“Except at a military boot camp, it is very difficult to force anyone to train.” (Plowman & Smith, 2011, p.15) An important element beyond physiological training principles is motivation, and I am sure most if not all readers will have experienced the ‘body is able but the heart is not in it’ scenario. Therefore, any… Read More
Terms: Ability Group Levels
Civilian Boot Camp Perspective The placing of individual’s into groups according to fitness/ability in order to bring those of similar fitness levels together to provide cohesion, support and motivation whilst exercising at a level that is more likely to be appropriate to their needs. As such individual’s can expect to find themselves in one of… Read More
UK Boot Camps: When They Started
Boot camps were brought to the UK by Robin Cope, a retired British Army officer, in 1999 “as an alternative form of group training to gyms” (BMF, 2012). However, Wikipedia suggests that the fitness boot camp concept did not reach our shores until 2005 (Wikipedia, 2012). Wikipedia usually so right, but on this occasion so… Read More
2000s and UK Boot Camps
Boot camps were brought to the UK by Robin Cope, a retired British Army officer, in 1999 “as an alternative form of group training to gyms” (BMF, 2012). However, Wikipedia suggests that the fitness boot camp concept did not reach our shores until 2005 (Wikipedia, 2012). The idea of British Military Fitness (BMF) was to… Read More
Introduction
Modern fitness boot camps have only been around for about 20 years in the US where they originate, and the UK where they have only really taken off in the last 5-6 years. The principles of a modern fitness boot camp are simple: improve people’s fitness, push people a bit further than they would push… Read More
Boot Camp & Military Fitness Institute 