March for Private Tom Lake
Following the tragic and untimely death of Private Tom Lake, a soldier of the Princess of Wales Regiment and good friend of our instructor Biker Jim, we though we'd do something useful about it.
read morePre Race Nutrition
With so many bootcampers taking part in Grim 8 this weekend I’ve put together some pre-race meal ideas to help you perform to your best: The night before the race a high carbohydrate meal is best to help promote glycogen stores in your muscles. Examples of these are: Pasta and sauce Jacket potato with baked beans or tuna A rice based dish...
read moreSnacks for after exercise
Great snacks after exercise After exercise eating a meal, which is high in protein, is essential to help with muscle growth and repair. Below are a few quick meals, which are easy to make. Protein isn’t just found in meat produces, eggs, lentils, pulses and seeds are all full of protein and they also contain essential amino acids that your body...
read moreGood dietary habits
One of the most common questions the instructors get asked at Army Boot Camp Fitness is what should you eat before and after exercise? Here you will find some nutritional advice on what to eat and when. Before exercising: If you are doing a morning class try to have breakfast about an hour before you start. This will give the food enough time to...
read moreArmy Boot Camp goes west
It had to happen – eventually Army Boot camp Fitness will now be running classes in West London namely Holland Park as of Saturday 23rd July, classes will run from 10am every Saturday morning. The meeting point is at the entrance where Earl’s court road meets Kensington High Street The driving force and lead instructor for our new venue is...
read moreNew Classes in Highbury
New Classes in N1 Allright all? Because the classes in Highbury and Islington are soooo popular, were running a new class on Wednesday night starting at 7pm. From 26th June, 2011, we’ll have all the usual fabulous instructors, especially me, the most mega of course doing amazing training and brilliant classes. And maybe Dean. Or Jim...
read moreRuntime
Marathon training. It’s all about the theory, the mileage, the exercise, building the stamina, building your core, right trainers, right trainer, reading the books, prep, decent nutrition, proper graft and getting ready for the big day. That’s the day of reckoning when all your friends will be straight on to...
read moreRunaway success
Hi Mo, Greets from the sunny side of San Francisco, how are you? All’s well here and I thought I’d just drop you a line to say what I’ve been up to. Now the marathon is over, I was looking around for something to do like join a running club or a Boot Camp or summat and I happened upon a running group called K Stars San...
read moreThings to learn about marathons…
Hi Mo, How’s it hangin’ homie? It’s your four hundred and seventieth best friend Morgan here with a heads up on the 2011 Oakland Marathon and some of my thoughts about what I have learned about marathon running – a subject I still have alot to learn about! The weather for the run was near perfect with the marathon starting...
read moreCamping and hiking Mount Snowdon – Sold Out
Guesswhat? We're off to the beautiful Welsh countryside in the first weekend of June to go camping and climb Mount Snowdon. All in all it's a beautiful place and a fantastic opportunity to get away from the big smoke and see the scenery. What's more, we've got a mini bus organised and a price that's as cheap as chips. We hope you can make it!
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