Today was a bright an early start at FitFarms weight loss retreat in Spain. First up was the morning session which we call the pre breakfast workout class.

We nearly always start of the day with a mobility exercise which was introduced by Andy Baker in 2016. We were doing mobility style exercises before but just not enough. In fact we believe it’s one of the most overlooked areas in health and fitness. The major benefits of mobility exercise is that it helps your range of movement, creates body awareness, helps with bettering your posture but ultimately prevents injury so very important to do for overall health.

The FitFarms jolly bus driver has arrived and today we are heading to Granada for a walk. Well actually it’s about 20 minutes from the medieval town of Granada in an area of natural beauty called Monachil. There is a famous walk here called Cahorros which starts in Monachil and goes up a windy path and then you enter a dramatic gorge. It really is fantastic with with hanging bridges, water falls and an array of beautiful flowers.

The walk takes around 2 hours and like all the FitFarms weight loss retreat walks there are different lengths to help with the different fitness abilities. Then it’s a hop back onto the bus and we’re off to the medieval city of Granada for a spot of sightseeing. We only do the sightseeing for a couple of hours as the FitFarms weight loss retreat schedule is quite busy and at the end of the day we are a weight loss retreat and fitness camp! Granada Medieval City is absolutely spectacular and if you ever get the chance to visit go for it as you will not be disappointed.

FitFarms Spain

This week the FitFarms weight loss and fitness retreat are out in Andalucia in Spain. The health and fitness team always get a little more excited on these courses as the retreat has a little more of a holiday atmosphere than the UK holiday retreats. In fact I would go as far to say it’s our most popular course for guests and trainers.

The group is a little smaller at just 12 guests on the Spanish retreats and once again we are full with 12 very excited and fun guests which are all having a fantastic time. The trainers on this week are Andy who is in charge of the running of the week and Jen who is the sports therapist, aerobics and massage therapist always with a welcoming smile on her face.

The chefs on this week are the lovely Diana and Ian who run a catering business in Malaga which is approximately 50 minutes away from the FitFarms weight loss retreat villa. The guests have loved the taste of the food and the presentation has been spectacular.

Today is a real fun one as we are going to the beach. Even though the FitFarms weight loss retreat is based in the rolling olive hills of Andalucia there is a lake beach just 15 minutes from where we are staying. Now water sports aren’t for everyone so we do give guests the option of a lake walk and for those water babies we have kayaking and pedalos. On the last course back in June the pedalos proved to be really popular as they have long slides straight down into the water, they are also a good leg workout as well. The next FitFarms Spain fitness boot camp  course starts on November 24th but hurry there’s only a couple of spaces left.

Two days left at this fitfarms retreat. As the week progresses we like to add more individually intensive exercise classes we like the clients to be pushed a little more but prefer it by this point for them to be doing the pushing themselves.

So we have our lifestyle workshop for a sit down but the rest of the day will be full on, from legs bums and tums to circuits to aerobics and boxing all in one day!

It’s amazing how much exercise we can do with none of the distractions we deal with on a daily basis. If you haven’t been on one of our weight loss boot camp courses don’t let this put you off. We know how to support, motivate and get the most from our clients and we know when they are giving their all so we know when to ask for more and we know when to pull it back, it’ll always be your decision we just make sure you have what support you need to find your level! A really good website to find information on Exercise is The American College of Sports Medicine.

Once again at 5pm it’s dinner time and the last class of the day is a stretch. After stretch this evening we have started the one to one mentor sessions a chance to rap up and answer any questions you may have and to put together plans or ideas on how to move forward when you go home they can be anything between 30 and 60 minutes and are completely optional but are really useful when it comes to planning.

These sessions will run throughout the rest of the week depending on how many people want them and we like to leave them till later on in the week to make sure people have what they need in terms of information and questions to make the most of it.. tomorrow is the final day at our weight loss boot camp Norfolk site and we have swimming and a beach walk planned, the weather is set to be nice and it should be a really good end to the week. So time for a good nights rest ready for amongst other things; the fitness test tomorrow!

Day 4 in the fitfarms weight loss boot camp house in London

As always we begin with our morning mobiliser but as it’s such a lovely morning we have decided to do it outside on the grass, it’s a beautiful morning at half past 7 it’s already warm enough to sit in the sunshine or shade and not get cold and there is something fantastic about the whole experience of this mornings weight loss boot camp session outside, so come breakfast everyone is feeling good and ready for another day.

After breakfast we have the 2nd section of our nutrition talk and something a little more intensive in terms of exercise, it’s a legs bums and tums session with a half hour stretch after.. you know it’s been a good class when people are still sweating after half an hour stretch .

We always like to change the weeks up as much as we can make every site different to some degree and still manage the approach the same. So although some of our classes maybe more intensive or more aerobic or more resistance based than you’d usually go for we try to ensure that everyone gets benefit and all levels are catered for in the group environment. The afternoon is the program workshop.. an usual one in all honesty it looks at planning and progressing towards your goals and there is just a teeny tiny incy wincy bit of exercise as well .

The workshop itself will be based on the idea that if we are more adaptive and flexible with our lifestyles then we can make them stick a lot easier and we are then able to make it a lifestyle and not just a means to an end. 

After dinner as always our final class is one of relaxation and de-stress usually either yoga Pilates stretching or something along those lines this evening it is facilitated stretching a really good way of releasing proprioceptive tension it always goes down well as a class and we usually get some great results from it. Please have a check of the NHS website on destressing. Another steady day has come to an end but with lots to soak up and think about and a big day ahead tomorrow it’s an early night for the group now well into the 2nd half of the week.