4 Fitness Boot Camp Exercises that Get Results
By Georgette Pann
Teaching a fitness boot camp can be an extremely rewarding experience. Helping groups of people to get in shape at the same time is fun and boot camp workouts are typically very intense. With all the options that people have in order to exercise and get in shape, your boot camp will need to offer not only a fun and exciting atmosphere, but actual definable RESULTS that participants can see. A bootcamp that produces great results is one that will gain a lot of popularity by word of mouth and you will have people lining up to sign up for your next fitness boot camp class.
Listed here are 4 fitness boot camp exercises that are not only fun, but will deliver INCREDIBLE results. If these are not a part of your fitness bootcamp yet, then it’s time to include them to give your boot camp trainees an extra challenge that will get them into condition faster than ever adding more variety to your boot camp drills.
1. Pistols
A surefire test of bodyweight strength and muscle control, as well as an INCREDIBLE leg workout is the pistol. This is a one-legged squat in which you place one leg out in front of you and then slowly lower yourself until your thigh is parallel. For an additional challenge go even lower if possible to increase the difficulty. Just as in a normal squat, it is crucial to keep your knee behind the toes. In group workouts, make sure to watch your students form closely so that injuries can be avoided. Once you are able to get everyone in your fitness bootcamp performing pistols, their leg strength will increase dramatically! If you really want to see them wince, have them hold a kettlebell out in front of their body!
2. Turkish Get-Up
Possibly one of the best total body exercises known to man (and women), the Turkish Get-up will challenge your will and muscular endurance like no other exercise. Start by lying on your back along with a kettlebell in one hand while it is held with the arm extended straight up in the air. Next, move from lying on your back to standing straight up and then back down again. This is all done while holding the kettlebell straight up in the air. Make sure you learn the form for this one from an experienced trainer. This is a very difficult boot camp exercise but this single exercise will ensure that Nobody forgets the workout they endured at your fitness boot camp!
3. Burpees
It’s really unknown where this exercise got its name as it is less likely that someone will burp as throw up when doing this fitness bootcamp exercise. There is one thing I can guarantee, and that is that your fitness bootcamp participants will be on FIRE after knocking out a few repetitions of these babies! Simple enough to do, go from standing straight up, right to a push up position (not in several motions as in a squat thrust, but in one controlled motion) and then go straight into a push-up. After that, pop up to a standing position again and jump as high as you can into the air with your hands over your head. That is one repetition. Do a few and you will understand what burpees are all about…
4. Kettlebell Swings
Personally, I think kettllebell swings make a great foundation for ANY extreme boot camp exercise program as they not only provide a great overall muscular workout, they will train your cardiovascular system as well making it a great fat loss workout! Just pick up a kettlebell with both hands, and swing it through your legs and then up and in front of you up to eye level. If you want to add more intensity, swing the kettlebell straight overhead. Continue for 20-25 reps and you will know why this exercise is soon becoming a fitness bootcamp favorite.Make sure these 4 exercises are a part of your next bootcamp and you can rest assured that your attendees will feel the burn and get the results they were looking for!
Author: Georgette Pann is creator of the Sure Victory Fitness Bootcamp Kit for trainers.
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