I’m back from a lovely run in the sunshine around Wanstead Park while listening to the radio. By the river Roding I came across the Army Boot Camp Fitness instructor and his “squad” of willing volunteers. He had just stopped the group running and was making them do "press ups" then "star jumps" on the path. It is the same former Paratrooper PTI who is in the Youtube video.
Many moons ago I had a little of this sort of thing – at least I was very young and being paid to do so! I never imagined giving up my Sunday mornings and paying for being "beasted"!
Actually they don’t seem to be as rough on people in practice as they suggest on the video. I quite often see them on Sundays running around the Park and being shouted at but it tends to be encouraging rather than in any way real “beasting”. People seem exhausted but strangely happy. Burning up to 600 calories an hour is I suppose a good way of making up for the beer and curry on the previous Saturday night.
But it’s a strange old world at times.
