I love Burn Boot Camp Westchase. I have tried 3 other bootcamps on the same street and although I enjoyed all 3, I joined Burn because of the facility, length of the workouts, the trainers and the positive atmosphere.
Over the other 3 bootcamps in the area this is the best facility. It's large enough, so you're not scrambling for space to do your workout. The floor has a little bounce in it, which is better for knees. It's brand new, so it's very clean. The warehouse garage doors (2 of them) can be opened to let fresh air in. We don't have to work out outside in order to get a run in since the workout space is about the size of a basketball court. Great sound system to get you pumped.
The workouts at Burn are 45 min. The other bootcamps in Westchase were 1 hour and 30 min. I think 30 min is too short for the cost of these types of bootcamps. 45 min gives people a chance to chat a little after the workout before the next one starts. The 30 min one I went to started 5 min after, so it was back to back and I felt we were a little rushed. I never got to know anyone there like I'm getting to know people at Burn. By the way, the 1 hour bootcamp on the same street was great, however they don't have their own facility and workouts are done outside. I can't handle working out outdoors, but the members and trainers were great.
The trainers at Burn, Brian and Kayla are awesome. I work out with Brian the most because I'm a morning person. He has the same energy at 5:30am that he has at 9:30am! He always pushes hard even when I whine about the weight that he's adding to my workout. He even facilitates you teaming up with people you don't know (Stacy Z and I were whining about not being teamed up together once, LOL) and that's a good thing because you get to know others. He will always skip around giving you high fives and has you high five other members. Kayla is a tough little cookie that I've worked out with in the afternoons at the 4:30pm class. She encourages you to push hard. I have a tough time in the afternoons because I'm exhausted from the workday, but Kayla makes it fun.
The only thing about Burn that can be seen as a positive or a negative is that it's mostly for women. There are co-ed workouts in the afternoon, but I don't see why a man would want to pay for Burn when they don't have the benefit of working out at all available times like the women do. Of course this is not an issue for me, but it can be an issue for a dude.
I like that there are all age groups coming to Burn. I also find that the members at Burn are encouraging and fun. I never feel like there's a competition going on or that there are haters in the room. I did feel that way at some of the others in the area, not that I give a care...but if I have a choice with paying about the same for the bootcamps every month, I choose to be in the positive atmosphere at Burn. :)
Burn holds a free co-ed bootcamp every Saturday at 9:30am. I've been trying to get HubbyStanks to come out, but he's scrrrrd. LOL read more