What's the minimum weight you would join a women's bootcamp/fitness group?

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I mean if you were overweight?

I approached one last year and he basically told me I was too fat to join and I should work on my nutrition first and lose some weight before I contact him again

It really knocked my confidence.

I didn't want to join a gym as I have anxiety and I tend to feel lost in situations and if I was to have to sort out my own routine I think I'd just do a runner.
I thought with a group you're being told what to do and so there's no room for feeling lost.

I've lost a little weight.

But am scared to approach another group.

The women attending in the group photos always looks slim anyways!

There isn't usually a minimum weight, but there might be a minimum fitness expectation. If you don't exercise much at the moment, walking would help you a lot. You don't need a gym until you're ready to get sweaty.

That gym sounds like the type you would want to avoid anyway op!! I go to a gym where anyone is supported & included no matter your size or ability! Maybe look for recommendations for a gym like that ib your area.

I do walk. I walk everywhere as I don't drive.

I want to get sweaty!

Look for any bootcamp that says they take beginners (assuming you are a beginner?), or any gym at all. Gyms let you do whatever you like.

I am a beginner.

I don't want a gym for reasons stated above.

If you can afford it try a personal trainer at a gym. The one I go to has people of all ages and abilities. And sizes. You could to a month or so and then see them once a month to reassess and review a routine.

Can you run (at all)?

I am in a bootcamp style fitness group. When we have beginners join, they REALLY struggle if they are so unfit/overweight that they can't run at all. If you can jog the length of a couple of tennis courts, I'd say you'd be OK. Seems to me that the base fitness more important than weight. (I'm not in charge and don't know what the official criteria are, this just my observation)

Ps if you can't run, just practise for a month and then you'll be able to :-)

Wow- he sounds pretty rude! How else are people supposed to shape up? Surely that's what you go to a bootcamp for?

I think the coach was really mean to you! I'm overweight (BMI around 29) but I can run 10km - not very fast, but without stopping. I'd be gutted if someone said I was too big for a boot camp.

How about doing some gym classes so you get the direction while building up your fitness for joining bootcamp? Circuits class might suit well for this.

Sorry, I realise I misread a bit and thought you didn't want to join a gym if you had to sort your own routine, which is why I suggested classes, but now I realise you're anxious about the gym in general. Sorry for the mistake!

He doesn't sound like a good trainer if he couldn't adapt the routine to you.
I'd try another gym.

I wonder if you have an outdoors army boot camp class nearby? I expect an ex forces trainer would snap you up.

What's the minimum weight you would join a women's bootcamp/fitness group?

It's not weight, it's fitness level. You can be obese and fit. You can be healthy weight but woefully unfit. It's not weight that matters.

Boot camp is an advanced fitness group. But there will be other fitness groups you can join that are better for lower fitness levels.

Alternate fitness groups that may be better if your fitness is low:

• Pilates
• Yoga (beginners)
• Kettlebels will be a challenge but doable
• Zumba/Clubbersise/boxersise
• Step/aerobics
• Spin class
• BTT (bums, tums and thighs).

The coach does sound like an arse. I’ve done a few boot camp groups. One was hardcore and I was already doing quite a few classes and it was so hard I vomited during the first session. I was quite thin and fit then but one of the worst for a good couple of months. I don’t think the trainer would have said anything about weight but would have done re fitness. I was on the cusp on not coping with it. You wouldn’t want a class like they if you’re not doing lots of exercise already.

The other one I went to 6 weeks post partum. The trainer adapted it for me (in my unfit, flabby dodgy pelvic floor state) while the others were working much harder. I had alternative exercises for the ab work and tended to walk not run. A good trainer should be able to adapt and modify and differentiate activities to the needs of the participants.