Santa Monica Boot Camp Morning Crunch

I’ve done a bunch of bootcamps over the past few years and this is by far my fave. Instructor Guil really makes it, using terrible jokes and hilarious stories about his romantic misadventures to get us through the pain. There’s a good balance of surprise and routine, i.e.) you know Wednesdays are weights and Fridays are circuits but as for which exercises he might throw your way — ???
I love this workout so much, I’m actually considering a return despite the fact that I now live downtown! Honestly, you don’t know what you’ve got ’til it’s gone.

This is the most disorganized bootcamp I’ve ever attended. I purchased a Groupon for a $ 45 monthlong session, and I guess you get what you pay for. For session one, the instructor was gone so they brought in a sub, Nikki. She was very nice, but there was no rhyme or reason to her class, it was like she just had a list of exercises with no particular order/​rationale for doing them. And she did not push people to work hard, I didn’t feel inspired or energized like I have from other instructors.
The second class, the instructor was again on vacation, so another sub came 10 minutes late. He was better than Nikki but was disorganized because he was late and scrambling to put the circuits together. For the third class, he didn’t even show up. Thanks, pal. for the rest of the class that showed up at 6 am, that really sucked.
I’m not sure if the company would have even said anything had I not contacted them, but the real instructor finally sent a note to the group saying the guy had a flat tire. A professional organization would have sent an email to the class or something, but these guys are no pros. They are completely disorganized and don’t know how to run a bootcamp. The real instructor finally came back to the class two weeks into it, but it’s really not ok to sign up for a four week class and have substitutes for almost half of it. When I complained to management, they told me people go on vacation, deal with it. Maybe they should start their class when their instructors are in town so they have instructors who know what they’re doing and who actually show up.
I’m going to write a review about my other bootcamp experience which was so much better.

Ok, boot camps are definitely the answer to optimized fitness! I have tried a few as it can be quite a personal experience. If you don’t love the class/​trainer you won’t be motivated to get up early.
Boot Camp Morning Crunch in Santa Monica is my answer. It really is almost like having your own trainer. The sessions are well rounded and enjoyable. This beats a dirty gym any day!

Class is great! It’s a struggle with myself to get up each time and get there, but once I’m done, I feel great. Nikki changes the circuits every day. I haven’t done anything similar since day 1 and we’re on week 4 now. I think this is a great way to lose weight. I’ve lost inches already.