Bootcamps

A bootcamp here is not a man shouting at you in a car park. It is twelve people at most on the grass by the lake, a circuit of six to eight stations that each have an easier and a harder version, a trainer walking the circuit correcting and encouraging, and a group that has been coming long enough to cheer new people on. Most people come three times a week; the keen ones come six.

Every session has the same shape: a warm-up jog or walk along the promenade, a strength block (kettlebell squats and swings, press-ups to a bench or the floor, rows on the bands), a conditioning block (the ropes, sled pushes on the grass, shuttles, the steps by the lighthouse), and a stretch by the water. Each station is shown at three levels and you pick yours; the trainer will suggest the next level up when you are ready and never before.

The month's programme is published on the first, so you know what Monday is, and we track your numbers if you want them tracked. Twelve people at most, booked by text or the booking page the night before. £12 a session to try it, ten for £90 if you like it, or £59 a month for as many as you like, which pays for itself at five. The first one is free. Bring water, trainers you do not mind getting wet, and layers.

What is included

• Forty-five minutes, twelve people at most
• Six mornings a week at 6:30 and 7:30; Tuesday and Thursday at 6pm
• Every station at three levels
• The month's programme published on the first
• All the kit, brought to the park
• No contract; the pass stops with a text

What it costs

£12 a session, ten for £90, or unlimited for £59 a month with no contract. The first one free. The timetable is on the bootcamp page. The prices page has every option side by side; the bootcamp page has the timetable and the spaces.