Louis Smith takes to ‘bootcamp’
Earlier this week Louis Smith showed off his best parkour moves as he became the first person to be put through his paces at the launch of a new Urban Boot Camp, designed exclusively by Phones 4u to celebrate the launch of the Samsung Galaxy S4.
Scaling walls, gates and rocks around the iconic London landscape, Louis quickly mastered the upper and core body exercises and parkour moves devised by fitness trainer to the stars, Ricardo Macedo, and quickened a few pulses of the participating boot-campers in the process!
The bespoke boot camp is the first of its kind, using the iconic urban landscape of London as a workout playground. Using the new Samsung Galaxy S4 to keep track of the calories he burned, Louis kicked off the new boot camp outside the Tower of London, before taking part in the 4.2km circuit that took in London’s most famous sights, including the Millennium Bridge and the London Eye, before cooling down under the towering heights of Big Ben.
Louis Smith commented: “London is one of the world’s most breath-taking cities and I loved using the urban landscape to put my body to the test. The Phones 4u Urban Boot Camp is an innovative and unique way for people to work out in London and it’s unlike anything else I’ve seen before. Ricardo certainly worked us very hard – the basic parkour moves may look fairly easy but they require a lot of strength and energy! ”
He adds: “These days smart phones are an intrinsic part of most people’s lives, so it’s great to be able to integrate the health features on the Samsung Galaxy S4 as part of an everyday workout.”
Developed by Ricardo Macedo, regular trainer to super-toned celebrities like Girls Aloud and JLS, the Phones 4u urban boot camp is designed to push participants to the limit and achieve maximum results in minimum time, with all the results tracked by the S-Health app on the latest tech gadget, the Samsung Galaxy S4.
The boot camp is free and will be running for a six week period every Tuesday and Thursday until 4th July. Kicking off from the Tower of London, the hour long session takes brave participants on a 4.2km workout consisting of warm-up lunges, plyometrics exercises, upper and core body exercises, parkour using rocks, walls and gates, and culminating in a sprint to the Millennium Bridge steps which will be used for a final full body blast before crossing the finishing line at Big Ben.
People wanting to take part in the Phones 4u urban boot camp can apply for spaces at www.Facebook.com/Phones4u.
