Boots Camps: The Manly Man’s Way to Fitness

Despite the images on the covers of fitness magazines, real workouts are not pretty. Now, some  men who understand that are signing up for men-only boot camps, the new manly man’s way to lose some fat and build some muscle, and perhaps ego. The New York Times reports on the trend, telling us that the camps, usually run by former military people or personal trainers, involve high-intensity moves like sprinting,
jumping jacks and calisthenics that rely on one’s own body weight to
perform push-ups and pull-ups. Roughly three dozen all-male camps have cropped up in the last 18
months and at least five are in the works. Oh, and one more thing, the Times reminds us, for all of those womanly women, there are  women-only boot camps.
Read more more in the New York Times.