With Memorial Day weekend just around the corner, many of us are thinking about how to get swimsuit-ready for summer trips to the pool and beach. Smyrna’s Rhyne Park, located at 4145 King Springs Rd., offers a number of activities that promise to help you shed the pounds and increase your overall fitness level – just in time for that new two-piece or pair of board shorts.
Operation Boot Camp is currently recruiting for its newest program at the park. The program promises to “jump start your fitness progress with a 30-day specially-designed, outdoor fitness boot camp program that energizes and encourages, that lifts you up and doesn’t knock you down,” according to OperationBootCamp.com.
Program organizers decided to make Smyrna it’s next base of operations when its instructors noticed several people from the area were driving to Piedmont Park to join classes there. “We knew that there was a demand for our boot camp in [Smyrna],” said Bryan Kerivan, a longtime instructor. “When we investigated a little further, we realized that Smyrna has wonderful parks that would be perfect for Operation Boot Camp workouts. Rhyne Park in particular is great because of the natural landscape including the grassy fields and the hills which we incorporate into our workouts.
“Traditional choices of going to the gym and weight watchers are good choices for healthy weight loss/strengthening. Operation Boot Camp is the best choice for those who have not gotten the results that they want from these options,” Kerivan explains. “The program jump starts fitness progress with a 30-day specially-designed, outdoor fitness and nutrition program that energizes and encourages, that lifts you up and doesn’t knock you down. We coach on nutrition and attitude and help break down the mental barriers that may be limiting our camper’s potential. Not only do you get better results, you do so at a fraction of the price of a personal trainer.”
Operation Boot Camp will hold a preview workout session this Saturday, May 16, at Rhyne Park. The session, which begins at 8:30 a.m., is free of charge. For more information, visit www.operationbootcamp.com.
Rhyne Park will also offer beginner and advanced beginner tennis lessons starting the first week of June. A satellite location of Fair Oaks Tennis Center, Rhyne Park lessons will be taught by Fair Oaks teaching staff, all of whom hold certifications from either the PTR or USPTA. For more information or to register, call Fair Oaks Tennis Center at 770 528-8480 or email wayne.miller@cobbcounty.org.
On a related note, pool passes to Tolleson Park Pool, located at 3530 King Springs Rd., are now on sale at the Smyrna Community Center. Family passes and individual passes for residents and non-residents are available. For more information, call 770 431-2842.
– Jennifer Dennard
There is already an awesome bootcamp in Smyrna/Vinings. BTB Fitness runs one that goes to the park down by the hooch near Cobb Pkwy.
They are awesome! I have seen amazing results and the instructors are really knowledgable. I’ve tried several camps and BTB is hands down the cream of the crop. They incorporate a ton of crossfit training into their workouts and really showed me how to get my diet in line.
Check them out at http://www.btbfitness.com
I have been a camper with Operation Boot Camp for almost 2 years and it has changed my life. At the age of 41, I am in better shape than I have EVER been. Since joining OBC I have lost weight, changed my diet, have more energy, sleep better than ever and am much more efficient and patient. The OBC instructors have encouraged me to step outside of my comfort zone and push myself. I have run a 1/2 marathon, 5Ks, 10Ks and participated in the Warrior Dash. Stuff I would have NEVER done if it weren’t for OBC. I have gone to the gym, used personal trainers, diets, etc.and I can tell you with no apprehension and complete honesty, that OBC-Rhyne Park has been the ONLY fitness program that has worked.