Fitness Boot Camp – Starting Fitness Bootcamps

Starting your own fitness boot camp can be a very profitable and rewarding business.  A fitness boot camp can be setup almost anywhere there is some space.  Boot camp workouts can be done at playgrounds, open fields, gymnasiums, or even in someones yard.  Starting a fitness boot camp does not involve a huge startup fee or investment like most businesses do.  The entire business can be ran outdoors and in the beginning can be done using all bodyweight exercises and bodyweight calisthenics.

Once you have more money to invest in your fitness boot camp business you can start to lightweight and easy to transport equipment to add variety to the workouts.  As a bootcamp trainer you will make a lot more money than the typical personal trainer does.  Training a group of people at one time can make you an income of anywhere from $100 to $200 an hour.  All you need is a few steady classes each week and you can make yourself a six figure income in no time.  Some time needs to be spent marketing yourself and your new business but some of the popular boot camp programs like SureVictory Bootcamp include marketing materials to help you get started.  Watch the video below to learn more about how fitness boot camp programs are gaining in popularity and how you can cash in on this amazing business model that requires very little investment to get started.

As a fitness professional, if you’ve spent any time researching ways to increase the profits you generate from your business, you know that bootcamps are an excellent way to do just that.

Running a fitness boot camp makes it easy to…

  • Book multiple clients at the same time, increasing your productivity
  • Train people with little or no equipment
  • Set everything up without having your own gym or studio
  • Work with large groups of people all at once
  • Earn more income per hour without doing more work

People are flocking to these bootcamps because they are fun, effective, and convenient.

And since you can perform them at local parks, playgrounds, or even in your own backyard, there’s no need for a gym membership for your clients – or any overhead fees for you.

That saves you AND your clients money, making a fitness boot camp a much easier (and cost effective) “sell” than private one-on-one training.


Health and Fitness Boot Camps

As a health and fitness specialist (aka personal trainer) you can rest assured that you don’t have to worry about job security.  Physical inactivity has been called the greatest epidemic or our time.  There are a lot of people that need help and many money making opportunities in the health and fitness industry.

That doesn’t mean that there isn’t competition and that the money comes easy.  Personal training takes a lot of time and we often find ourselves trading hours for dollars.  Unless you’re training the super rich, celebrities, or professional athletes you likely are not making the money you deserve and not helping as many people.

Boot camps are quickly becoming a popular to train clients.  It’s a win-win for both parties.  Fitness boot camps allow trainers to help more people and make more money while providing an affordable way for clients to get personal training.

If you are a personal trainer thinking about starting a fitness boot camp, here are some tips to help you get started.

1)  The first thing you need to do is decide who your boot camp will target.  There are many groups of people and occasions to which you can market your boot camp.  You can target brides-to-be, grooms-to-be, new moms, kids, bikini boot camps, abs, spring breakers, or just the general population looking to lose weight and get in shape.

Who you target will depend on what time of year it is, but there are always people with good reasons why they need to get in shape.  Determining who you will target will help you figure out how to market to your crowd.

2)  At the beginning of each boot camp you need to hold an “orientation” session.  This will allow you to lay the expectations for both yourself and the participants…they know what to expect of you and what you expect of them  This way, they’re mentally prepared for the experience in the coming weeks.

3)  Be creative!  Step outside the normal push-up, squat, lunge, and jumping jack routine.  Think up some fun games and exercises that get people moving and keep things fresh.  Push-ups, squats, lunges, and jumping jacks are good, but figure out a fun way to incorporate them into your fitness boot camp workouts.  You’ll be amazed at the things you can do with grade school games such as tag and ultimate frisbee.  Find a local park and have a blast!

4)  Even though you’re training a group of people, it’s important that you pay attention to each individual client.  They’re paying you to train them so make sure that you’re meeting their needs and they are doing the right things to accomplish their goals.

5) While most boot camps are exercise oriented, you can’t forget about nutrition.  Nutrition is what will make or break a boot campers success.  There are two ways, or a combination of both, that you can do this.  The first is to hold a nutrition seminar to educate the participants on proper nutrition.  You can present general nutrition information and hold a Q&A session at the end.

The best, yet most time consuming, way to do it is to schedule individual sessions with each boot camper to design specific nutrition plans.  I love doing this because it gives you the opportunity to really get to know each client and help them reach their goals.  This will help them tremendously and set you up with a long term client.  It will take more of your time, but it is definitely worth it.

Boot camps are a great way to increase your revenue and they can be an absolute blast.  Just make sure that you still pay attention to the needs of each individual.  Do this and you will have a lucrative business on your hands.

By Georgette Pann

Running a fitness boot camp is always a good idea. But it’s especially a good (and profitable!) idea right now.  Here are five reasons why you should get your next boot camp organized ASAP…

Soon enough, your boot camp prospects are going to get wrapped up in their summer activities. They’re going to go on vacation, chauffeur the kids back and forth to summer activities and spend more time relaxing. They’ll spend less time thinking about fitness, which means you’ll experience the summer slow down.

And that’s why now is such a great time to organize your next boot camp.  It’s easy to get your prospect’s attention now (see Reason #3) – and you get the benefit of a nice boost to revenue.

Many of your clients are going to join your boot camps for specific reasons. For example, you may have a boatload of people who want to get their “beach bodies” back before the warmest weather rolls in.  And you may find your class filling with women who want to get in shape for their upcoming summer weddings or even a class reunion.

You can take advantage of these reasons by running theme-based boot camps, such as the “Boot Camp for Brides” or the “Beach Body Boot Camp
or ”Athletic Bootcamps”

As mentioned in Reason #2, many of your clients have very specific reasons for wanting to lose weight and get in shape.  If nothing else, many of your clients are looking forward to shedding their winter weight and getting active again.

The point is, these reasons make your clients very eager to get results.  They’re committed to the program and extremely motivated.  And that means your class will be full of clients who show up and happily do everything you tell them to do.

So what happens? Your clients get results.  You look like a miracle worker. And that means you have satisfied customers who’ll come back and happily do business with you again and again!

Your clients have spent all winter staring at the walls while they’ve worked out on their treadmills and stair steppers. They have a touch of spring fever.  If they spend another day inside exercising, they’ll go crazy.

You see, your potential clients want to get outside to enjoy the fresh air and warm sunshine.  That means they can ride their bikes, walk, jog, swim… or join your boot camp!

As a trainer, you know that one factor that contributes to your clients’ success is whether they have a support system in place.  That’s the beauty of a boot camp – it has a built-in support system, since your trainees can motivate one another and hold each other accountable.  And that means you’ve just increased the chances of your clients seeing fantastic results.

Bottom line: If your clients get results, they’re happy. And happy customers not only do repeat business, they tell their friends to join your classes, too!

Now is the perfect time to organize that boot camp.  Your clients are ready to get outside. They’re eager to see results. And all of this creates satisfied clients and a nice revenue boost for you!

Author: Georgette Pann

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Fitness Bootcamp Marketing Success Tips

Successful personal trainers know that running a thriving fitness bootcamp, while a lot of work, can be incredibly rewarding both personally and financially. You are basically getting paid (oftentimes paid VERY well) to help change peoples lives in a positive way. What could be better than that? The fact is, getting a steady stream of new clients can be tough so you have to pay attention to your marketing at all times. In fact, a successful trainer should never stop marketing because it is better to have to turn clients away then beg for them to stay.

Below are 5 surefire marketing tips that will help keep your clients coming to you all year round:

1. Online Newsletter-Ok, I am not going to go into detail about marketing your website here, but rest assured you need to get it in front of where your potential clients are surfing online. Then, make sure they opt into your online newsletter. This will allow you to stay in front of them on a regular basis so they never forget about your services. Make sure your content is valuable and not just sales based. Include healthy recipes, exercises they can do at home, etc.

2. Incentive based referral program-Surely your clients will tell others about you, but go ahead and put some icing on top and offer them rewards when they do. Maybe a free training session, or even a gift card to a nice restaurant. One client can pay you thousands of dollars over the years, so reward referrals well!

3. Make them a star of their own video-Want to make SURE your clients refer you? Simply videotape them kicking butt during an extremely intense workout and then email them a little edited video showing them, along with their name underneath and some inspirational music. Oh yeah, don’t forget to add YOUR website and info on there as well…then encourage your client to show this video to all their friends. You can bet they will and you will know have your own marketing campaign being conducted FOR you…pretty cook, eh?

4. Join the Chamber-Many people think of their local Chamber of Commerce as a stuffy organization of older business people, but it can be a goldmine of business for you if you commit to it. Join your local Chamber and get involved. Some of the biggest and most successful businesses in your area are members of this organization and many of them would LOVE to send their employees to your bootcamp. Promise fewer sick days and higher productivity out of the employees and you will REALLY pique the interest of the owners and managers who are members.

5. Go where your clients go, and demonstrate-You can bet it is much easier to talk to people about attending your bootcamp if they are already thinking about the subject of fitness. Therefore, simply go to your local sporting goods store and offer to do a demonstration for them for free. You can do a cross promotion where they will allow you to demonstrate onsite, and you can offer their coupons to your attendees.

Once you get some of the things mentioned above working for you, DON’T STOP. One of the biggest mistakes that people make when they are doing well is to stop marketing. They assume that the flow of clients will continue, but they are almost always wrong. It is much easier to “control the flow” of clients than it is to turn the faucet on again once the flow has stopped. Keep your marketing efforts working for you, and you will ensure long term success from your fitness bootcamp for years to come!

Author :Georgette Pann is creator The Sure Victory Fitness Bootcamp Kit for trainers

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Athletic Boot Camp Business Tips

Today’s boot camp business climate is getting to be pretty cluttered which is a good reason you should separate yourself from the crowd by adding diversity with an athletic boot camp. It’s amazing how many fitness boot camps are running in most major cities. If you want to be successful in your boot camp business then you need to find a way to separate yourself from the rest of the pack.
A quick, easy, and effective way to make your fitness boot camp stand out is to add an element of athletics to your programming turning it into an athletic boot camp.  By incorporating athletic activities to your camp your clients will have more fun, see better results, and have something different to talk about when they get to work. All of these things will have a positive effect on your business! Here are three quick and easy ways to up the athletics in your workouts and get your campers buzzing.

Athletic Boot Camp Drills

Add athletic drills to your warm-up.  Instead of warming your campers up with a quick jog and then some light stretching you should be using this warm-up time to develop their athleticism as well as get them ready for the workout. Incorporate athletic drills that get them moving around such as skipping, hopping, side-to-side shuffling, light jumping, and crawling. This type of training will do a great job preparing your campers for the upcoming workout. They’ll also be working on their overall athleticism. You’ll see an improvement in their performance during the main workouts and they’ll have some cool stuff to talk about with their friends

Athletic Skills

Pre and post-test athletic skills. Does the average fat loss boot camper care about her 40 time? Of course not. However, in addition to your usual measurements try to test some of your campers’ performance qualities. Everyone likes to improve and if you can demonstrate improvement in some athletic quality your campers will be overjoyed. Remember, if all other things are equal, people want to perform at a superior level. So if your campers improve their max push-ups, shuttle time, or jumping distance they’ll see the value of your program, feel more confident in life, and be motivated to keep working hard.

Bodyweight Exercises

Perform more bodyweight and whole-body exercises. Athletes don’t spend a lot of time doing isolation exercises like Triceps Kickbacks or Dumbbell Curls. Instead they focus on exercises that train their whole body using either weight or their own bodyweight. These exercises are far superior when it comes to improving performance and really are usually more successful for promoting fat loss, too.

By incorporating more bodyweight and whole-body exercises into your boot camp your clients will become leaner, healthier, more active, and in general more athletic. This will translate into better results for you and happier clients. That’s the way to build a business!

Adding an athletic element to your boot camp is an easy, quick way to differentiate you from your competition and improve the quality of your training. Anything you can do to make your camp better and set it apart will translate directly into your (and your clients’) success and improve your bottom line.

Looking for more tips on creating an athletic boot camp?

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Go to http://www.athleticbootcamps.com for a simple, step-by-step system to creating your own athletic boot camp business that can earn you thousands of dollars per month!


5 Tips to Boost your Fitness Bootcamp Marketing Success

Successful personal trainers know that running a thriving fitness bootcamp, while a lot of work, can be incredibly rewarding both personally and financially. You are basically getting paid (oftentimes paid VERY well) to help change peoples lives in a positive way. What could be better than that?  The fact is, getting a steady stream of new clients can be tough so you have to pay attention to your marketing at all times.  In fact, a successful trainer should never stop marketing because it is better to have to turn clients away then beg for them to stay.

Below are 5 surefire marketing tips that will help keep your clients coming to you all year round:

1.       Online Newsletter-Ok, I am not going to go into detail about marketing your website here, but rest assured you need to get it in front of where your potential clients are surfing online. Then, make sure they opt into your online newsletter. This will allow you to stay in front of them on a regular basis so they never forget about your services. Make sure your content is valuable and not just sales based. Include healthy recipes, exercises they can do at home, etc.

2.       Incentive based referral program-Surely your clients will tell others about you, but go ahead and put some icing on top and offer them rewards when they do. Maybe a free training session, or even a gift card to a nice restaurant. One client can pay you thousands of dollars over the years, so reward referrals well!

3.       Make them a star of their own video-Want to make SURE your clients refer you? Simply videotape them kicking butt during an extremely intense workout and then email them a little edited video showing them, along with their name underneath and some inspirational music. Oh yeah, don’t forget to add YOUR website and info on there as well…then encourage your client to show this video to all their friends. You can bet they will and you will know have your own marketing campaign being conducted FOR you…pretty cook, eh?

4.       Join the Chamber-Many people think of their local Chamber of Commerce as a stuffy organization of older business people, but it can be a goldmine of business for you if you commit to it. Join your local Chamber and get involved. Some of the biggest and most successful businesses in your area are members of this organization and many of them would LOVE to send their employees to your bootcamp. Promise fewer sick days and higher productivity out of the employees and you will REALLY pique the interest of the owners and managers who are members.

5.       Go where your clients go, and demonstrate-You can bet it is much easier to talk to people about attending your bootcamp if they are already thinking about the subject of fitness. Therefore, simply go to your local sporting goods store and offer to do a demonstration for them for free. You can do a cross promotion where they will allow you to demonstrate onsite, and you can offer their coupons to your attendees.

Once you get some of the things mentioned above working for you, DON’T STOP. One of the biggest mistakes that people make when they are doing well is to stop marketing. They assume that the flow of clients will continue, but they are almost always wrong. It is much easier to “control the flow” of clients than it is to turn the faucet on again once the flow has stopped. Keep your marketing efforts working for you, and you will ensure long term success from your fitness bootcamp for years to come!

Author: Georgette Pann is creator of The Sure Victory Fitness Bootcamp Kit for trainers


Fitness Boot Camp Exercises for Immediate Results

If you are looking to get fit quickly but lack time to make it to the local fitness center you might want to consider fitness boot camp exercises. Boot camp workouts are extremely intense exercise sessions that mostly count on bodyweight exercises as the method of conditioning.  The idea comes from how the U.S. Marine Corps shapes up their recruits so quickly. Fitness bootcamps have popped up all over the earth and are getting more well-known everyday. With more and more people getting superb results from these workouts it may be a thing you should think about if you would like to get in shape too.  You can setup a fitness boot camp with hundreds of clients that want to go through the same rigors of boot camp.

Fitness Bootcamp Exercises can even be carried out at home very effortlessly without purchasing any workout gear.  All it takes is a great framework with exercises which are properly combined and ordered to systematically work every body part as well as provide a cardiovascular workout as well. This style of exercise routine is so effective for fat reduction and millions of people are seeing howing rapidly they can lose weight.

Here are two types of very tough boot camp exercises which it is possible to try out on your own or add to your current class. They are a lot more advanced to give you an idea how hard they can be.

4 Tough fitness boot camp Exercises

Pistols

A surefire test of bodyweight strength and muscle control, as well as an Extraordinary leg workout is the pistol. This really is a one-legged squat in which you place one leg out in front of you and then slowly lower oneself right up until your thigh is parallel. For an additional challenge move even lower if possible to boost the difficulty. Just like in the regular squat, it’s important to keep your knee right behind the toes. In group workout sessions, make sure to observe your students form carefully to ensure that injuries can be avoided. Once you are able to get everyone within your health and fitness bootcamp performing pistols, their leg strength will improve considerably!  If you really desire to see them wince, have them hold a kettlebell out in front of their body!

Burpees

It’s really unknown where this exercise received the name as it’s not as likely that someone will burp as throw up when doing this fitness boot camp exercise. There is one point I can guarantee, and that’s that your fitness boot camp students are going to be on FIRE right after performing a few reps of these! Easy enough to accomplish, go from standing straight up, right to a push up position (not in a number of motions as in a squat thrust, but in 1 controlled action) after which go straight into a push-up. After that, pop up to a standing position once again and jump as high as you are able to in to the air with your hands above your head. That is 1 repetition. Perform a few and you will realize what burpees are all about.

Turkish Get-Up

Probably 1 of the most effective total body workouts known to man, the Turkish Get-up will challenge your will to finish and muscular stamina like no other exercise. Start by lying on your back along with a kettlebell in one hand while it is held with the arm extended straight up within the air. Next, go from lying on your back to standing straight up after which back down again. This is all done while having the kettlebell straight up in the air. Make sure you learn the form for this one from an experienced coach. This really is a really difficult boot camp exercise but this single exercise will ensure that Nobody forgets the workout they endured at your fitness boot camp!

Kettlebell Swings

Kettllebell swings make a great foundation for any extreme boot camp exercise program because they not only offer a great total muscular workout, they will train your aerobic system as well making it a great weight loss workout! Just get a kettlebell with both of your hands, and swing it through your legs and then up and in front of you up to eye level. If you would like to add more intensity, swing the kettlebell right overhead. Continue for 20-25 repetitions and you will know why this exercise is soon becoming a fitness bootcamp favorite.Make sure this exercise is a part of your next boot camp and you are able to be confident that the participants will feel the burn and get the results they were looking for!

These workouts are tougher and boot camp workouts can be self paced starting with simpler exercises after which moving to a lot more sophisticated movements as the body gets stronger and into much better condition. Take time to learn how to do the workouts properly and you’ll get much quicker results.  Even though your clients will be hurting, they will be begging for more of your fitness boot camp expertise.


Organize a Fitness Boot Camp – 5 Reasons to Start NOW!

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Are you a personal trainer that would like to start your own fitness boot camp?  Have you recently discovered that running fitness boot camps is the best way to make more money in less time as a fitness instructor?  Maybe you have been putting it off because you just don’t know how to get it started.

Organizing and starting fitness boot camps has become the most profitable niche in the entire fitness industry.  My friend and guest author Georgette Pann, creator of the SureVictory Fitness Bootcamp Kit,  is going to give you some advice on why getting your fitness boot camp started right now is the perfect time.

5 reasons why you should start a fitness boot camp right now

By Georgette Pann

Running a fitness boot camp is always a great idea, and it is a very profitable idea that can make you a lot of money doing what you love most.  Here are five factors why you should get your fitness boot camp organized ASAP…

Reason 1

Increase Your fitness boot camp Income Now Before the Summer Slow Season

Soon, your boot camp prospects are going to get wrapped up in the summer activities and family vacations.  They are likely to go on a vacation, chauffeur the kids back and forth to summer time activities like camp, and invest more time relaxing and just enjoying their time.  They’ll invest less time thinking about health and fitness and this means you’ll experience the summer slow down which is always a tougher time to build a new client base in any part of the health and fitness industry.

That is why now is such a excellent time to organize your fitness boot camp and get the foundation laid.  It is easy to get your bootcamp prospect’s attention now (see Reason #3) – and also you get the benefit of the nice boost to income which you can then use for your summer vacation and play time.

Reason 2

You can Run Theme Based fitness boot camps

Many of the clients are going to join your boot camp workout classes for a particular reason.  You can create a fitness boot camp that markets to each of these groups which will enable you to build several classes large enough to carry you through the summer. For example, you might have a boatload of people who want to get their “beach bodies” back before the July 4th holiday weekend.  You might find your class filling with women who want to get in shape for their upcoming summer weddings or even a class reunion.

You are able to take advantage of these reasons by running theme based fitness bootcamp classes, such as the “Boot Camp for Brides” or the “Beach Body Boot Camp” or “Athletic Boot Camps” for high school and college students that want to stay in shape or get in shape during the summer before their football season starts.

Reason 3

You can Take Advantage of  Clients that are Eagerness and Assist Them to Accomplish Their Goals

As mentioned in Reason #2, many of the boot camp prospects have really particular reasons for wanting to lose weight and get in shape.  If nothing else, many of your potential clients are looking forward to shedding their winter weight and getting active again.  There is a group of people out there that actually get very inspired by the warm weather and have a spark of intensity to get in shape.  These are perfect summer time clients!

The point is, these motivators make your boot camp students really eager to get results.  They’re committed to the program and extremely motivated to succeed.  That means your class will be full of motivated fitness boot camp students who show up to every class and happily do everything you instruct them to do.

So what happens then? The students in your boot camp workout classes get results!  You will be known as a miracle worker when they see lightening fast results.  That means you will have over-delivered to clients giving them results much greater than they could have imagined.  They come back to your next class, and their friends come with them!  The fast and efficient results you get from your summer fitness boot camp classes is virtual boot camp student magnet, that will generate more referrals than any other time.  Those referrals may come later down the road in September, but that is o.k. because you are constantly planting seeds and then many people join when the time is just right after the summer and they want to shed their vacation pounds.   You can now see how fitness boot camps are always going to be in demand by different types of people at different times of the year.

Reason 4

Spring Fever Brings the Outdoor Clients

Your clients have spent all winter staring at the walls while they have worked out on their elliptical machines and stair steppers.  They have a bit of spring fever and an outdoor fitness boot camp is the perfect cure for that.  If they spend another day inside exercising they will go crazy.  You can sell them on the outdoors and how great it feels being outside.  You won’t find many people disagreeing with you on that point and they are likely to sign up.

Your potential boot camp clients really want to get outside to appreciate the fresh air and warm sunshine which is truly rejuvenating after the cold winter months.  The warm weather means they can ride their bikes, walk, jog, swim… or join your fitness boot camp!

Reason 5

Your Boot-camp Fitness Class Includes an Entire Support System Built In

As a fitness bootcamp trainer, you know that one of the single most important factors that can contribute to your clients’ overall success is whether they use a support program.  That’s the real beauty of a boot camp exercise class – it has a built-in support system.   Your trainees can motivate one another and hold each other accountable. The accountability factor in itself increases the chances of your boot camp clients seeing fantastic results.  This again will generate more and more referrals leading to the rapid growth of your boot camp business.

Bottom line: Start a fitness boot camp Now

If your clients get results they will be happy and motivated.  Happy clients are likely to stay on monthly fitness boot camp maintenance programs while bringing in their friends to join your classes too!  The enthusiasm of your clients can be seen by their friends and it really does all the selling for you.  Once you get your fitness camps started it will start to take on a life of its own.  The increased demand and popularity of your fitness boot camp means you can justify higher rates and even hire another fitness boot camp instructor to teach some of your classes for you as it continues to grow.

Now is the ideal time to organize that your fitness boot camps.  Your clients are ready to get outside and they are eager to see results.  Satisfied customers will keep your business booming and your bank account full!

Can you see how this opportunity is right in front of all fitness professionals looking to get ahead?  Only some personal trainers  will recognize it and take the initiative to grasp it while the opportunity still sits on the ground floor.  Do you want to get started with a fast and easy boot camp system that is also affordable?  Do you want to ensure your success by following a proven road-map that has demonstrated its effectiveness time and time again?   Invest in the SureVictory fitness boot camp Kit to follow a highly effective and proven plan with the marketing materials to jump-start your income.

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