Sit Less Boot Camp
Sit Less Boot Camp™ is offered free of charge every May and October to community groups, non-profits, small businesses, and other organizations whose members want to break the sitting habit. This 14 or 21 day challenge helps participants find workable ways to sit less and move more in their daily lives. Sit Less Boot Camp™ can be tailored to the interests and needs of your group, but you must have at least 25 enthusiastic, motivated-to-change members on board in order to participate.
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Why Should You Join?
Some people can decide to sit less and then follow through and make it happen. But for most of us, sitting is a hard habit to break. Our lives are surrounded by comfortable chairs and people who like to sit in them. Making sitting less a habit requires time and focus. It's easier to create new lasting habits when you're part of a supportive and encouraging group. That's Sit Less Boot Camp™.
How Sit Less Boot Camp is Structured
Each day we post a short challenge to participants. The challenge might be an exercise, an activity, or something else people can do in their homes that will get them up and moving. We aim for a lot of variety in the daily challenges to keep it interesting. Most of the daily challenges can be done in less than 15 minutes.
Sit Less Boot Camp lasts 2 or 3 weeks. And in those weeks you’ll get lots of ideas, strategies, and resources for sitting less and moving more that you can implement in your life. We want to help you discover workable ways to sit less that you'll continue doing long after Boot Camp is over. We want to help you move towards a happier and healthier life!
Sit Less Boot Camp lasts 2 or 3 weeks. And in those weeks you’ll get lots of ideas, strategies, and resources for sitting less and moving more that you can implement in your life. We want to help you discover workable ways to sit less that you'll continue doing long after Boot Camp is over. We want to help you move towards a happier and healthier life!
Tell Me More
Sit Less Boot Camp™ is flexible and can be implemented in a number of ways, such as a Facebook group, a Google group, or your organization's intranet or community forum. We will work with you to determine the best implementation platform as well as select daily challenges that are best suited to your group.
Boot Camp is a full partnership of shared responsibilities. We are volunteering our time, resources, and expertise in helping people change their sitting habits. In return, you must have at least 25 committed members who are motivated to participate every day for the duration of Boot Camp. Interested in learning more? Contact us and we'll be happy to discuss details and answer any questions you have. All details must be finalized at least 30 days before the start of the next Boot Camp session. |
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What Participants Have Said
More than 800 people in 22 countries have participated in Sit Less Boot Camp™ since May 2015. Participants are asked to evaluate Boot Camp and we use their feedback and comments to refine and improve the series. Here are some of their comments:
“Sit Less Boot Camp has been a life changing experience. I went from walking 2,000 steps a day to 20,000. Amazing!! Boot Camp makes it super easy to get up and get going. Love the supportive community and all the great ideas on how you can incorporate more movement into your daily routine.” – Marta from Florida
"Sit Less Boot Camp was instrumental in getting me active, and I feel so much better than I could have imagined. The best part about it is that it is SO EASY to be more active. The boot camp was a guide in getting me in the proper mindset to be more active...a guide to get from "I know I should do this" ...to actually doing it...to making it a lifestyle.” – Anna from Virginia
“Sit Less Boot Camp motivated me to get moving and provided me with the knowledge to keep going.” – Jennifer from Ontario
"I want to thank Denise and the others at Quitting the Sitting for a fabulous Boot Camp – it was truly awesome! It was my first Boot Camp and I found it to be superbly designed, very motivating, and very helpful. I learned that consciously making small changes – without trying to solve everything at once – actually works and that small, beneficial changes can quickly become a good habit! I focused on learning to stand while doing my daily 30-minute instrument practice and taking out-of-the-way routes at work whenever I walk somewhere. I noticed this week that I don’t even have to think about standing while practicing – I’m just automatically doing it! – and I’m walking much further every day. I can’t thank QTS enough!" – Lee from Kansas
“Sit Less Boot Camp Boot challenges me to make moving a regular part of my day and keep it up.” – Kathy from California
"The Quitting the Sitting movement and Boot Camp has literally changed my life. When I began decreasing my sitting I discovered that my joints hurt less. I discovered the more I moved, the more often I got up -- the better I felt. The boot camp was a great training ground to help me increase activity, giving me ideas to help me move more and become more active little by little . . . otherwise known as baby steps!!" – Karen from Ontario
"I quit the sitting and I feel great!" – Betsy from New Hampshire
Sitting Less Made Easier
Sitting less is hard. We get that. But we think we can make the process of sitting less easier for you because we'll all be working on this together. You don't have to go it alone. We are in this together.
Those who participated fully in previous Sit Less Boot Camps and stayed with us throughout the challenge tell us they feel better, more energetic and some even report they lost a few more pounds than expected from their increased activity (sitting works against any weight loss goal). And they tell us they'll be sitting less long after Sit Less Boot Camp is over. It's now a lifestyle change that they've made.
Join us and start moving towards a happier and healthier life!
Those who participated fully in previous Sit Less Boot Camps and stayed with us throughout the challenge tell us they feel better, more energetic and some even report they lost a few more pounds than expected from their increased activity (sitting works against any weight loss goal). And they tell us they'll be sitting less long after Sit Less Boot Camp is over. It's now a lifestyle change that they've made.
Join us and start moving towards a happier and healthier life!