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Alright, I just can't get into the ""gym rat"" thing. At all. I have tried. SO hard. I don't know why, but I just don't like it. Ok, whatever I KNOW why, but I mean something besides the fact that I'd rather stuff myself with carbs and champagne than do squats and cardio.
Then I figured it out: I don't like all the ""gym people"" milling about. For as long as I've been working out in gyms, I just don't like the strange social chaos that bursts forth from workout facilities. It annoys me.
So, Ripped Body bootcamp and working out with Rob, I basically see this as a way to corral the gym chaos, as each person is being monitored, guided and disciplined.
There is little ""chit chat"" at the water fountain when your trainer is demanding you do more crunches. There is no screaming and grunting in the mirror from ape-like men when a trainer is watching. I mean, we do it for fun every now and then but nothing too crazy in the male grunting department
Anyways...besides that long diatribe (blame the endorphins), here's the skinny (pun intended)....
Parking. Plenty. So, unlike many other bootcamps and personal training fitness jungles that offer ""free"" parking, but require you to take a ticket, carry ticket in with you, get ticket validated, have problems in the garage, etc...this is just free.
Space: Open without feeling bare. It?s a gymnastics facility with a big open floor (remember wanting to be a gymnast as a kid.brings back memories) We use all sorts of gymnastics equipments- the mats, the bars (no coordination required)
Location: Right near the 5 highway. Maybe 1 mile away. No showers here but its the same way at 24 hour fitness in Solana beach too. Good news is, there is a boys and girls club just around the corner that has showers so if you can?t go home before work, you can hit that.
The trainers: Well, of course I've been hanging out with one of Yelp's finest personal trainers Rob Gordon He's a gem, obviously...but all the other trainers and Zumba instructors I've witnessed have also been friendly, considerate and genuinely dedicated to whipping their clients into shape, in the nicest way possible! ;)
Other perks: Cool people in the bootcamps, two bootcamp locations (indoor and outdoor), fun challenges, workouts change each time, work on pullups and pushups, get freebies for showing up, and fitness challenges to lose weight with prizes to local carmel valley, Solana beach, and san diego businesses.
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