I was driving past the local park the other day and saw a bunch of people doing a ‘bootcamp’. Now don’t get me wrong, I love to see people burning up some energy and getting in to it but the world of fitness is changing and I thought you might like to know a few things about this. I believe fitness training or coaching as it perhaps should be known is getting smarter. You know, just because you are training in a big group doesn’t mean you should all be doing the exact same exercises for the simple fact that everyone has different capabilities. The reason I call it coaching is because our job is not just to ‘train’ but to coach movement and help people move better before they move often. I have ‘stolen’ that little phrase from Gray Cook a US based physiotherapist who has done some amazing things in our field to improve what is offered to the general public who are keen to turn their health and fitness around and do it safely. This desire to start doing some regular exercise is great but the biggest de-railer is getting hurt. This is why I believe the bootcamp as it has been delivered for perhaps the last 10 years is dead or should be. This is unfortunate because it is often the entry point because of the low cost, for people who need it most. A lot of the time in this world, you get what you pay for. But that’s another conversation. Large group fitness training […]