Bootcamp Blog - Andrea's Wedding Day Approaches

Andrea joined our new Palm Jumierah Bootcamp at the end of February, with the goal of fitting into her gorgeous wedding dress.

Read all about the sessions, her progress and what she thinks of our Fitness O2 Renegade Bootcamp.

Click on the link below to follow her progress.

Andrea's Bootcamp Blog

Job Post: Trainers Needed

Fitness O2 is expanding. If you are a qualified fitness trainer with minimum 2 years experience and would like to join a young, dynamic and creative team changing the face of fitness in the UAE, call us on +971 4 347 3440 or email us.

Fitness O2 specializes in alternate fitness, focusing on outdoor boot camps (including Mixed Martial Arts / MMA), personal training, corporate fitness, and more.

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New Fitness02 Bootcamps start on the 7th of March 2010!

The New Fitness 02 Bootcamps start Sunday the 7th of March 2010.
We have Military Renegade Bootcamps 6am & 730pm, Booty Bootcamp for the ladies! 830am, MMA Fit bootcamp 730pm!
Dont forget we have Dubai's best Personal trainers....so get fit with a company that is down to earth and has heaps of fun getting you fit!
80% of our clients have been with us since we started 3 years ago.....not bad ha! We must be doing something right.

email maegan@fitness02.com

How Not To: Essential Tips & Techniques - Squats

This is the second part of Fitness O2's "How Not To" series (you can read the first article about the plank here) posted by our loyal bootcamper, Hadi Hmayssi. Our focus in today's post is on the notorious, squat, an exercise many of us don't like, but a very important exercise in strengthening part of our core muscles as well as our legs, here is how not to do a squat:

1. Your legs should not be very wide apart nor very close, the right distance is shoulder width
2. Your hands should not be on your waist but rather crossed on your chest or extended straight in front of you to help you balance yourself
3. During movement up and down, your knees should not cross your toe line meaning you go down with and not by leaning forward. The motion should be a straight up-and-down motion.
4. Do not arch your back to the inside, look straight ahead with your chest up, shoulders to the back, stomach to the outside and your bottom pushing outside as you go down.
   
5. Do not go all the way down; your bottom should not go lower then your knees or you will put unnecessary pressure on the knees.You should make a 90 degree angle with your legs.
6. Inhale going down and exhale going up
7. Do not do it fast, the slower you go, the more resistance you create on the muscle this means better results. When going down, do it in 4 stages (4 seconds) and when going up do it in one stage.

What do you think of the squat? is it worth spending time making sure the technique is right?

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Videos Part 2: Renegade Bootcamp on Jumeirah Beach

This is another video of what Fitness O2's Renegade Bootcamp is like, this one is filmed during the day on Jumeirah Kite Surfing Beach (Dubai), quite an old video, but still captures the spirit of fun workout / boot camp.