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Fitness Boot camp: Best Fitness Seekers Destination
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boot camp are still very popular and best place to get afit body.
A fitness boot camp is a type of group physical training program conducted by
gyms, personal trainers, and former military personnel. These programs are
designed to build strength and fitness through a variety of intense group
intervals over a 1 hour period of time.
Originally popular in the US, they were brought over to the UK in 2005 and have
been growing in popularity ever since. Boot Camp training often commences with
dynamic stretching and running, followed by a wide variety of interval training,
including lifting weights/objects, pulling rubber TRX straps, pushups/situps,
plyometrics, and various types of intense explosive routines. Sessions usually
finish with yoga stretching. Many other exercises using weights and/or body
weight, similar to CrossFit routines, are used to lose body fat, increase
cardiovascular efficiency, increase strength, and help people get into a routine
of regular exercise.
Many programs offer nutrition advice as well. It is called "boot camp" because
it trains groups of people, may be outdoors, and may or may not be similar to
military basic training.
The term "boot camp" is currently used in the fitness industry to describe group
fitness classes that promote fat loss, camaraderie, and team effort. They are
designed to push people a little bit further than they would normally push
themselves in the gym alone.
Boot Camps are sometimes organized outdoors in parks using bodyweight exercises
like push ups, squats, suspension training and burpees, interspersed with
running and competitive games. The idea is that everyone involved works at their
own pace as they team up and work towards one goal, either in pairs, small teams
of three or four, or even two teams head on.
Boot camps provide social support for those taking part. This provides a
different environment for those exercisers who get bored in a gym and so find it
hard to develop a habit of exercise. Participants make friends and socialize as
they exercise, although how strict the trainers or drill instructors in charge
can be will depend on the company running the camp. Members of fitness boot
camps are usually tested for fitness on the first day and then retested at the
end of the camp, which usually runs for between 4 and 6 weeks.
Fitness boot camps are often based on the military style of training, although
that has started changing over the last few years. An advantage of a boot camp
is that the large group dynamic will often help motivate the participants. A
growing trend in fitness boot camps are the indoor locations which prove to be
climate proof and provide a better workout environment for the members.
There are many other benefits of a fitness boot camp, which includes mental
health. It has long been known that regular aerobic exercise can help to reduce
high blood pressure, hypertension and combat stress. Part of this is due to the
release of endorphins, which act as a mood elevator.
 Some "Holistic Bootcamps" provide the mental coaching required to sustain
motivation after people leave the camp. Themed fitness bootcamps often consist
of the use of one particular training implement to the exclusion of others.
Kettlebells are the preferred tool for kettlebell fitness bootcamps run by RKC
instructors and TRX suspension trainers are the preferred tools for TRX
instructors. Boxing themed fitness bootcamps often use heavy bags. The use of
themes vary widely between fitness bootcamps and their instructors according to
the preferences between the instructor and the needs and likes of the clientele.
A typical Fitness Boot Camp is where you are trained by the way coaches who
train athletes. Each session lasts for six weeks, each class lasts one hour,
four days a week, and an optional Saturday class.
At the start and end of each six-week session, the trainers assess each person's
health and fitness level based on standards developed by the American College of
Sports Medicine (flexibility, cardiovascular endurance, muscular strength and
endurance). These measurements allow participants and instructors set training
goals together and measure progress over the course of the session. Instructors
also review any injuries and discuss rehabilitation issues for each person
participating in the program.
Taking this assessment data into account, instructors are then able to group
everyone based on fitness levels. Each person is challenged at a level that is
just right for them. Groups are kept small, which allow trainers to give
personal attention to everyone in the class. For classes with a small turnout
the instructor will make sure that each member gets a great workout.
Each day is a different workout, and over the course of a week workouts will
include a combination of cardio training (long distance running, short hill
workouts, sprinting on the track, running stairs, etc.) cross-training
(agility), and strength training (push-ups, pull-ups, abdominal workouts). Each
class ends with stretching.
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Dated 08 February 2014
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