Back TONIGHT, Monday 8 April 2013 at 7pm, and every Monday (apart from Bank Holidays*) – BLAKEDOWN BEACH BODY BOOT CAMP – Outdoor fitness training for adults!
Classes are about an hour in length and comprise several different sets of HITT! That’s HIGH INTENSITY INTERVAL TRAINING. Classes also take place on a sports field so be prepared to get sweaty, muddy and maybe wet. BE PREPARED TO WORK HARD! Monday nights are intermediate/advanced level.
NEW FOR SPRING 2013, Mondays at Blakedown going to be more running focused than other classes, and so you will be required to be able to, at the very least, jog. That said, the class does comprise a whole range of abilities – we just make the faster, more able, Boot Campers do more reps, harder exercises and run further … 
Not sure if it’s for you? Come and give it a go for FREE! First session is absolutely free with no obligation whatsoever, and treat your first one as a recce as you will not know how to pace yourself for the session. Hopefully you will love it and want to come again, in which case it is £5 PAYG, or you can buy 6 sessions for £25: these 6 sessions do not have to be taken consecutively, but they do have to be used up within 3 months, otherwise they WILL expire.
Please note: There is NO access to changing facilities, nor toilets nor showers, at ANY Boot Camp venue. PLEASE ARRIVE DRESSED READY TO WORK OUT & in SUITABLE CLOTHING FOR THE WEATHER/GROUND CONDITIONS! If the ground is cold, you MUST wear gloves, preferably waterproof ones.
Meet on the Pavilion Steps for a 7pm PROMPT start, please. The warm-up starts at 7pm. The warm-up is an essential part of the training session. You will NOT be allowed to partake of the session UNLESS you have completed the entire warm up!
NEWCOMERS please arrive NO LATER than 6:50pm for induction and health and safety screening. You will be required to complete a PAR-Q (physical activity questionnaire) in order to partake in the class. If you like, you can click the link to download the Physical Activity Readiness Questionnaire (PAR-Q), print it out, complete it and bring it with you. Please remember to complete both sides and read the informed consent.
GETTING THERE: Churchill & Blakedown Sports & Recreation Ground is off the A456 at Blakedown, the driveway to which is just past the bus stop on the left hand side as you drive into Blakedown from Hagley direction. It is well signposted with 2 large white signs at the end of the drive. If you can, walk or cycle here! It will help you warm up! If arriving by car, drive up the access driveway (beware of the potholes!), past the playground and park in the car park. There is limited parking available during term-time, but please note the car park barrier is locked during the daytime in the the school holidays. However, the access driveway is wide enough to park down one side of, but there is limited space. Please be aware that the driveway and car park is unlit. There is a village car park off the A456 at the rear of the shops on the opposite side of the road to the Sports Ground. If you park on roadsides in the area, please show consideration to the residents. Alternatively, the sports ground is just 250m or so (approximately) from the railway station at Blakedown, and there is a bus stop outside the A456 entrance. Cars are parked at owners/your own risk.
Once parked, walk towards the pavilion (the white concrete building) and then around to the front (opposite side to the tennis courts). Jill/your instructor is usually there 10-15 minutes before the start of class. Many attendees are local and walk to the venue, so there may not be many, nor any, cars in the car park when you arrive, and you cannot see the front of the pavilion from the car park. Walk up the path and around to the front of the building.
(This normally only effects evening classes during the summer months, but there are occasions when the Sports Ground is out of bounds because there is a cricket match on. When this happens, we adjourn to the Millennium Green, off Belbroughton Road, Blakedown, at the rear of the Parish Rooms. When the class is held at Millennium Green, the meeting point is on the bench at the foot of the steep driveway that runs down towards the Millennium Green. There is ample parking at the Parish Rooms. Again, cars are parked at your own risk.)
Click here to go to more information on the Boot Camp page about what to expect, what to wear etc.
See you later! 
*With the exception of public holidays and instructor’s own personal holidays. Atalanta Fitness Training also reserves the right to cancel and/or reschedule classes due to instructor’s illness, or bad weather/ground conditions: classes have to be safe and effective and no class will run if to do so would compromise the terms of the public liability insurance. Notice will be given in these circumstances wherever possible. Please ensure Atalanta Fitness Training has either an email address or text number for you.
