{"id":11701,"date":"2012-11-02T11:15:40","date_gmt":"2012-11-02T11:15:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.jomec.co.uk\/altcardiff\/?p=11701"},"modified":"2012-11-02T11:15:40","modified_gmt":"2012-11-02T11:15:40","slug":"military-fitness-gets-results","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/2012\/11\/02\/military-fitness-gets-results\/","title":{"rendered":"Military fitness gets results"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2012\/10\/Active_4_BMT_ET2.jpeg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-12143\" title=\"Active_4_BMT_ET\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2012\/10\/Active_4_BMT_ET2.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"630\" height=\"280\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2012\/10\/Active_4_BMT_ET2.jpeg 630w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2012\/10\/Active_4_BMT_ET2-300x133.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 630px) 100vw, 630px\" \/><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-12143\" title=\"Active_4_BMT_ET\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2012\/10\/Active_4_BMT_ET2.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"630\" height=\"280\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2012\/10\/Active_4_BMT_ET2.jpeg 630w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2012\/10\/Active_4_BMT_ET2-300x133.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 630px) 100vw, 630px\" \/><\/noscript><\/a><\/p>\n<p>After a summer of Olympic action, and a recent insurgence of fitness fanatics taking over\u00a0gyms, roads and bicycle lanes, it was only a matter of time before fitness classes themselves stepped up to the mark. Enter British Military Fitness (BMF), the outdoor fitness routine derived from military style training camps.<\/p>\n<p>Classes are organised by bib colour; blue for the exercise-shy, red for intermediate fitness and green &#8211; not for the faint hearted. Having classes organised by ability allows everyone the chance to take part, says Cardiff&#8217;s BMF park manager Nathan Gibbons.\u00a0Military trained Gibbons explains that exercising outdoors with a group motivates people more, \u201cThe classes focus on variety and teamwork to help participants reach their goals\u201d.<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"MBF website\" href=\"http:\/\/www.britmilfit.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">BMF<\/a> currently run free taster sessions in Cardiff.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>After a summer of Olympic action, and a recent insurgence of fitness fanatics taking over\u00a0gyms, roads and bicycle lanes, it was only a matter of time before fitness classes themselves stepped up to the mark. Enter British Military Fitness (BMF), the outdoor fitness routine derived from military style training camps. 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