ComplementaryFitness

                          Co-ordination

                           Strength

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RESISTANCE BAND & HAND HELD WEIGHTS  WORKOUT 

or FITNESS BOOTCAMP CLASSES

RESISTANCE BAND CONDITIONING / HAND HELD WEIGHTS WORKOUT

Resistance bands have been around since 1980.  However it wasn’t until the last few years that bands began to be used as a functional strength training tool

·                        Resistance bands increase coordination.  Because there's tension throughout the exercises, you have to stabilize your body.  This helps with coordination, balance and it also helps you involve more muscle groups.

·                        Bands add variety - the resistance band allows you to change your positioning in multiple ways. This changes how your body works and how an exercise feels.

·                        Bands are cheap. Bands range anywhere from £5 to £10, and can be bought from sports shops: JJB Sport, John Lewis, Boots, Tesco, Matalan etc.  They can be bought online too.

·                        They're great for all fitness levels. Depending on how you use them, bands can be great for beginners as well as more advanced exercisers.  We can use them for basic moves or to add intensity to traditional moves.

You can buy a variety of bands.  Most bands are colour-coded according to tension level (e.g., light, medium, heavy, very heavy).  It's best to have at least 2 or 3 - light, medium and heavy since different muscle groups will require different levels of resistance.  We also use resistance tubing bands with handles on the end and again, these come in different colours and levels of resistance. 

Hand held weights can add muscle mass to your body when exercising with them (although don’t worry, you won’t end up looking Arnie.  Using weights, you’ll increase strength, power, speed, co-ordination as well as core stability.  You could bring 2 or 3 sets of weights to class ie a set of (2) lighter 1k or 1½k weights then a medium set of 1½ or 2 k each and a heavier set of 3 or 4k and alternate between the different sets during the session/class.  Weights can be bought in any large supermarket (Tesco, Matalan, sports outlets/shops) and are reasonably priced.

Resistance training will increase your lean body tissue, improve your posture, enhance self esteem, make significant changes in body composition and increase metabolic rate.

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FITNESS BOOTCAMP CLASSES

Bootcamps appeal to a large range of people because just about anyone can do the exercises.  And they escape the women-only stigma of aerobics and the men-only stigma of weight lifting. 

Influenced by traditional military bootcamps, these fitness programmes are so popular because they work— when they’re done right—and because of their social element.   Bootcamp participants enjoy the camaraderie of exercising in a group.   Much like peer pressure keeps soldiers moving in military boot camp, peer encouragement – and developing friendships - keep people moving in fitness bootcamp.   

These classes are equipment and choreography free workouts designed to fire up the body's metabolism ensuing maximum fat loss PLUS muscle conditioning in one action packed workout.  Susan uses body weight training and intervals plus new innovative mix and match exercise blocks in these Fitness Bootcamp programmes which are effective and fun.  They consist of a series of exercises carried out in a sequence.  Exercises are rotated so that no one muscle group is excessively fatigued.  The main objective in fitness bootcamp classes is to increase muscular endurance and cardio-vascular fitness and to burn calories and increase post workout fat burning.   

Bootcamps are very popular and appeal to people because of the fun and social factors.  Celebrity or instructor videos are motivating—but video workouts are very impersonal, and the motivation often lasts only for the first week or so. 

In a bootcamp session, participants get personal motivation that is fresh and new every session.  As a Bootcamp trainer, I can also correct exercise form and postures for clients to keep them safe and get the most from the exercises.  A video can’t do that. 

The bottom line is that bootcamps make your bottom line look better.  They are an efficient way to deliver effective fitness to more people.   Examples of some exercises are......

Bootcamps are BIG business - come and find out what all the buzz is about.

For more details about the above classes, click on  Timetable for dates and cost.

Please click on Contact if you'd like to email Susan with a query/question about either class type.

Please also see more information about Resistance Band/Hand Held Weights Workout OR Fitness Bootcamp classes by clicking on Class Descriptions and What to Wear.  

You can also read class participant comments on the Comments page.