North County
Fitness Boot Camps
The Benefits:
Enrolling in a
NC fitness boot camp is the optimum way to lose weight,
lose inches, get physically fit and to learn a healthy
lifestyle to keep the inches and pounds off. The long term
benefits are extensive, and well worth the financial
investment in ones self.
The Food plan:
Each
participant is asked to follow a simple food plan that is
not overly restrictive, is highly nutritious and does not
require calorie counting. Motivated boot camp participants
will begin to eat balanced meals and learn the healthy
benefits of doing so.
Weight loss:
Students have
an opportunity to achieve dramatic weight loss in a healthy
way. Students who are determined and motivated enough to
follow the food plan, maintain excellent class attendance
by showing up at least 90 percent of the time, remain
focused and put out 100 percent effort during class
sessions will achieve dramatic results in terms of weight
loss, body sculpting and physical appearance. The biggest
problem some highly motivated boot camp participants have
is trying to keep their clothes from falling off before
getting to the clothing store to buy a different wardrobe.
Flexibility:
Flexibility is
essential to maintaining a full range of motion throughout
one’s lifetime. Age has a way of stiffening our bodies, and
over time limiting our ability to do the things we love.
Each class session devotes a significant amount of time to
different forms of stretching including, yoga exercises,
active-isolative stretching, static stretching, and PNF
stretching, to gain flexibility in a variety of ways to
meet varying circumstances.
Conditioning:
Each class
session will devote a period of time to Cardio
conditioning. Tuesday and Thursday sessions will focus
primarily on aerobic, cardio conditioning. This will be
achieved through calisthenics and cardio-kickboxing.
Core strength/abs:
Each class will
devote time to core-conditioning, strengthening the torso,
stomach and back. Motivated boot camp participants feel
great as they lose inches around the waist, decrease back
pain problems and gain core strength.
Strength
Building:
Every class has
exercises that build strength. On Monday, Wednesday and
Friday there is an emphasis on resistance training to tone
the participants’ body and build strength. This is achieved
by strength building calisthenics, use of dumbbells and
rubber resistance exercise bands.
Intensity:
Every class is
extremely intense. Despite marketing claims of other
programs, there is no way to obtain optimum results except
through intense workouts. Every student does what they can,
and find over the course of the camp their ability to
complete the exercises will increase dramatically.
Group
accountability:
This is the
ingredient that is missing in most fitness programs. An
individual working out on their own has no accountability
to anyone. They have no accountability to show up. They
have no accountability to maintain a high level of
intensity throughout their workout. The typical fitness
center drop in classes don’t have the regular faces day
after day. The boot camp atmosphere develops accountability
as well as support. Students realize they “are all in the
same boat”. The high energy of the class and instructor
helps to build motivation and drive in the students. The
group effort is difficult to duplicate because it meets the
emotional needs of every student in the program.
Motivation:
At the
beginning of the 10 week session, students attend an
orientation class where each student is weighed, has their
measurements taken, pictures taken, and performs a fitness
test. They are also asked to set fitness goals for
themselves. Progress is noted at the 5 week mark. At the
end of the 10 weeks students are also weighed, measured,
photographed and the same fitness test performed. The
participant who makes the greatest strides in terms of
fitness will receive a worthwhile prize.
Cost:
We said it
before and we will say it again. The small financial
investment you make into yourself will pay dividends over a
lifetime. The boot camp is very affordable, far less than
the cost of hiring a personal trainer. For the price of a
couple of latte’s a day you can have fun, find yourself in
great condition, and feeling better than you thought
possible.