Using Names And Themes To Make Your boot Camp Workouts Rock!

Posted by Steve Hochman on Thu. Dec. 8th, 2011

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One of the ways I grew my first six boot camp locations all to six-figures in 7 months was by making each workout an EVENT!

I figured there wasn't a whole lot I could control in the world, but I COULD control if I gave my clients the MOST AWESOME experience ever.

I may not KNOW as much about the human body as some of the other trainers in my area, but I can DAMN SURE DESTROY them when it can to giving the ultimate boot camp experience.

And that's exactly what I did, and I'm positive that it had a huge impact in my success.

So how do you give the ULTIMATE BOOT CAMP EXPERIENCE?

Well besides bring heaping amounts of  A.P.E (appreciation, passion and energy), it's super important to NAME and THEME each of your workouts.

For example, the name of one of your workouts can be "The Bootie Breaker" and the theme of this workout could be that we are going to punish your bootie until you can bounce a quarter off it, or until it gets a crack in it LOL!

Here are some other names and theme ideas for workouts:

Name "Armageddon" - The theme is "our arms are getting lean and tone"

Name "Are You Kidding Me?" - The theme of this workout would be that everything is so hard that you'll say, "Are you kidding me?"

Name "Yes Sir May I Have Another?" - The theme of this workout is that we are going to keep doing sets over and over again of the same things.

Name "There is no try in tri" - The theme of this workout is to destroy the triceps.

Those are just a few examples of what I'm talking about.

And the cool thing is that your members can have their own special language that you and them can use to communicate on Facebook.

For example, you may write on Jane's wall, "Jane, you destroyed it in the "There Is No Try In Tri" workout today... "

Take a minute to leave a comment below with some names and themes you've used or are going to use - I can't wait to see them!

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8 Comments "Using Names And Themes To Make Your boot Camp Workouts Rock!"

  • James Bond says:
    December 8, 2011 at 4:17 am

    I call my bootcamp the bond girl bootcamp because all my ladies are made into bond girls!

  • Mike says:
    December 8, 2011 at 5:49 am

    Great idea Steve as always.

    Love the idea of theme names for workouts, give bootcampers some extra excitement.

    "Kick It Hard" is one name I use for one of my kickboxing style workouts using circuits, boxing and martial arts kicks.

    "You are joking..." is the name I use on my mega burpee workout where there are sets of burpees on each section, my bootcampers are always saying "You are joking?"......

    "Sweat it out" for my hardcore workout using many intervals and getting my bootcampers sweating and feeling the burn.

    Great post as mate as always.

  • Jim Pearo says:
    December 8, 2011 at 9:06 am

    Awesome tips. One day I will get a real website that works!

  • Forrest says:
    December 8, 2011 at 10:44 am

    I have a workout I do called the "Annihilator" workout. And it consisted of a ton of push ups and heavy lunges with dumbells. Then I would say loud as they were pushing through those last few reps, "What's this workout called??!!" And they would yell out "Annihilator!!!!" as they pushed through that last rep...then I'd work them up to yelling it louder and louder! ANNIHILATOR!!!!!! LOL, lot's of fun!

    Sometimes I theme workouts with a more serious tone...Example - The them today is "breathing", or "visualizing on your goals with each rep", or "breaking through whatever's holding you back in your life right now". People can have a deep and meaningful experience if you guide them in that direction.

  • JJ says:
    December 8, 2011 at 1:36 pm

    7 Heaven countdown - 7 exercises, 7 times. then 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1
    Hell on Earth 666 - 6 exercises, 6 reps, 6 times
    5 Alive and Feelin Fine - 5 Giant sets of 5 exercises, 5 times each..
    Death by Lunges - enough said....
    Ring of Fire.. Big circle, mostly all BW, everything Partial reps.. No rest.. all burn.. a few of the exercises are "water breaks"....
    ABSolutely Amazing! Core, stretch, power yoga, abs

  • keith chestnut says:
    December 8, 2011 at 5:41 pm

    Awesome work Steve- I gotta get me an official seal of awesomeness too!

  • JJ Brawley says:
    December 11, 2011 at 6:26 pm

    These are great...

    Here are a few of my themes.

    Animal Day - Where all the exercises are named after animals.
    Obstacle Course Day - No Explanation Needed!
    5x5x5 Day - We do 5 reps of 5 exercises as many as setas of all 5 exercises possible in 5 minutes. Then do that 5 more times!
    Sports Theme Day - All the exercises are names after or themed after sports moves.
    Plyo Day - Where we do a lot of jumping.
    Circuit Day - Circuit Training Day
    Crazy Cardio Day - A day of suicides, burpees and wind sprints.
    Absolutely Abs - A great one to pull out in the summer when its hot....just do a full hour of abs!

  • St Petersburg Boot Camp says:
    January 1, 2012 at 4:19 pm

    Awesome post! I do this all the time without even thinking about it. I just do it for fun. Good stuff!

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