Posts Tagged ‘circuits’

10 Reasons Why You NEED Beginner Bootcamp

Saturday, August 14th, 2010
Here are the top 10 reasons you NEED beginner bootcamp, whether you are a camper or a camp owner:

1.) True fitness is about longevity and having fun through movement, not quick fixes and instant gratification. If you have pain in your joints you will hate working out and will quit at some point, no matter how much weight you lose in the short-term… and then all of that weight will creep back on.
2.) If you have tissue restrictions, you will never be able to properly perform the key exercises like squats, lunges, and push-ups in a pain-free, full range of motion. Thus, you will not be able to burn fat and build muscle at optimal rates. You simply CANNOT burn lots of calories with partial range of motion movements like quarter squats and lunges!!
3.) If you have ever had pain in your joints, then you need beginner bootcamp. It’s not about pain SITE, it’s about pain SOURCE! Most nagging aches and pains in your joints are caused by tightness and restrictions in the muscles above and below the joint in question.
4.) The research shows that you want about a 1:1 high-intensity work to active recovery/regeneration ratio. In other words, if you do an intense 30-minute workout then you need to do about 30-minutes of foam rolling, stretching, and mobility/activation work to prevent over-training and accelerate recovery. Having a beginner bootcamp allows you to teach campers how to do the regeneration stuff so they can eventually do it on their own to get the most out of their regular bootcamp workouts.
5.) Overweight and out of shape people need a lower intensity fitness program to build confidence and ease them into a higher intensity program. Tissue quality, flexibility, and mobility/activation circuits will be challenging enough and will bulletproof their bodies before they enter your more advanced bootcamp drastically reducing injuries and separating your camp from the competition.
6.) The vast majority of campers are men and women that are in their 30’s and 40’s. This is the age when your joints begin to naturally lose motion and lubrication thus making tissue quality, flexibility, and mobility/activation work of the highest priority.
7.) Total fitness is more than just about being lean and strong. To be truly fit you need healthy tissue, flexibility, mobility, strength, stability, power, endurance, and balance. Beginner Bootcamp provides you with your fitness foundation to build upon and it’s a step that cannot be skipped for best results.
8.) If you or your campers can’t do the front splits… then you NEED beginner bootcamp in a heinous way!
9.) Most bootcamps are simply about beating people to a pulp and making them tired- this is not a skill – this is not an art form. The group exercise world is evolving into group personal training. It’s moving away from the random, unstructured bootcamp workouts with no method behind the madness. And every solid group personal training program starts with a beginner bootcamp. You are either part of the problem or part of the solution… I hope you move away from the dark side sooner than later.
10.) It’s the right thing to do. I always like to ask myself this:
“What would the top professionals in the fitness industry think if they walked through the doors of my facility? Would they think we’re doing the right thing?

In other words, what would Boyle, Cressey, Hartman, Robertson, Cosgrove, and Dos do?
I think you already know the answer to that ;)
You have less than 48 hours to save $20 on the exact beginner bootcamp program we use in our MISSION: METABOLISM BOOTCAMP in Milwaukee, WI:

Crank it!
BJ
PS- This program is approved by one of the world’s best physical therapists… it’s the real deal:

MISSION: UNBREAKABLE

Wednesday, July 28th, 2010

LISTEN TO THE EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW ABOUT MISSION: UNBREAKABLE WITH BJ GADDOUR, WORKOUT MUSE CO-CREATOR AND FITNESS DIRECTOR, AND DR. K, WORLD RENOWNED PHYSICAL THERAPIST:

http://www.workoutmuse.com/blog/MissionUnbREakABle/MU_Interview.mp3

Over the last 7-8 months, I have been busily working behind the scenes with my good friend Dr. Kareem Samhouri on developing a groundbreaking product called MISSION: UNBREAKABLE (M: U).

M: U features custom interval training workout music soundtracks for pre-workout and post-workout routines, with specific tracks for tissue quality (self-massage with foam roller, tennis balls, softballs, massage sticks, etc.), flexibility, and mobility/activation.

Our goal was to bring a corrective, physical therapy-based approach to the group exercise and fitness bootcamp world leveraging our individual specialties.

It comes complete with videos of all of the exercises, cheat sheets, and my exact beginner bootcamp template from my MISSION: METABOLISM BOOTCAMP in Milwaukee, WI (more on this over the next week or so as M: U launches next week at a special intro price!!).

If you don’t know who Dr. K is, well… he is possibly the most brilliant man in the fitness world.

What would happen if the most interesting man in the world (left) partnered with the most brilliant man in the fitness world (right)… it would be EXPLOSIVE!!

When he was 4 years old, he taught himself how to flex and extend his arm at the same time.

If your body hurts, it is because he missed lunch and he’s grumpy.

Where most people use 10% of their brains, he uses 10% of all of our brains at all times… plus 90% of his own.

His smile is so bright you can see it from space.

He talks so fast that he makes the old micromachine commercials seem like they take place in slow-motion.

When he goes swimming, he can communicate with dolphins via sonar.

If he looks at you hard enough, he can repair worn cartilage while standing on one foot… while grabbing his nose… and balancing his checkbook… while reading the Bible in Chinese.

If you have ever suffered from nagging aches in pains in your knees, hips, shoulders, or back, then you need to listen to this interview TODAY:

http://www.workoutmuse.com/blog/MissionUnbREakABle/MU_Interview.mp3

I’ve listened to a lot of fitness pros speak and I can honestly say that I learned more in this 1 hour+ interview than any other hour in the history of my fitness career.

But don’t take my word for it, LISTEN NOW:

http://www.workoutmuse.com/blog/MissionUnbREakABle/MU_Interview.mp3

Perform Better Summit Warm-ups Powered by Workout Muse

Friday, June 11th, 2010

This past weekend was the 2010 Perform Better Functional Training Summit in Providence, RI.

It was a great event and a very special weekend for Workout Muse as two of the presenters powered their presentations with our interval training workout music.

One of those presenters was the Coach Mike Boyle, the godfather of strength and conditioning.

Take a look at the two videos below where you’ll see over 200 fitness pros doing Coach Boyles 50-10 flexibility circuit and his 30-5 mobility and activation circuit:

Crank it!

BJ

PS- We just added a new product called WORKOUT MUSE CLASSIC to our store. It features all of our original soundtracks for ONLY $99.95. That’s over $100 of savings from its original retail value. Click the link below to learn more and to listen to some audio samples:

http://www.workoutmuse.com/music/workout-muse-classic-combo-package-digital-downloads