| The secret to a good boot camp workout is high | | | | recovery. You can manipulate the exercises, the |
| energy. The reason many people chose boot | | | | order of the exericises, the number of "Tabatas" per |
| camps is because they're a fun change of pace from | | | | round or per exercise. You can get pretty creative. |
| the normal gym routine. A great boot camp | | | | |
| workout gets results, but keeps it fun! | | | | One thing I do that my clients love is to make it a |
| The only tough part about designing a boot camp | | | | competition of sorts. There are a number of ways |
| workout is that there usually isn't enough equipment | | | | to do this using the Tabata protocol. The first way |
| for everybody. You have to figure out how to put | | | | is to see who can do the most reps of a certain |
| your clients through a killer workout without any | | | | exercise in a specified number of rounds. The |
| equipment. | | | | second way is to see how many total rounds or |
| Fortunately, there are numerous boot camp workout | | | | "tabatas" they can complete before exhaustion. |
| methods that are extremely effective bodyweight | | | | You'll be amazed at how they will push themselves |
| workouts that require NO equipment. | | | | and have fun doing it. As a side note, I usually only |
| One of my favorite methods uses the "Tabata" | | | | do competition type events after the group has had |
| protocol. The Tabata protocol uses bodyweight | | | | the chance to get to know one another and are |
| exercises such as squats, lunges, push-ups, crunches, | | | | comfortable in the setting. |
| planks, mountain climbers, or really any other body | | | | By using the Tabata protocol, you can pretty much |
| weight exercise you can think of. | | | | guarantee that your clients will be begging for mercy |
| The key to Tabata protocols is the timing. Each | | | | after just 15 minutes. Try it out and mix it up. |
| Tabata is done for 20 seconds with 10 seconds of | | | | |