Bill’s Bootcamps

Bill’s fitness training programme goes by a ‘no drugs, no fads, no gimmicks’- having been through two cycles of his bootcamp, I can safely say that it has lived up to its words. Bill’s bootcamps are conducted in cycles– each cycle lasts for a month, with about 4 lessons a week (you are encouraged to attend as many classes as possible). It primarily involves repetitive, high intensity workouts which last for about an hour. The first class of each cycle is the ‘easiest’- and each class gets progressively more intense. By the end of one cycle, you will find that you have indeed come further than when you first started out.
Upon signing up, your weight and body fat is immediately measured (in private) — and taken again at the end of a cycle just to keep track of how you are doing. My favorite part of Bill’s classes was that the atmosphere was always encouraging and empowering. Made up of primarily working women (you get the occasional man too!), the mood was always light and definitely non-​competitive. Apart from the huge plus point that he personally conducts the classes, Bill also never makes you feel bad about missing a previous class or breaking out of a fitness routine. Instead, he tries to find a way to keep you back on track, or he will figure out the best way to ease you back into the intensity of the programme.
Located at Claymore Hill, the training facility is extremely accessible and there is simply no excuse to not show up for class, though one might be increasingly discouraged from returning to a cycle if one misses too many lessons as it gets progressively harder to catch up physically. As for the physical result, I did not experience any weight loss (in fact I even gained weight from building all the muscles), but I did feel generally healthier as a whole and looked a whole lot more toned. Bill’s programme is not for you if you are seeking a numerical weight loss, and because the results are premised on an individual’s commitment, any transformation would be largely dependent on how committed you are to the programme. Given that it requires attendance of at least 3x/​week, many will start of enthusiastic but eventually find that they are unable to keep up because it would mean compromising three nights every week on any other social activity.