THIS HAPPEN.

I WENT HOME AND CALLED MY BEST

FRIEND AND SAID HOW DID THIS

HAPPEN?

KYLE, MY PARTNER AT THE

WORKOUT CAMP WAS THE FRIEND I

CALLED.

SO, HE SAID WE ARE MAKING

CHANGE.

AFTER A YEAR WE LOST 100-POUNDS

AND AT THAT POINT WE VOWED WE

WILL HELP EVERYONE ELSE GET

THERE.

>> THAT IS GREAT.

SHOW US THE CALORIE-BURNING

MOVES WE CAN DO TO LOOK LIKE

THIS.

>> OKAY.

HOLD YOUR HAND RIGHT HERE.

THIS IS SOMETHING YOU CAN

DOALITY WORK OR WHEN YOU FIRST

WAKE UP -- DO AT WORK OR WHEN

YOU FIRST WAKE UP.

IT WORKS YOUR BOOTY AND LEGS.

YOU ARE WEARING A PRETTY DRESS

AND HEELS, SO WE WON'T MAKE

YOU DO THAT RIGHT NOW.

>> THANK YOU.

>> SO, THE OTHER THING

EVERYBODY KNOWS THEY NEED TO

WORK ON THEIR ARMS.

YOU CAN PUNCH THOSE ARMS.

YOU ADD WEIGHTS IN TIME AND YOU

PUNCH AND GET THOSE ARMS GOING.

>> ARM MOVES.

YOU CAN GET THE MOVES ON OUR

WRAL.COM WEBSITE.

SEARCH WEB LINKS.

JENNIFER, THANK YOU FOR

JOINING US AND GETTING US

PUMPED UP THIS MORNING.

>> COMMIT TO BE FIT.