Feel the burn at these Calgary fitness boot camps

We’ve all been there: carrying a few extra pounds, taking the stairs at work is harder than it should be, and the sofa is our best friend after a long workday. Resist the couch-potato lifestyle, boost your energy and whip your bod into shape at one of these boot camps. Image credit: iStock.com/Christopher Futcher.

Feel the burn at these Calgary fitness boot camps
Jillian Clark By

Bikini Boot Camp

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305-908 17 Ave SW, Calgary, AB T2T 0A3

It takes just eight weeks to achieve level “fabulous” at Bikini Boot Camp. This all-women’s boot camp incorporates exercises that are designed and proven to help women develop core strength, flexibility and balance. The program includes two outdoor group-training sessions paired with two additional customized personal workout sessions per week. Workout groups are small, allowing instructors to provide participants plenty of personal attention. Nutritional guidance to complement your workout regime is also available.

Fit Body Bootcamp

Calgary, AB T2P 2G8

Calgary North West Fit Body Boot Camp offers affordable group workout sessions that build strength and improve cardio health. The camp’s “afterburn workouts” incorporate interval training and active rest periods with the target of producing maximum gain in minimum time. Indoor classes run daily, from 5:30 am into the evening, Monday to Friday. Allowing participants to reflect and stretch after sweating, the camp offers a yoga classes throughout the week.

Fresh! Fitness

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230-801 6 Ave SW, Calgary, AB T2P 3W2

Fresh! Fitness focuses on weight loss and more. Choose from a variety of indoor boot camp programs featuring various goals including giving yourself a total lifestyle overhaul. Melt fat like butter with resistance training, running and weight training that targets arms, core, thighs and everywhere in between. All equipment is provided, so just show up and sweat your way to a new you.

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Fit Chicks

Fit Chicks is all about guiding women to healthier lifestyles, higher energy levels, toned bodies and self-love. Eight- and 12-week outdoor boot camp sessions at Royal Sunalta Park, Dalhousie Community Association and Beddington Heights Community Centre incorporate high-intensity interval training. Fit Chicks also offers retreats, DVD exercise programs and private training and nutrition workshops.

Be More Fitness

Calgary, AB

Choose a boot camp to match your lifestyle at Be More Fitness. Fat Loss Optimized Workout (FLOW) is designed to help you shed pounds faster than you thought possible with exercise for beginners and the well fit. Another option is the 30-day intensive fat-melting program, a real crash course in fitness. Class times vary. Sign up for online sessions to sweat off the pounds from the comfort of your living room.

Soldiers of Fitness

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2891 Sunridge Way NE, Calgary, AB T1Y 7K7

Push your limits at Soldiers of Fitness boot camp, This exercise crew takes its name seriously. This challenging, military-style workout starts before the sun rises, with exercises that include good-old push ups, sit ups and extreme cardio training as well as running with sandbags and tug-of-war sessions. These intense, outdoor classes promote a sense of camaraderie and accountability as you work toward common fitness goals. Drill sergeants lead classes at various times through the day.

Athlima Fitness

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14-3510 27 Street NE, Calgary, AB T1Y 5E2

Are you looking for a boot camp that will kick your butt into serious shape? MMA Fit Boot Camp at Athlima Fitness is one of the most challenging workout programs in the city. Exercises alternate between rounds of punching, dodging and jabbing as well as strength and cardio exercises. The spontaneity of the workout keeps your physique guessing (and growing). You’ll develop muscles you didn’t know you had. Morning, afternoon and evening sessions are 45 minutes long, making them easy to fit into your busy schedule.

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Jill loves all things fun, fruity and yogi. She recently departed Montreal to try life in Calgary. Here she searches for the perfect balance between the hot room and “real life” and also between healthy living and her love of chocolate. Besides yoga and writing, her favourite activities include making new friends, drinking red wine with old ones, and force-feeding them her gluten-free recipes.
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