Our exercise of the month for September is

“The Crawl Push-Up”

Now, most people know what a push-up is and have probably at some stage in their life attempted a few. But, few people know just how good push-ups can be in your workout.  Read more... (208 words, estimated 50 secs reading time)

I am writing this blog while on holiday at Carmel in George…it is an absolutely amazing place as you can see from the picture below (view from carmel)…

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Last month our theme in terms of workouts was: “adrenalin abs” and we focused on total body exercises that facilitate the release of adrenaline to help maximise fat loss and in the workout our total body exercise was followed by a core stability exercises to help firm and flatten our abs.  Read more... (843 words, 3 images, estimated 3:22 mins reading time)



Our theme for this month is: “the one sided argument for amazing abs” and we have been focusing on exercises that can be done on one side (left or right) at a time. Now, our exercise of the month for March at Fitness Boot Camp is not only a unilateral exercise, but it is also a full body exercise that works you from head to toe and really targets the abs too!  Read more... (468 words, estimated 1:52 mins reading time)

Change is inevitable…it happens all the time. Things change…people change. But, most people don’t like to change.

Last week Friday, my daughter, Katie (2 years old) did not want to change. Now, the change she didn’t want to make was “out of her pajamas and into her clothes to go to school”.  Read more... (346 words, estimated 1:23 mins reading time)

Ever heard the saying:

“It is not how you start, but how you finish that counts.”

Well, at boot camp we don’t leave anything to chance…including how you FINISH…

Boot campers are very familiar with something we call “Finishers”. These are 4-5 minute workouts at the very end of boot camp sessions that are what they say they are…  Read more... (201 words, 4 images, estimated 48 secs reading time)

Do you ever struggle to keep your motivation with the exercise you are doing?

If so, there is a great way to maintain your motivation and ensure that your body continues to transform and get better and better…

The Workout Challenge  Read more... (235 words, 5 images, estimated 56 secs reading time)

When I mention “2010″ what do you think of…?

For many people, images of the Soccer World Cup in 2010 is what appears in our minds…for some these are very pleasant thoughts and for others these may be very unpleasant thoughts.  Read more... (236 words, estimated 57 secs reading time)

This morning’s boot camp was the perfect demonstration of “unstoppable motivation”.

If you live in Cape Town, you awoke this morning to a torrential downpour. It was raining so hard I could hardly see as i was driving to boot camp at 05h40 this morning.  Read more... (177 words, estimated 42 secs reading time)

Here is our fitness boot camp workout of the week:

It is a great way to get a full body workout while mixing up your exercise and ensuring you have a bit of fun…

Get a normal pack of playing cards. Shuffle them and put them close by. Each suit of card represents a different exercise category within your workout:  Read more... (189 words, 6 images, estimated 45 secs reading time)