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Champneys boot camp, day 6
Day 6, Champneys boot camp, Henlow Grange. There is a tremendous bonding among our group, a strong feeling of comradeship and mutual support which has built up during the week. If one exhausted boot camper feels they cannot move another muscle, they are always given...
Champneys boot camp, day 5
Day 5, Champneys boot camp, Henlow Grange. We are wearing Ki Fit armband monitors throughout the week which record how many calories we are burning throughout the day during all our activities, as well as our sleep pattern. Last night we were given some feedback, and...
Champneys boot camp, day 4
Day 4, Champneys boot camp, Henlow Grange. We are half way through the week now and the pain is beginning to hit hard as our punishing fitness routine - six house of activity a day - takes its toll on our bodies and we begin to hurt all over, especially our thighs and...
Champneys boot camp, day 3
Day 3, Champneys boot camp, Henlow Grange. The strict exercise and diet regime is beginning to have an impact. One of our fellow boot campers left a class early yesterday, and later successfully pleaded for a side dish of beetroot in addition to her calorie counted...
Champneys boot camp, day 2
Day 2, Champneys boot camp, Henlow Grange. I suffered a major setback today. After our 7am power walk, and the best breakfast I have ever had (more on this later), we headed for a local playing field to play Kwik Cricket, but a modified version which involved all team...
Champneys boot camp, day 1
Day 1, Champneys boot camp, Henlow Grange. It's 9.30pm and I still haven't unpacked my bags. My newspapers which I picked up this morning remain crisp and unopened. Since arriving at Champney boot camp at Henlow Grange at 11am, I've not had a minute to draw breath....
The Cambridge Phenomenon book launch
I am looking forward to receiving my copy of the bumper Cambridge Phenomenon book hot off the press any day now. It marks the extraordinary history surrounding the cluster of innovation, technology and life science companies operating in and around our beautiful...
Why sharing science is smart
I'm delighted to learn that David Willetts, the minister of state for universities and science, will tomorrow announce plans to make publicly funded research accessible to readers free of charge, most possibly in public libraries. He believes that as his department...
Ladies, would you join boot camp?
Having read how Woman's Hour presenter Jenni Murray piled on the pounds again after losing 5 stone on the Dukan diet, and recently joined Weight Watchers to start all over again (I must confess I am a lapsed member), I wondered if she had considered boot camp to help...