Prestige Boot Camp Reviews 289

I'd never been on a detox/bootcamp holiday before but I certainly will again, even if it's half as good as the one I had with Prestige. The meals were truly incredible; healthy and delicious with amazing juices, the villa in Portugal was top notch and the exercise classes and hikes were unbelievably challenging (even for a fitness freak like myself!). And to top it off, the guys from Prestige were consummate professionals. They are extremely knowledgeable and great fun to be around. It was like being away with a bunch of mates (albeit ones who shout at you to do more sit ups occasionally). It wouldn't hesitate to recommend it and will certainly be back

Wow what a week I had, really didn't know what to expect but wanted to get a bit fitter, lose a little weight and get motivated and boy did that happen.If you are prepared to put the work in you'll get the results. Fabulous trainers full of encouragement and praise and the wonderfully tasty food freshly cooked by Chef has educated me on getting flavour without the calories and large portion sizes are the thing of the past.
Its tough no doubt but the hot tub and fabulous accommodation allows for chilled evenings though most of us were in bed by 9pm!
7.5 lbs off and 9 inches has inspired me to continue
Thanks
Kate

Had the best time. Gorgeous villa, gorgeous juices, lovely setting. And it worked, which is what its all about. I achieved all my goals and had a laugh along the way. Highly recommended if you want to change your body and your mindset.

Just finished one week boot camp in Wales. Beautiful location and comfortable accommodation !! I and my sister form Boston did this together and it was an amazing though exhaustive experience for me.
This has truly been a life changing experience for me. Never done boot camps before !! The programme was very well designed and the food was amazing. Never felt hungry - Chef you rock!! I have already tried your salmon recipe and the entire family loved it. Staff W and Staff F were so good and supportive.
Staff W - amazing motivator and instructor !!!

I have just completed another very enjoyable week with Prestige, What I love abut Prestige is the fact that they treat everyone as individuals and in doing so get the best out of each of us and push us to do things that we did not think we could do. Although I am not , in the first flush of youth,
I come away feeling energized, full of the joys of Spring, and looking forward to the next one! The food cooked by the chef is wonderful and we all look forward to each meal, The support and back up by all the staff is wonderful .

I have done 3 boot camps with Prestige.
Each times the staff has been fantastic: dedicated, kind & encouraging.
The food is great too and the results are always there: every single time I have dropped a dress size!
I would recommend this company to anyone who wants to lose weight whilst having fun and making great new friends.

just do it.....

Having done very little exercise in the past I decided to give this a go with my husband who is a fitness fanatic. We didn't want to loss weight but to improve our general fitness. When we arrived at our apartments the views and facilities were amazing. I thought we had booked the perfect retreat, then along came the exercise and what a shock it was!
It took me a couple of days to get over the little aches that were appearing because I hadn't exercised in so long however the staff and coaches were amazing, everyday they pushed us to our full potential, no one was left out. My husband who had great fitness levels already was pushed to his full potential too so we both got 100% out of each and every workout.
The food was unbelievable, we wanted to hire the chef at home. It was tasty, nutritious and healthy. We are now home a little lighter, a lot leaner and with glowing skin.
I think everyone in the world should experience this bootcamp at least once in their lives. We are home on a high and will definitely be back next year if not sooner!!!

Let me start with what I did not like - preachy about sugar is awesome, unless, of course, you're not into sugar. At all. If you don't even eat fruit because it's sweet and abhor chocolate, a full hour length movie on the dangers of it is a bit much.

That's all I disliked. Really. That, and the British habit of roasting a perfectly good tomato...What did the tomato ever do to you, chef?

I am a loner and I dislike groups; I never realised the power of being in one until last week, when my team got me through hours I could not fathom I could have gotten through a week before. I felt my physical ability grow every day - I know it sounds unreal, but this is what happened. On a single circuit I and Gillian went from not being able to do one pull up to doing 8 then to doing 12 in a matter of 5 minutes. Because we cheered each other on, because the team's enthusiasm was infectious, because you guys simply have it.

If I can do it, and I am a three pack a day smoker, carrying way too much weight, then you can do it too; there really is no excuse. Prestige Camps is not a magical bullet, but it is a first step. I would encourage you to take it, unknown reader.

Staff R, Staff W, my thanks for your patience. Jo, what can I say, sweetness, xx. Chef, you rock so much :) I was not hungry for a single moment, you fed us the right things at the right time. Kathy, so graceful; Sofia, so honest.

And Sir, yes Sir, I will be running up those stairs by the time I meet you again in Wales :D

Thank you for the week,

Cheers,

Maria

Met a lot of new people and the group was just great. The group was supportive of everyone in every excercise. Had my first Kayaking experience which was great fun. Thanks a lot Prestige Bootcamp for a memorable week.

I would recommend this company to anyone for a great kick start into healthier eating and shedding the pounds.

Fantastic week! Great people, diverse training sessions and lots of fun supported by delicious meals and always encouraging enthusiastic trainers.

I had the best week the training was so good I lost 7.6 lbs thanks to all the staff

We burned an average of 4,000 calories a day and each of us in the group lost both pounds and inches. More importantly, however, I think we were given a lot of food for thought that we can take home and continue to reflect on. Our instructors, both with over 20 years of experience in the military and really lovely guys, were full of wisdom and positivity. The team really cares about the participants, it’s not some horrible shouty military mania, and the results are there as well. And the location in Wales was absolutely stunning.

The Staff, the facilities and outdoors in Algarve, the food and the other participants were all fantastic!!

In September 2015 I had a medical. It was the news I fully expected. I was quite a bit overweight (over 15 stone) with high BMI and fat percentage.... It was a good enough reason for my partner Abi to encourage me to do the same Boot Camp she went on a few years ago. So I clicked onto the Prestige website and booked a place on the October boot camp in Spain. After seven days I returned to the UK an unbelievable 15.4lb lighter, and having lost 12inches of fat around my hips, waist, legs and arms (combined).

It was a truely amazing week and I met some fantastic people along the way with similar goals in mind.

In had not exercised for a very long time (we guessed at 15 to 20 years), So I was a little worried going into the week so unfit. I needn't have worried as you will come on to read later.

However, they call it boot camp for a reason! It is run by top notch ex Military (Royal Navy) PT instructors who are referred to as "STAFF". On the boot camp I attended, there were three of them, Staff "M", "W" and "R". They know exactly what they are doing given their combined 70 years of experience.

Each day started in the sweat room and tough cardio sessions before breakfast then off to the beach - but not for relaxing, but more circuits and interval exercises. A small snack preceded even more workouts on the beach. Generally speaking we returned back to the villa at about 13:00 before starting all over again in the afternoon but usually in the hills around our villas - surrounded by absolutely breathtaking scenery.

There were 22 of us on this boot camp, all but 5 were women, and everyone had a different set of goals. Most were about weight loss, but a small handful just wanted to concentrate on their fitness. Some simply wanted a bit of personal time to clear their heads of the pressures back home or simply to get their life back on track. Each workout session is noticeably different and targeted overall body fitness, legs, abs and upper body. Warm ups and warm downs were considered as critical as the training itself.
To fuel this venture we needed to be sure that we were getting the best nutrition possible. The food was pretty varied and on occasions damned right delicious. Ours was cooked up by "chef" and served in perfectly measured portions on a daily basis. In my case it was reduced portions to help with one of my goals. Nutritious, but deliberately low in calories, with no added salts, sugars, or bad carbs, only good ones, All food types and demands appeared to be catered for as our group had vegetarians, pescatarians, along with Kosher, Halal to name but a few. Evening meals were served at 18:00, these were usually the best.

With no alcohol, caffeine, toxins or other rubbish going into your system, combined with huge amounts of exercise and different (reduced) food intake, the human body does react differently! I guess I was not ready for this. On day two I hit my own personal low. As the last series of exercises neared completion I entertained the others by reaching my physical limit and threw up violently.... I had to be escorted back to the villa!
This is when the experience if the crew really kicked in. Staff "M" took me back to the villa, reassuring me all the way. He made sure I was fully rehydrated (with a magic sachet) and did the "first aid" bit with compassion and care. Staff "W" then sat me down and made sure that I knew exactly what was going on and what to expect, taking his time to make sure it sank in. Staff "R" did his usual (and brilliant) motivational piece whilst Jo (a key member of the support staff) gave me a big hug. This was just what was needed, as at the time I really didn't think I could do another day. I even had brief thoughts of giving up, but these didn't last for long given the encouragement and experience of the staff, as well as the other boot campers! The next day we did a tough 23km hike up a local mountain (I say hike, but you needed all four limbs at times). My mind and body were back on track! It was a fantastic day with awesome views across to the Atlas Mountains in north Africa. Wednesday and Thursday followed a similar pattern to the first two days, and Friday we did paddle boarding with a workout before and after - a brilliant day.

The accommodation was first class, with indoor and outdoor heated pools, jacuzzis, hot-tubs, saunas, cinema room and much more too boot. I guess that is hardly surprising given its next door to some of Europe's highest priced real estate.

It's hard to describe how I feel right now. Exhausted, exhilarated, emotional are the first that spring to mind. I am significantly fitter than I was, pushing myself harder than I thought possible or had dared to. The bonus is that I am a lot thiner and lighter too.

What I've also seen is that it is not important how you compare to others, it's all about how you feel about yourself. EVERYONE starts and ends these camps at a very different place, so everyone ends up a winner! One piece of advice I heard on the first day stuck with me al the way through, this was simply "the more you put in, the more you get out". Its true!

This experience has also got me to think really hard about the importance of the fuel we put into our bodies. I knew much of this beforehand, but it's hit home quite hard after being able to survive on such little volume but exercise so damned hard. It's definitely a case of quality over quantity from now on. The group of people I was with on this camp all expressed similar views so I know I am not alone in these thoughts.

Four weeks later and I have managed to keep the weight off (even over Christmas), and more importantly have got into some good (daily) exercise habits. Something I had previously found a whole bunch of excuses not to do... I believe I am now filter than Ive been for decades.

These boot-camp holidays are amazing and I would say life changing. A self indulgent gift of the highest order and something I would recommend to anyone and at any age. This team know what they are doing. I suspect they are copied by many, but matched by very few (if at all).

I've recently returned from doing the 7day bootcamp -this was my 50th birthday present.
I got so much out of the experience, I wanted to be pushed both physically & mentally to limits I'd never been pushed too.
I wanted time to myself to re-evaluate my future goals.
I wanted to lose a few lbs & inches.
I got all this & much more, I got to run again, I went tree top walking, indoor climbing.
Above all - everything we did was made fun, the staff where amazing, they new how to push us, motivate & educate.
This was the 1st bootcamp I've ever been on, I can't wait to be able to do it all over again.
My results where out standing, yes it was hard work but worth it.
Thank you prestige, staff W & staff M x

Have been on this Devon camp 3 times now, the results have been absolutely fantastic and very consistent in terms of weight loss and change in body shape. It is hard work but the staff are impecably professional and supportive. The accommodation and food is 5 star, set in a pristine picturesque Devon valley complete with pheasants and hooting owls. The resultant changes in body, complexion and attitude are very empowering and refreshing indeed. My overall fitness and health has measurably improved since attending the first camp 6 years ago. It really is the very best- consistently producing great results if you follow their plan for the week. Thrilled again with all Prestige have done for me, Thank you : )

I had an amazing week. Staff W, Staff M and Chef provided the right level of authority, support and humour so that I was pushed, but felt secure and had lots of fun. We were lucky with a great group of people, who although quite diverse, gelled and supported each other. I enjoyed Chef's food enormously and learned to eat slowly! The work outs were varied and interesting and I loved the mystery of not knowing what to expect. Staff W was also very skilled at reading the mood and fatigue of the group and either providing the right kind of workout, or motivating us out of our low spirits. I loved it all, and although I hope that I won't need to come back for some time, I will definitely recommend it to my friends and I will return if I (and when) I need to!

Incredible week being encouraged to go beyond my limitations. The Prestige BC was so intelligently run, amazingly motivating, educational and great healthy food too. The Staff knew exactly how far to push us and when to switch exercises. I did not have to think for myself just followed the advice. Beach and Mountain circuit training was great. Didnt think exercise could be so much fun! I am so much fitter healthier and toned. Thank you so much