Boot Camps are no longer the latest fitness fad; they have proved they can stay the distance. But do Boot Camps provide any lasting benefit or complementary cross training to an existing exercise regime? And there are Boot Camps…and there are Boot Camps! Not all are the same, or give the same benefits. Some are little more than schoolyard group exercises; do 10 push ups, 10 star jumps, run round a bit, stop, chat to your neighbour, have a drink of water.
But the benefits of a well run Boot Camp program like Anna Junghans’s Executive Results, go a lot further. Boot Camps are strenuous exercise, with significant physical results including increased aerobic and anaerobic fitness. For example, Kara, a competitive cyclist, attends Anna’s Boot Camp regularly to help with her training. She says, “Boot Camp definitely works on my upper body strength and increases my cycling power, especially with all the conditioning work we do. “In addition, intense exercise has also been proven to have significant co-benefits, such as rapid reduction of body fat, and increased muscle tone and definition.
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