5 Things You Should Know Before Enrolling In A Weight Loss Boot Camp
December 16, 2009 by Brandon Carrier
Filed under Weight Loss
While just about all fitness boot camps include warm ups, workouts and an endless number of exercises, what you need may be more than that. Here’s how you can find the best boot camp to meet your specific needs. Keep in mind that your body is unique and has a specific way of responding to exercise, so you should gently experiment with it to understand its capacity, all while constantly making an effort to enhance it, and make it get as fit and healthy as you can.
Most fitness boot camps last anywhere from 30-60 minutes training 3-6 times per week. They include resistance training consisting of equipment as well as body weight. Some exercises might include push-ups, running, lunges, core exercises, squats and partner or team exercises. Each fitness boot camp begins with a warm up and ends with a cool down, which incorporates stretching exercises. Try to find exercise boot camps, which give you all this, and more. Choose a specialized boot camps such as weight loss boot camps or sports specific boot camps, in order to meet your specific goal. Consider the 5 tips below carefully before zeroing in on a particular boot camp.
TIP 1. You must find out how closely the boot camp suits you. Since workouts are done in groups find a bootcamp that puts a limit on the number of participants. No matter how good an instructor might be, stay away from boot camps that exceed a 15 to 1 ratio (participant to instructor). This ensures that you will be able to get enough of focused, individualized attention and the instructor can be sure everyone is on task and make necessary adjustments.
TIP 2. You must find out how encouraging or how intimidating you want your instructor to be, according to your goals and your personal flexibility. Some boot camps have instructors who have military backgrounds and take somewhat of a “hardcore” approach. The newest trend of boot camps has little or no military regimen but takes more of an energetic and fun personal training approach. Both however are a sure fire way to get results.
TIP 3. A qualified fitness instructor or personal trainer with recognized certificates and or a relevant college degree should be leading any reputable bootcamp. A medical clearance and private fitness assessment should be mandatory before beginning. This will give you the chance to ask the trainer any questions or concerns you may have.
TIP 4. A good boot camp instructor should answer all your questions and never ask you to ignore injuries or bodily pains. Just be sure you do your homework and not follow the instructor blindly. Traditional, military style boot camps mean tough workouts and subjecting the body to the worst of conditions. Most people are looking for something way milder than that and therefore never encouraging you to pull your body beyond its limit.
TIP 5. Any highly regarded fitness camp ought to offer some kind of trial period. During this time make sure to talk to others and find out as much as you can from the instructor and existing members and feel free to discuss their results. If this is not something you are comfortable with, than simply pay attention and take note during the session and you will get a feel for the environment and quickly decide if the particular boot camp is one you would like to continue.
The Author is a Kansas City Fitness Expert and Personal Trainer. Brandon Carrier and Brittany Katz are the owners of a 21 Day Rapid Fat Loss Kansas City Boot Camp called Boot Camp 21 located in Overland Park/Kansas City area. To find out all about what their Kansas City Boot Camp can do for you, stop by their web site at www.BootCamp21.com.
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