Healthy lifestyle is not for everyone: a sports camp for adults. Sports camp for adults and fitness camp for adults (Boot Camp) - a new kind of holiday! Dance tours on

The idea to go to a sports camp for adults was born to us not just like that, but because we are constantly looking for opportunities for business development. This business seemed to us quite close in spirit, plus it successfully fit into my ideas about a short vacation at sea.

There are almost no sports camps for adults in Russia. There are some military-sports organizations in Crimea such as "Zarnitsa", as well as weight loss institutions (for example, "Be in shape"), but this is a slightly different format.

Abroad, the choice of camps is quite large. There are network in the US and England. There are more "glamorous" places in Italy, Germany, Spain. We chose the camp in Marbella because of the sea, good weather and direct flight.

Image taken from bootcamp-marbella.com

The cost of 1 week in a double room is 1300 euros per person without flights, in a single room - 1600 euros. This amount includes transfer from Malaga, accommodation, meals and the entire "sports menu" - from 6 to 8 hours of fitness per day.

The camp starts on Mondays, in the season - every week, out of season - twice a month. Group - 18 people. The composition is varied. We've had a few fitness darlings, three married couples in their 50s, two bloggers, a former trainer, and a single man who likes to be bullied by this format. Everyone has a very different level of preparedness.

One of the most important questions that I had before the trip was: “What do they do with people of different levels of training?” Answer: Nothing. That is, they put everyone in the same conditions - who, as best he can, carries out the program in the same way. I can't say that I liked this approach. Personally, I believe that the risk of getting a sports injury is very high. As we left, some members were limping, one had a sprained wrist. However, no one died and did not go to the hospital, which, to be honest, surprised me. Still, we are stronger than we think. And no one skipped!

So, the participants gather on Sunday for a small sharing under the guidance of the head coach of the camp - Jan. We are given a program, T-shirts with a logo, backpacks, badges and water bottles.

Monday morning starts with a 4K run. Everyone starts very cheerfully, but after 5 minutes of running, half of them go to the walk. Yang runs around everyone and cheers on the participants.



The promenade is 12 km long. Here they walk, run and ride bicycles, and they also hold IronMan competitions.

After the run we go for breakfast. They don’t let you take a shower because the class schedule is tight. At first, you just want to take a shower to death, but by the evening it doesn't matter.

Breakfasts are held at the hotel. Well-groomed female nutritionist tells us how to eat right. She says rather banal things, but without much nonsense. In the course of the story, we have breakfast, choosing food under her supervision.

After breakfast, we will have functional training on the coast with Juan. The training consists of "fun starts" exercises. We jump on one leg on the sand, walk in "wheelbarrows", crawl in a plastunsky way, run relay races with the ball. And so 1.5 hours. We finish this with a light stretch.



While those lying are doing push-ups, the runners are trying not to crush them.

Sweaty without a break, all covered in sand and salt, we go to strength training, where we do upper-body exercises for about 1.5 hours under the guidance of Jan and Juan. The exercises we do are fairly standard. We use free weights, machines and TRX loops. After training, I can’t hold the phone to my ear - my hand is shaking from tension.

Without changing clothes and without a shower (I don’t feel like it anymore), we go to have lunch at a local restaurant. There is no appetite, although we spent, according to my calculations, more than 2500 kcal.

After lunch we drive to the municipal park where we have boxing training with a huge black trainer Mike. Everything would be fine, but the hands still refuse to work. Due to the fact that we do not bandage under gloves, I get a minor wrist injury, and the other participant has a more severe one.



Boxing with Mike. Image from website

After boxing - an hour stretching. Coach Ivan is a very nice girl who knows her business well. During the stretch, we rest a bit and come to our senses. But we don't know yet what a "surprise" is waiting for us.

Jan puts us in his van and takes us up the hill. And there, on the mountain, he tells us: “Stand up, brothers and sisters, and run to the top!”. The brothers and sisters are already on their last legs, but obediently get out of the bus and try to run away. But this is not enough for Jan. The first ones to reach the top must turn around, run to the last ones, then again to the top, again to the last ones, and so on until all the last ones run (or come) to the top. Hooray!

After that, we are taken to dinner at a restaurant on the coast. I still don't want to eat. For dinner - a very tasty bowl salad with chicken, dates and goat cheese, which I immediately adopted. After that, we are finally returned to the hotel.



Bowl salad with chicken and GrinDin goat cheese, which I borrowed from Spanish colleagues. As Belbin says, “Other ideas should be stolen with pride.”

In the morning, the whole group goes by bicycle to the picturesque village of Istan, 290 m above sea level, with a route length of about 30 km. Then - lunch. Then - boxing and yoga.

The third day begins with climbing Mount La Concha (1270 m), and continues with functional training, a gym and a jog along the beach. The last 50-100 m of the mountain has to be climbed using both hands and feet - the ascent is quite steep. Most of the participants are in ordinary sneakers, so they slip and really run the risk of injury.



La Concha - the mountain we storm

Fourth day - jogging, training on the beach, competitions in the gym, Pilates.

Day five is functional training, an obstacle course, yoga, and then a big 10 km run along the coast.

The sixth day (Saturday) is busy only in the first half. Jogging, gym, stretching, lunch, and then free time.

Sunday morning - departure immediately after breakfast. Jan's father is a driver and takes the group to Malaga airport.

The members say goodbye. Everyone looks happy, very positive, thanking the coaches and each other for their support. I am once again surprised that none of them gave up or became capricious, although it was very difficult for many.

Summarizing: this whole marathon is a sportingly pointless, but overall fun pastime.

What did we get as a result:

I can’t say that I became stronger or more resilient, but I believed in my abilities and began to feel less sorry for myself.

Interesting and healthy food, as always, spurred creative thought on the development of the GrinDin menu.

I lost 2.5 kg in a week.

What needs improvement:

The load should take into account the level of preparation of the participants. If your fitness level is very low, going to such an institution is risky.

My personal opinion: it is necessary to require a certificate from a doctor and / or examine the participants before starting training. Of course, an adult is responsible for himself, but the risks of losing someone or harming them are very high.

But in general - yes, we are stronger and more resilient than we think, we can and can do more than it seems, and in fact we need to eat less than we eat :)

In the summer, we simultaneously feel a surge of energy and unbearably want to go on vacation. How not to miss the opportunity to work well and relax? We recommend that you pay attention to training camps where you can learn the skills of a leader, a good speaker, performer and blogger in the fresh air. T&P has put together 10 programs for adults and children, where they combine business with pleasure.

Organizer: "Kamchatka"

Russian language

Cost: €1080

The adult shift of Kamchatka is focused on creative projects. Every day, guests under the guidance of curators will create a new art object: a film, play or performance. In addition, the program includes parties, sports, film screenings and wine.

Organizer: MAYAK Camp

Russian language

Cost: 13,000 - 18,000 rubles

During the two-day outdoor intensive, everyone will learn how to perform in public, feel more relaxed and manage their emotions. The camp is suitable for both novice actors and those who just sat up in the office and again panic before the presentation.

Organizer: More Amore Camp

Russian language

Where and when: Russia (the specific location depends on the shift), July - November (duration - 1-2 weeks)

Cost: 29,000 - 45,000 rubles

Developing camps for teenagers and adults are organized in different parts of Russia. On the shifts, you can improve your communication skills, get to know yourself better and learn how to create visionary projects.

Organizer: consulting center "Istok"

Russian language

Cost: 13,500 rubles (there are discounts)

The theme of this season of Da Camp is communication, discovery and love for what you do. Passionaries are waiting for the shift, who are ready to plunge into the atmosphere of the children's camp (with an evening gathering by the fire) and live in it for three inspiring days.

Organizer: Station "Change"

Russian language

Where and when: Sri Lanka, Portugal, California, August - November (duration - 2-3 weeks)

Cost: depending on location

"Change" is a project for young professionals who want to live in a community of like-minded people for 2-3 weeks. Joint dinners, review of projects, a clear schedule for a balance between work and leisure - all this will be provided by the organizers. Each candidate is interviewed via Skype.

Organizer: Yea Camp

English language

Where and when: USA (state depends on the program), July - August (duration - 1 week)

Cost: $1600 (excluding flights)

A week-long program for adults and teenagers is dedicated to leadership training in the preparation of socially oriented projects. The rights of women and LGBT people, the problems of migrants, the environment - these and other topics will be discussed at a country trip with like-minded people.

Organizer: KC ZIL

Language: Russian

Where and when: Moscow, July - August (duration - 1-2 weeks)

Cost: 13,000 - 25,000 rubles

KC ZIL launched creative laboratories, where from 10:00 to 18:30 children will learn how to create their own video blog, master the basics of game design or try their hand at animation. There are several directions to choose from: Cinema, Performance, Visual Media, Art, Animation.

Organizer: Jewish Museum and Tolerance Center

Russian language

Cost: 2000 - 12 500 rubles

The Jewish Museum invites children from 4 to 13 to get acquainted with modern cities. The program includes workshops, quests, excursions to museums and parks.

Organizer: Center for Contemporary Art "Winzavod"

Russian language

Cost: 500 - 42,000 rubles

The summer city camp on the territory of the Winzavod is open from 08:30 to 20:30. During this time, children will learn how to draw comics, put on funny performances, make a camera from a matchbox and much more. Food provided.

Organizer: STEP Computer Academy

Russian language

Where and when: Moscow, until August (duration - 2 weeks)

Cost: 19,990 - 33,000 rubles

For children from 7 to 14 years old, the STEP Academy has prepared a summer camp dedicated to new technologies. Robotics, programming, 3D modeling, blogging and animation - students will gain knowledge on any topic of interest.

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Jungle Road

• Next shift: September 9-16, Georgia
• Duration: 7 days
• Price: $2400

JungleRoad is a camp for entrepreneurs, in September it will be held for the seventh time. The average age of participants is 35-45 years. Most of them are really engaged in business, but inner strength, kindness, professionalism and consciousness are much more important.

Author and project manager Alfiya Mukhametova says that once she herself thought about a trip to such a camp in order to reboot. But, not finding anything suitable, in the summer of 2017, together with her friend Natalya Penkina, she organized it herself. Prior to that, Alfiya headed the iDealMachine venture fund and startup accelerator, while Natalya was in charge of branding and PR.

There are no more than 20 people in each shift: in order to create an atmosphere of trust, the choice of participants is taken very seriously. The JungleRoad does not teach how to live correctly, consciously and effectively. Coaches are not invited. They don't give advice.

But in JungleRoad it is customary to share your experience and stories, to exchange knowledge. There are creative workshops, many of which are conducted by the participants themselves.

Freediving world champion and founder of the PlavitaWay freediving school Natalya Avseenko, who participated in JungleRoad, calls the camp a transforming space. According to her, this is the place where you can pause and learn to hear yourself through other people and their stories.

Denis Shapkarin, the creator of the Nectarin Internet marketing agency, considers JungleRoad a battery from which an entrepreneur can recharge and energize to create.

"Nothing brings people closer together than doing bullshit together," JungleRoad wrote on their page. For the next shift, for example, a hot air balloon flight, a joint harvest and a khinkali sculpting master class are planned.

There are counselors in the camp: they do not keep order and discipline, they only moderate and help make friends. But two rules still exist in the camp: respect for each other and prohibition.

JungleRoad shifts are always held in different locations. What kind of physical activity will be in the camp depends on the season and place: qigong, skiing, lightning, juggling or swimming in the river. By the way, all these charms can be easily overslept. The main thing, according to the organizers, is not to skip meals.

Jungle Road Photos

YCamp

• Next shift: autumn 2019
• Duration: 3 days
• Price: around 30,000

yCamp is a congress of young scientists, professionals, entrepreneurs and thinkers from completely different fields. For several days they gather in the suburbs to exchange knowledge and experience. YCamp encourages informal communication in a warm atmosphere. Namely, according to the organizers, amazing projects are born at the junction of different fields.

The idea to collect and bring together cool specialists belongs to St. Petersburg people, the authors of the NёrdCamp project. The most charged professionals from the IT community gathered in a country boarding house to lecture and relax all weekend long.

Inspired by NёrdCamp, ten friends decided to make their own outdoor camp, not only for IT. After all, the organizers themselves are from completely different fields: a nuclear physicist, a linguist, a bioinformatician, a psychophysiologist and others.

Traditionally, yCamp is open from Friday evening to Sunday evening. Master classes and reports from the participants begin on Saturday. Here you can listen to the stories of a neuroscientist, photographer, bioinformatics, social psychologist, entrepreneur or interface designer.

For example, at the April YCamp, a senior consultant from EY led a discussion on the transformation of partnerships, a city economist spoke about what Russian cities live on, and a director of business products at Dodo Pizza talked about how a week at Burning Man changes people.

However, you can skip everything and immediately get acquainted with professionals from those areas with which you have never crossed paths.

In this “camp” alcohol is not only allowed, it is even included in the program. For example, at the last rally, which took place in April, the participants grilled shish kebabs and prepared mulled wine together. And once the organizers even arranged a yBar in honor of the 149th anniversary of the discovery of the periodic table. Something similar to yCamp, only in the evening and in a Moscow bar.

Of the signs of the camp in yCamp - morning exercises or jogging. But they are not required either. Meetings of professionals are held several times a year. In 2019, yCamp was in April, the organizers promise the next shift in the fall. The average cost of participation is about 30,000.

Photo yCamp

MOST Creative Camp

• Next shift: May
• Duration: from 48 hours to a week
• Price: from 4500

MOST Creative Camp is designed to develop creative thinking. There are many formats for this: from 48 hours to reboot and start being creative, to a whole week to build up a creative vision. Festivals and intensives are held in Georgia, the Murmansk region, Nikolo-Lenivets near Moscow, Yekaterinburg. In general, in any place that the organizers will like.

And they, in turn, really know a lot about what they teach. MOST Creative Camp was launched by MOST Creative Club, a creative agency that has existed since 2008. It was these guys who built the machine in the subway, which gave out tickets for squats, and wrote the first interactive book.

Clients turned to them for ideas, but often asked how to learn to come up with their own. This is how MOST Creative Camp educational projects appeared.

Camp topics may vary. In April 2019, the Yasno Pole Ecopark hosted an intensive on the topic “change and improvement”: in 48 hours, the participants changed the old, created the new and thought about the future.

And the theme of one of the camps in Georgia was music and how it affects thinking. For four days, the participants studied the sounds of Tbilisi, wrote their own tracks, went to concerts and created art objects.

A separate program is formed for each shift. But, according to the organizers, it is always very eventful. Participants have little free time, but they have to think and create a lot.

MOST Creative Camp has no occupation or age restrictions. The idea of ​​the camp is that any business is better if you approach it creatively. The next announced session will be held online - a chat bot in Telegram will help you learn to think outside the box. A week of participation costs 4500 rubles.

Photo Most Creative Camp

Creative camp LOM

• Next shift: August 3-18
• Duration: from 2 days to 2 weeks
• Price: 40,000 in 16 days

LOM grew out of the OOLEY project, which is dedicated to the development of open craft workshops and creative studios. The project website even has a map of such workshops throughout Russia and the CIS. LOM, together with the leaders of the Nizhny Novgorod recreation center "Serflager" on the Gorky reservoir, was launched in the summer of 2017.

“We had the idea of ​​free creativity and learning in nature, the guys had a luxurious site with infrastructure for a camping camp,” says Anna Starova, the organizer of the camp.

The next race will be the seventh. Participants live on the territory of an equipped campsite in the forest: in a tent or in a large wooden hostel with a glass ceiling. The camp is open in two shifts starting August 3rd. But you can come for the weekend or spend all 16 days here.

LOM was created in order to get away from the bustle of the city and dive into creativity. There are 5 areas of open creative workshops that are named after the elements.

In the workshops of "air" they are engaged in quiet painstaking work with thin materials. "Fire" involves working with high temperatures, metal and mechanisms. And the "earth" gives shape to solid and hardening masses.

In general, in LOM they paint, saw, make disco balls from CDs, assemble mechanisms, do yoga, play musical instruments, swim or just walk in the forest.

The lack of constant electricity and things familiar to a city dweller will help to disconnect from civilization. Electricity in the camp is supplied according to the schedule several times a day, washing in basins, toilets on the streets.

By the way, you can take children to this camp. But they will not be able to participate in adult master classes: a separate space is equipped for them with their own master classes and counselors. Alcohol is prohibited in the camp, and food is only vegetarian.

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Kamchatka

• Next shift: not announced
• Duration: 11 days
• Price: around €990

The Kamchatka project began as a children's tent camp. It was founded in 2010 by Philip Bakhtin, editor-in-chief of Esquire magazine, and Philip Dzyadko, head of Big City magazine. Well-known Russian journalists, writers, musicians, screenwriters and actors work as counselors. And in 2015, Kamchatka became the organizer of creative events for adults.

Both camps are located on the Estonian island of Saaremaa. The program for adults, the organizers say, is practically the same as for children. But adults do not need to be motivated, because no one is forcibly dragging them to the camp, and the range of topics that can be joked about is wider.

In the adult shift, they put on wild musicals, make funny and simple films, arrange strange performances, make up orchestras from those who have never played anything, have picnics, go to the lighthouse at night, dance and just fool around.

In "Kamchatka" for adults there are counselors: they help with creative tasks. The average age of participants is about 30 years old.

More Amore Camp

• Next shift: August 26-31
• Duration: 5 days
• Price: 32,000-36,000 rubles
• Camp for adult children from 25 to 45 years

More Amore Camp has been operating since 2016. It is located in the Altai Mountains at the Solnechnaya Dolina base. Actors, directors, designers, photographers, psychologists and yoga teachers work here as counselors. In total, five shifts will take place in the summer of 2019, only one of them is for adult children from 25 to 45 years old. This year it is called "Self-Realization".

The organizers promise a rich program from cool professionals, so you can pick up as much new knowledge and skills as you can carry.

For example, on the first day of the shift, there will be a psychological training on the formation of healthy self-esteem, acting classes, and a transformation workshop. And the day will end with watching specially selected films and discussing them.

In addition to the "self-realization" program, there will be a lot of fun idleness in the camp. Parties, picnics, games, soulful conversations by the fire and night walks. In general, a good balance between learning and pleasant doing nothing.

More Amore Camp Photos

"Business Pass"

• Next shift: September 13-17
• Duration: 5 days
• Price: 180 000 rubles
• Camp for successful entrepreneurs

"Business Pass" is a premium outdoor event for successful entrepreneurs. According to the organizers, the camp stands on "three pillars": a business block, recreation and networking among colleagues and like-minded people.

The business block includes the exchange of experience with colleagues and invited experts from both Russia and abroad. The program includes applied master classes, group workshops and an individual analysis of the business growth trajectory of each participant.

Organizers are particularly scrupulous about organizing recreation: activities range from jeeping through the gorges to ethnic performances. The event always takes place in places of power and energy - this time it is Olkhon Island on Lake Baikal.

Throughout the project, experts and participants are in a single communication space. Warm relationships are formed through joint evening tea parties by the fire and fireplace, table conversations, mountain adventures and work in the business block.

The author and organizer of the project, Zara Maremshaova, says that the idea of ​​creating "Business Pass" was born in the process of producing regional business forums in the Caucasus. That is why Elbrus became the birthplace of the project.

Each season of "Business Pass" is devoted to a single topic, although a variety of issues are raised during the work. Topic for study in the upcoming anniversary Baikal season: "Team and management system: balance of development and operating systems." The number of participants in each season is no more than 25 people. This restriction, according to the organizers, provides an opportunity for high-quality studies and networking.

Among the participants, as a rule, representatives of various business areas from IT to construction, manufacturing, educational and medical services. At various times, Andrey Verbitsky, CEO of Airbnb for Russia, the CIS and Eastern Europe, visited the camp; Sergey Ambrosov, ex-general director of Invitro; Sergey Fedorinov, co-founder of Ulmart; Vladimir Marinovich, Gett shareholder and other bright entrepreneurs.

The active recreation program provides for 3 routes per week lasting from several hours to the whole daylight hours. These trips are organized at any time of the year. Routes are selected depending on weather conditions. For the comfort of our travelers, a comfortable bus delivers the group to the starting point. The same transport will wait at the finish line for travelers who are a little tired, but satisfied and filled with impressions, in order to return them to the sports and recreation camp. Before the start of the journey, the tourist group is divided into several subgroups, depending on the physical fitness of the participants. Each of them goes, accompanied by an instructor, along their own route and at their own pace. Thanks to this, camp guests not only get the physical activity that they can do, but they can also enjoy the beautiful and amazing places that the nature of the peninsula is so rich in.

Weight loss for people over 50

With the onset of menopause in women, hormone production and the absorption of nutrients decrease, metabolism slows down, which can lead to the appearance of extra pounds on the body. But age is certainly not a barrier to weight loss. In the sports camp for adults "Be Fit", the fight against excess weight for those who are 50+ has its own characteristics. The program of this age category is distinguished by its versatility and sparing regimen. Participants over 50 years of age are recommended hiking and walking at a low pace, cardio classes on special simulators, stretching, swimming and water aerobics. The administrator will always help to create an individual schedule of classes, taking into account the preparation and wishes of the participant, and the instructors will take care of the comfort of the training process. Classes in some sports are held simultaneously, which makes it possible to choose the type of activity for the soul and physical capabilities. The daily variety of the fitness camp program for adults in Russia is an excellent remedy for boredom, and a change in home life helps to “reboot” and renew strength. The Crimean air and the unique nature of the peninsula contribute to the overall recovery and strengthening of the immune system, serve as a preventive measure against many diseases. Physical activity makes you more slender and resilient, strengthens the internal systems of the body and helps fight stress. Proper nutrition saturates with energy and nutrients, helps to improve the functioning of internal organs. Resting with us, you will get practical experience and a real store of knowledge in the field of fitness and a healthy lifestyle, thanks to which it will become much easier to maintain your health and shape in excellent shape.

All the impossible is possible

A healthy lifestyle is becoming more and more popular: physical activity and proper nutrition harmoniously fit into the modern rhythm of life. But what about during the holidays, so as not to go the distance?

Every summer, many of us send our younger sisters, brothers, or even children (are there any?) to pioneer camps. And every time I want to go with them: to swim in the river, to sleep on the sun hour, to eat five times a day for free ... The only option is to go work there as a counselor.

And here it is not. There are many places where adults can go to relax, learn new things and just have fun with friends. I have compiled a list of 10 camps for you with dates of shifts that are relevant for this summer. If you want to use your holidays or working holidays to your advantage, you can still have time!

"Kamchatka". adult shift

This is a campground on the Estonian island of Saaremaa on the Baltic Sea. The shift will last as long as 11 days, during which you can be creative (even if you are quite far from it) or do nothing. This is a plus for adult camps - the counselor is unlikely to make you drink cold jelly in the morning and march to exercise :)

Here you will find three meals a day and an interesting program: picnics, dancing, sports, watching movies, riding motorcycles and much more.

In addition, every day you will be able to create a new project together with the curators and other guests: a film, an art object, a performance or a play.