Yesterday, I introduced you to Calgary entrepreneurs and fitness enthusiasts Lindsay Nealon and Dawn Kosloski, who established Bikini Boot Camp© in Calgary in 2004. Since then, their business has expanded and now women are signing up for Camp in nine cities across the country.
Here's what to expect when you decide you want to be part of their Bikini Boot Camp©:
- You can sign-up online at BikiniBootCamp.ca.
- You'll kick off Camp with an hour-long, one-on-one consultation with your trainer. "This is where you'll start building your relationship with your trainer and setting your goals," says Lindsay. "Most people come in with the goal of wanting to tone up and lose inches. That is definitely do-able. We've had girls who have lost 3 inches, we've had girls who have lost 22 inches, and so it really depends on where you're at."
- Bikini Boot Camp© is comprised of two 75-minute sessions, twice a week for eight weeks. "Bikini Boot Camp© is about balance. Fitness is one part of your life, it is not all encompassing," Lindsay explains. "We have a lot of women who sign up and say 'How much do I have to run?” There's a lot of different ways to do cardio exercise besides going for a run. We do lots of your typical push-ups and sit-ups, but we also do more 'combination exercises', where you're using your whole body at once. I want to give women a ton of exercises that they can do on their own, that they can go home with, that they don't need a fancy exercise machine or any expensive equipment for. Then they'll be able to get in a workout while their son is having his afternoon nap," says Lindsay, who fits her workouts in around her two-and-a-half year old and her six-month old.
- Workouts take place outside. "In the wintertime, we do use community centres sometimes. We have a -15° C cutoff for working out outside," says Lindsay.
- At the end of the eight weeks, you'll have a follow-up consultation to review your results and talk about your future fitness plans. "I don't want women reliant on Bikini Boot Camp©,” Lindsay maintains. “We want them to come in so we can motivate them and teach them some things. Although, we have people who have been with us since 2004 and we love that support. We've seen them get married; we've seen them have babies. It's neat. We've had people e-mail our trainers to ask what style of wedding dress they should get because they value our opinion. That's the greatest compliment," says Lindsay. "'I love working with women. The success of the company has come from this supportive group of women, which is awesome."
