Finding time and motivation to go to the gym regularly or going jogging can be quite a challenge. The temptation to indulge in tapas at Marbella's wonderful restaurants and bars can soon pile on pounds where only firm muscle was upon arrival at the Costa del Sol.
Whether you own a holiday home in Marbella or in neighbouring resorts and stay for longer periods of time or simply visit on a short holiday once a year, Marbella offers tailor-made bootcamp solutions that will get you back into shape in no time and revolutionise your lifestyle.
Slim down, win confidence, take up an exercise regime that will see you right into old age and begin a more balanced diet that will improve your overall health. That's the spirit a Marbella bootcamp likes to convey.
Marbella's bootcamps offer people in urgent need of wellness 4 and 7-day health and exercise based getaways that are suitable for all ages and abilities, fitness levels and budgets.
Training with the Professionals
Whatever a person's goal, with experienced and qualified bootcamp professionals in charge of devising individual training schedules, and a bootcamp complex offering health topic talks, tasty but nutritious meals and rejuvenating spa services there is really no excuse for changing one's lifestyle around.
Bootcamps are designed to instil a change of attitude in people. Those who over-eat lose weight while there at bootcamp, but they also take away with them a different attitude towards eating and food, finally understanding the need for an effective long-term fitness program.
Lose Weight, look and feel good
The primary goal is to lose weight, maintaining one's ideal weight after leaving boot camp and establishing long-term lifestyle changes with regard to exercise and fitness. However, this wouldn't be Spain if it didn't include relaxation, luxury pampering and fun in the Marbella boot camp program. During rest periods boot camp guests can enjoy rest periods in their luxurious accommodation, go to the spa for pampering or join talks about wellness and health related subjects.
Marbella's boot camps are nothing like the military-style boot camps shown on TV. Nobody dons camouflage outfits and runs amok in the countryside with a heavy backpack, driven to the point of total exhaustion. General wellbeing, good health and weight management are the watchwords used here and activity, relaxation and balanced nutrition are at the centre of the boot camp's philosophy. Experienced staff provide the psychological support boot camp guests need to feel good about themselves, even if they haven't quite achieved their desired weight loss or fitness level at the end of the program. The most difficult step is always the change of mind-set.
Carry on regardless
Losing weight can be very difficult for some, especially on holiday, when so many delicious temptations from seafood restaurants and tapas bars await those leaving the bootcamp at the end of their getaway period. Thankfully, Marbella offers plenty of opportunities to get fit and eat sensibly.
Hire a bike and trundle around Puerto Banus Marina or go hiking in the Sierra Blanca, or head for the beach and learn a new water sport. From ballroom dancing to para-surfing, from climbing to caving and sea kayaking, Marbella offers it all and more.
Eating well and healthily is perhaps easier at the Costa del Sol than at home. The Mediterranean diet uses predominantly olive oil, vegetables and seafood rather than dripping/butter and red meat.
The former are good for our well-being and provide us with a "five-a-day" diet that is rich in fibre, minerals and vitamins, but low in "bad" fat, sugar and red meat. Bootcamp visitors learn how to curb their lust for processed junk food by eating tasty meals that provide exactly what their body needs to maintain an ideal weight. A short bootcamp getaway may not shift all of one's excess weight, but bootcamp visitors learn to carry on regardless and stick to what they've learned in Marbella.