Wednesday, December 24, 2008

What is a Fitness Boot Camp and Why Should I Enlist?

You may or may not be familiar with one of the hottest trends in fitness today. Fitness boot camps began on the West Coast and have made their way here to Wilmington NC. They have been featured in the national news media including CNN, Fox News and the American Council on Exercise recently published a study about them.

Boot camps offer similar benefits as personal training but at a huge reduction in cost. People that do them get hooked immediately because they work and produce results and because they are done in a group environment they push performance to levels beyond normal limitations. The camraderie built in this environment is priceless and is a big part of the success of people involved.

Work outs are done outdoors most of the time so there is a completely different feel to this type of work out. Boot camp gets people out of the mundane and closed walls of the gym. They put to death the boring repetition of the treadmill and mix in various circuits of body weight exercisees like running, jumping, pushups, pullups, squat thrusts, mountain climbers and the list goes on. We also use various objects of torture such as kettlebells, medicine balls & sandbags. Pretty much anything goes but it certainly isn't boring!

Simply put, boot camps are the most effective and affordable fitness offering on the market today. If you are up for losing some weight, making some friends & getting in the best shape of your life then you have found what you are looking for! I will write more about this type of exercise but in the mean time check out the video below to see how boot camp goes. Check out www.montysbootcamp.com for details.


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