Scott's Denver Boot Camp is an hour long workout filled with muscle toning and fat slashing exercises. Designed for both men and women, the program consists of weight training, cardiovascular exercises, and core strengthening. Our classes keep getting called the best workout in Denver. With the most and best reviews in Denver, instructor, Trainer Scott Harwood, gets you in amazing shape lickity split.  We also offer nutritional guidance with our  program. This program is for ALL FITNESS LEVELS.

A REAL DISCUSSION: YOUR GYM MEMBERSHIP VS PERSONAL TRAINING

People sometimes say to me, "Trainer Scott, why would I train with you for $200 a month when I can pay $50 a month at my gym?"  And here's my answer, "sure you're only paying $50 a month at your gym, but let me hit you back with some questions";

"How often do you use said membership?" 

"When you don't have someone to hold you accountable, do you actually show up?"

"When you go to the gym, are you really pushing yourself to a new level and achieving your goals?"

Personal Training doesn't necessarily mean that you're going to be seeing me 2 or 3 times a week, you could see me once a week or once every couple of weeks just to make sure you are staying on track. 

How many times have you missed your workout one week, then it turns into a month, then oh my gosh it's been 6 months.  Seeing a personal trainer at least once a week or so will help make sure this doesn't happen.  You may also learn new things to do at the gym on your own.  You will also have a mental gauge of how hard your workouts should be and how hard you can really push yourself.  I have seen people in the gym, it's a couple of curls here, water fountain, couple of leg presses here, bathroom.....get the drift?  Don't get all offended, motivators, I know some of you push it to the limit...one more tiiiime.  But for those of you who felt their ears burning while reading that, yeah I'm talking to you. 

Sometimes you just can't find the motivation to make it to the gym, that's where I come in.  So think about it, when you're saving all that money by just having your cheaper membership and not going, which one has more value?  When you pay for a personal trainer, you know you're getting the most out of every minute in the gym, you know you're going to actually show up, and you're going to get some serious results.  Plus, your work outs will benefit for the rest of your life, with a personal trainer or working out by yourself.  You'll know how to use certain equipment, how to use proper form, and you'll probably save yourself an injury or two!!!!! 

So that's my two cents, so now go hit the gym or call a personal trainer.....and good luck!!!!

Some of my favorite exercises and tips on exercise that burn a ton of fat and calories

The best way to burn fat, burn calories, tone muscles, and gain muscle is full body work outs. Stimulating muscles and muscle growth helps promote fat burning, rev your metabolism, and helps your body burn more calories. A perfect example of an exercise that burns a ton of calories, will promote muscle growth, will increase endurance, and will increase cardiovascular improvement is a squat with a shoulder press. You start out holding two dumb bells, stand straight up, head up, shoulders back, with a weight that you think you can get about 20 to 25 reps with. I use the 25 pound dumb bells for this exercise. Bring the weights up by your shoulders, then lower your body into a sitting position. Try to get full range, try to get your butt down all the way to your heels. Then come back up in to a standing position pushing the weights up over your head. Make sure the weight you have is a weight that you can have control of throughout the entire exercise. Continue to do this up and down motion until you get about 20-25 reps. It should take you about one minute. As you continue to work this exercise into your routine, try to get the same amount of reps in less time.

When you start getting these 25 reps in a row, then you can increase the weight. When you increase the weight, you will probably notice a decrease in body fat and muscle growth, muscle endurance, and muscle density improvement. When you reach a point of "mastering" this exercise, meaning your form is near perfect and the weights seem to be "easy", you may want to work in a burpie in between each repetition. For a description on a burpie, see my next article. This squat and shoulder press exercise is different than typical body building, you will do exercises like this at fitness boot camp classes.

NUTRITIONAL GUIDANCE/COUNSELING

First and foremost, eat foods in their most natural forms, your body knows what to do with it.  Processing foods, using preservatives, and cooking the heck out of something, may denature food and make it difficult for your body to digest and use it or convert it to energy.  People will tell you soy is the way to go, then they'll tell you to eat your whole grains, and all of a sudden all protein is the way to get lean.  What if you're a dude and not a woman?  What if you've got a gluten allergy?  What if you've got high cholesterol and eating lots of bacon will kill you?  Hmmmm. What now?  I got an allergy stress test and found out I can eat gluten, but Vitamin C stresses my system out.  I also can't drink coffee.  Here's my advice, if you drink milk and feel bloated and queasy, don't drink it.  If you eat eggs and toast and feel great, then enjoy your breakfast and have a great day.   Should you eat oatmeal before a big run?  Try it, and see how did you feel?  Should you eat for you blood type, try that too.  Some of the foods on my blood type list, I like, some I don't.  I love milk, but if I tell you to drink it and you're lactose intolerant, there could be trouble.  So until I know you and system, I can just tell you to get a test or start doing some trial and error.Most of you know what works for you, so do it and have a healthy life.  Try this for a while then we'll get into more advanced stuff like carb and calorie cycling.



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