Joining a fitness bootcamp for the first time can be intimidating for anyone who has not trained at a fitness bootcamp before. Even experienced bootcamp members can be intimidated or nervous about joining a new bootcamp. So what can we do to get over these initial nerves, and to avoid being intimidated by the class, or the instructor?
Check out this 3 point plan to avoid newbie nerves at fitness bootcamp!
1. Speak to the instructor on the phone first.
Breaking the ice with an introduction over the phone is a great way to make first contact with the class instructor. Without the worry of becoming self conscious in a face to face meeting, a phone call allows you to introduce yourself and perhaps ask questions of the instructor that you might not have done face to face.
2. Take a Bootcamp Buddy
If you are going to test the waters at a new fitness bootcamp a great way to avoid newbie nerves is to take a friend with you. If you are concerned that there may not be any friendly faces at the camp, take your own friendly face with you in the shape of a friend!
3. Get into the right mind-set
It’s easy to feel intimidated and self conscious when starting out with a new commitment like bootcamp. Definitely there are a couple of things you need to remember.
First, there will almost definitely be other people going along to fitness bootcamp with exactly the same concerns as you. Bootcamp is never exclusively full of experts; there will always be new intake, so take comfort in the fact that you are not alone!
Secondly, even if the class was full of people who had done this very fitness bootcamp before, you all have a common goal – increasing your fitness level. Whether this is to lose weight, tone up, or prepare for unusual levels of activity, everyone at bootcamp will be training to increase their fitness, so try and remember you all have a common purpose!
If you can follow this 3 point preparation plan for fitness bootcamp newbies, you will be on sure footing for beginning a new adventure that could, that should, change your life!
This is a really helpful article. I am always nervous about doing something new, I worry I won’t be good enuf and that people are judgeing me, don’t know why i never thought to bring a friend along, lol! Thanks for the tips!
I would actually suggest sending an email to the instructor for those like me who get nervous on the phone. Either way breaking the ice this way is less traumatic. Bringing a friend can encourage you and you both get a shared experience together. It’s also a benefit because you each know each others strengths and know when to push each other and when encouragement is needed.
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I think taking a friend is a wonderful idea – especially if she is as committed to fitness as you are. You’ll be each other’s support.
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I think it is quite normal to have some fear or reservation with anything new much more with a program bearing the word bootcamp — which will most likely conjures up a picture of a military camp.
People behind a fitness bootcamp should also go out of their way by providing enough information either on the website or thru a video explaining all the basics of the programs and possible benefits. This will surely break up that fear.
Who would not be apprehensive just by hearing the term bootcamp? Not unless of course a person have really been to a real military program then it would just be another walk-in-the park.
However, we should never let our preconceived notions steal us from the benefits we can derive from a fitness bootcamp system. Yes, this is new but the principles utilized are already proven by many and tested in many fields of fitness and health.