The advantages of boot camp
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Do you enjoy fresh air, vigorous exercise and spending time with other people? Then you need to try a boot camp! Boot camp is a combination of discipline, struggle and perseverance. It is a full-body workout where you use everything you have at your disposal and in which no workout is the same.
Boot camp has many benefits for body and mind. So, it's no wonder that it is on the rise and has been conquering Europe since 2000.
Where does boot camp come from?
Boot camp, as the name suggests, is not a Dutch invention. Boot camp originated in the US military. Soldiers were trained in a very intensive way in a short time with the equipment that was available at the time; ropes, tree trunks, car tires, benches, people’s own body weight. Everything was used to make you fitter and stronger.
Boot camp arrived in Europe around 1999. It immediately got welcomed by the general public, and it is now an indispensable part of a full-body workout.
What are the benefits of boot camp?
Bootcamp has a lot of advantages – and a few potential disadvantages. We have listed the most important ones for you.
Bootcamp is a full-body workout
You can do boot camp wherever you want
All you need is fresh outdoor air. You use everything you come across, from playground equipment to a ditch and from fences to benches and a sandy path. But you can also bring handy items (with which you train directly with running-with-weight) such as cones, skipping ropes en ankle and wrist weights. You can also set up an open space with training accessories such as strength bags, bulgarian bags, wall balls, an agility ladder and a speed parachute.
You burn a lot of calories
Boot camp is for beginners and advanced
Because you make use of everything that you come across (or can easily take with you) during a workout, you can always train at your own level. Boot camp training sessions are usually offered for beginners and advanced. More or less intensive, lower or shorter training; workouts can be easily adapted to the level.
You train together
Of course you can put together a boot camp program on your own, but it is generally done with a group. Training together motivates you as you pull each other through tough moments and encourage each other. Training together often also provides that extra push to do a workout, even if you don't feel like it.You push your limits
Pushing your limits often results from training together. With boot camps you often go a step further than you had in mind. This is because there are always new challenges in front of you, the group encourages you and because you want to do that little bit extra to boost your fitness.Boot camp is stress-reducing
Exercising in the open air is good for body and mind. The fresh air, being physically active, having people you can talk to, the green surroundings, clearing your head completely, the endorphins that are released during exercise. Boot camps make stress disappear instantaneously and gives you renewed energy.
The ‘disadvantages’ of boot camp
Boot camp doesn't only have benefits. There can also be downsides. We purposely write 'can', because you often have some control over these disadvantages.
You can overtrain
As a result of group pressure you can sometimes go a little too far or too fast, especially when in a large group and if the trainer has lost the individual overview. This can result in overextending or injury. So always listen to your body and know your limits.
It's not always nice weather
Not everyone minds training in the pouring rain. But if you don't like that or if there isn't enough opportunity to cool down and put on dry clothes after a workout, you can catch a cold.
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