If you're looking for a high intensity workout that will keep your body physically fit, then boot camp fitness is the workout routine for you. Boot camp fitness provides weight loss, strengthening and endurance, cardio, balance, flexibility, fat loss and overall body conditioning all in one heart pumping routine.

Boot camp fitness is very fast paced and there are not many breaks between the workouts. You jump from one workout to the next in order to keep your heart rate up. However, as with any workout, make sure to stop and take a break if your body is telling you to stop. Signs that you're overdoing it are becoming lightheaded, dizzy, or nauseas.

You can do the majority of boot camp workouts right in your living room and you can use as little or as much workout equipment as you like.

To get a good boot camp workout, you'll want to start with fifty jumping jacks followed by fifty crunches. When doing crunches, it's important that you are not swinging your body weight to get the top half of your body off the floor. These should be slow and controlled movements that use only your abdominals.

Next you will run in place for two minutes followed by twenty push-ups. Before the end of your workout, you will want to add another twenty push-ups so you have done forty push-ups during your entire workout.

For two minutes, you'll shadow box, also known as punching the air (or a punching bag if available). Make these punches quick and alternate between your right and left fist. Get back on the ground and do the bicycle. For this workout, lie flat on your back with your head and shoulders lifted slightly off the floor. Bring your hands to the side of your head. Keep your left leg straight and approximately 6 inches from touching the ground, bend your right leg at the knee and have your left elbow meet with your right knee. Alternate. Your legs should be doing a pedaling motion, just as they would on a bike. Do forty bicycles-when you have completed both sides you count that as one complete.

Now you will complete twenty lunges and twenty squats. To finish your workout, don't forget to stretch. While it's often overlooked, stretching is an extremely important part of every workout.

Now you have a boot camp fitness routine that will probably make you sore at first, but will keep you fit and healthy over time!