Well before you start saying it, Yes it has been a while since the last blog....my apologies on this for the people that have been waiting for the blogs to come out.   To be honest, things have been so out of control crazy at the moment that unfortunately the blogs took a hit for a little while....good news is that it is back and it is staying here for good!!

Ok now, I have been MIA for a little bit so obviously I am going to have a backlog of things that have been annoying me or things to share with you all.

So this one is going to be talking about something that has been annoying me for a while.  It is this whole stigma that people put on with bootcamps!  These are now becoming so popular that every other trainer or gym is starting to do them....the problem is that they have no idea on how to do a real bootcamp.

Unfortunately most of the people that are running bootcamps now are a joke.  I think that if they put on a pair of army pants and yell at people that it is all of a sudden a bootcamp!  Um no it isnt.  They make the bootcamps easy...run, pushups, squat, situps....then do it again!  

Bootcamps used to be tough, not just physically but mentally.  Now too many want to be bootcamp trainers but they have no idea on how to push people mentally, and this is what makes the real bootcamps tough.

Because initially there was a stigma associated with bootcamps.  It was initially only reserved for the armed forces, so you knew that it was tough and that you would have to be the best of the best to be able to get through them.

Now you can put anyone in a so called bootcamp with a wanna be hardass trainer.  Seriously, it is all a joke.  They are no longer hard, they are becoming a fad....and this is what is pissing me off.  Now everyone just wants to say that they "go and do bootcamp"....seriously do you think that you are special because you go to a mediocre bootcamp?  Get a grip on yourself if you think that you do.

I dont do bootcamps, and if I do end up doing bootcamps I will not be calling them bootcamps thats for sure.  But I do train hard, and I mean hard.  I have had all the people come in telling me that they have been doing bootcamps and they "think" that they are fit....and 10 minutes later theyy are struggling just to finish the warm up of my routines.  Seriousl??  WTF??  Basically they are telling me that my warm ups are harder than their bootcamps...what the hell have they been doing at these so called bootcamps?...I am not sure, but I can guarantee that they arent working hard.

So lesson for you people, just because you do something that is called "bootcamp" doesnt actually mean that you are working out hard.  In fact you have no idea what working out hard is!

Have you ever noticed that the people that get the best results are the ones that never really talk about what they do and the ones that are always talking themselves up about what they do are usually in crap shape?   Well there is a reason for this...the ones that are getting the results dont need to brag about what they are doing because it is visible and they work so hard that it would floor the mediocre people of the world......while the rest of the people have to brag to others to make themselves feel good.

So in short, just stay away from all the fads.  Get back to basics and work hard, eat right and never ever quit!  You do this and you will get everything and more you set out to achieve.

Until Next Time

Train Hard but Train Smart

Joe