Fit Body Boot Camp

I would highly recommend this place! Originally from Glasgow myself, I first went to Boot Camp back in November 2011 after buying a deal for Boot Camp on Groupon. I had a big holiday to America planned in Summer 2012 and wanted to really get into shape. I was never particularly big but I was defintely over weight and could do with losing some weight and being healthier. I knew for me it wasn’t so much my unhealthy eating, but more so my over eating and lack of physical activity (I’m a dentist and tend to sit most of the time). Anyway, my first class was with Chris and boy was it hard!!! I couldn’t walk down the stairs afterwards! I was tempted to quit but for whatever reason I decided to keep going for the next 6 weeks, going 3 – 4 times a week and often not just staying for one 30 minute session but two and sometimes even three! By the end of my 6 weeks I really felt and seen a difference. I was losing pounds and inches and because of the super fun and enthusiastic trainers and all the new friends I had made, I decided to stay on for another 6 months. Over that time I lost 20 lbs and lots of inches all over — my before and after pictures really showed the changes! I have been with Riccardo and his team for almost 3 years now and have to say it was the best thing I have done regarding fitness. I’m so glad I signed up, the classes are so much fun and they are so encouraging, it almost becomes addictive! High intensity interval training has been proven to be the best way to burn fat and is suitable for all ages and shapes and sizes!

I’ve been going to Fit Body Bootcamp for a over a year now, and it has changed my vision of high intensity workouts (Yes, I used to be a bit sport-​averse, thinking I had exercised like mad when I was doing one zumba session a week… moving on…).
Training sessions are 30 minutes long and you can do as many back to back as you like; they run almost all day long, with a few breaks here and there, but run until usually 20.30 every day. Sundays are off but Saturday mornings are on and well on!
The atmosphere and staff (Riccardo, Claire, Jamie, Lauren…) are super nice and full of energy at all times. All slightly mad in their own way, which make the workouts really super fun. I highly recommend this place to anyone looking to shape up, tone up, drop weight… whatever your fitness or performance goals are, you’re in for a lot of fun and good training.

Guys just a quick update — this definitely works, if you are committed. Before going to New York I didn’t even bother weighing myself because I felt good, was fitting into all ‘skinny’ clothes, and had dropped a dress size, and I received compliments from friends and family telling me I had definitely lost weight and looked toned. This was me going to no more than 6 classes a week (I tended to do 3 days of two classes back to back, or 2 days with 2 classes and lunchtime classes on 2 other days). I also didn’t eat a lot of meat during this time either — doing it in line with some form of calorie control is of course going to expedite results.
Fast forward to a month later, having eaten and drank my way through New York with the only exercise being walking, and I felt flabby… my boyfriend was disgusted with me mid way through the holiday when I said ‘…I miss bootcamp’. But I did! I could see myself losing my tone and the clothes getting just a bit tighter and less flattering… but hey, I was in holiday mode!
Now I’m back in Glasgow I’m back to boot camp — but without the holiday goal I’m finding it a lot tougher to motivate myself to go as regularly. However I did the horrific act of weighing myself for the first time in months and that has spurred me on, so I will keep going as after only a couple of weeks of sporadic classes, I can see my muscle tone returning :-)

I did the Fit Body Boot Camp when I read how fantastic it was on here, but I put on two stone during my first class. I could actually feel myself getitng fatter with each star jump.
Not even the enthusiasm of Riccardo and Jamie could make me go back. Wish I had the luck of all the 5 star reviewers who dropped several dress sizes.