| I spent some time with Paul from BurnIt Bootcamp | | | | the US for some time now, with Australia and Dubai |
| recently and hoped they could explain to me the new | | | | now over run with them. People are looking to be |
| phenomenon that has been sweeping the globe for | | | | pushed, they don't trust themselves to work hard |
| the last decade, fitness bootcamps have taken their | | | | enough to reach their goals and so are happy to pay |
| lead from the Military bootcamps and the public are | | | | for someone to take that responsibility for them. |
| responding well. according to Paul people need to | | | | Burn It have developed a unique training system that |
| entrust their health goals to someone else. They | | | | takes the best elements of bootcamp, adds in the |
| have been let down by gyms who will write a | | | | latest understanding of motivational psychology and |
| program for them and then just leave them to their | | | | educates its users in how to plan a successful food |
| own devices, A new start exerciser need nurtured | | | | diet. Unlike many weight loss clubs, Burn it looks to |
| and encouraged into the exercise habit. | | | | empower the individual in taking better care of |
| The world's longest running military inspired boot | | | | themselves, not to use us as a crutch, with our users |
| camp fitness program, ORIGINAL BOOTCAMP™, | | | | getting results in a comparable time frame but safe |
| was founded in Australia in 1991 by former Royal | | | | and sustainable. Rather than this working against us |
| Australian Army infantry soldier, 'Chief' Brabon. The | | | | we have found that our users become more loyal to |
| ORIGINAL BOOTCAMP™ program has since grown | | | | our system and continue to use Bootcamps as a |
| into the world's most successful military fitness | | | | way of keeping fit. |
| program, with over 50 licensed/ franchised programs | | | | Secret Recipe: |
| across three continents (Australasia, Asia, North | | | | Latest motivational psychology |
| America). | | | | Using a blend of sport psychology, neuro linguistic |
| Boot camps provide social support for those taking | | | | programming and knowledge of the field they have |
| part. This provides a different environment for those | | | | created a list of the key barriers to exercise, using |
| exercisers who get bored in a gym and so find it | | | | this list we looked to find ways to bypass them, |
| hard to develop a habit of exercise. Participants make | | | | setting the user free of their previous constraints. |
| friends and socialize as they exercise, although how | | | | And in true burn it style, they teach the user how to |
| strict the trainers or drill instructors in charge can be | | | | harness these techniques allowing them to keep |
| will depend on the company running the camp. | | | | motivated or even apply them to other areas of |
| Members of fitness boot camps are usually tested | | | | their life. |
| for fitness on Day 1 and then retested at the end of | | | | Push them to their limits no further |
| the camp, which usually runs for between 4-6 weeks. | | | | This strap line actually means something to them. |
| Military bootcamps are almost completely useless for | | | | they never give general teaching points, they split |
| the general public. When a recruit joins the army they | | | | the group up into ability levels so they can give the |
| are pre screened to be at their peak health. They go | | | | right instructions to the right people at a glance. Then |
| in to it 100%, no desk work the next morning, no | | | | the commands are all designed to mean different |
| taking the kids to a birthday party straight after the | | | | things to different people, during the sessions they |
| bootcamp. So to try and run a military bootcamp in | | | | utilise 'Borgs rate of perceived exertion' to help the |
| the general public is not just a waste of your time | | | | user gauge how hard they should be pushing |
| but potentially dangerous. However, the bootcamp | | | | themselves. |
| themed fitness camp has been extremely popular in | | | | |