“Push to your limits”
4 Day High Octane Health Retreat in Beautiful Balloch, Scotland
Bonnie Banks, 6 Balloch Road, Balloch, Alexandria, G83 8SR, United Kingdom
High Octane Health Retreat UK
Join Bonnie Banks' high octane experience. This high octane weekend will push you to your limits but also educate you on how to get the best out of your body. They will instruct you in optimal nutrition to suit your body type and a training system to get you to where you want!
Meet the instructors
Rich ‘Jaffa’
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Highlights
- Military based fitness
- Munro walking (winter conditions)
- Strength and conditioning classes
- Circuit training, mountain biking, yoga
- Meals indicated in the itinerary
- 3 nights accommodation
4 days with instruction
Accommodation
Check-in Time:
15:00
Facilities
- Bar
- Barbeque facilities
- Dining area
- Free Wi-Fi
Bonnie Banks offers a highland themed 7 bedroom 10-bed luxury accommodation located metres away from the beautiful shores of Loch Lomond with the picturesque Trossachs National Park as a perfect backdrop. Positioned within walking distance from all bars and restaurants as well as all other activities Balloch has to offer. Bonnie Banks is your home away from to spend with family and friends. Make great use of our outdoor hot tub under the wooden gazebo, with a large gas BBQ and outside bar.
Dining room
Cook up a storm in their well-equipped kitchen and relax and enjoy a meal at their huge banquet dining table.
Outdoor area
Relax outdoor in their undercover hot tub. Pour yourself and your friends some drinks at our outdoor bar.
Games and TV room
Plug in your consoles and connect to the wifi to experience our immersive 70inch Samsung TV.
Program
Bonnie Banks not only gives guests a beautiful location from which to base yourselves but is also a stone's throw away from the banks of Loch Lomond. They will take you through a fun, effective health and fitness regime. Their high octane course will push you to your limits but also educate you on how to get the best out of your body.
They will instruct you in optimal nutrition to suit your body type and a training system to get you to where you want to be, every guest will have the tools to keep achieving once you have left them. They accept anyone over the age of 15 who must be accompanied by an adult, with no upper age limit.
They aim to help all guests achieve their goals, be it weight loss, confidence, strength, conditioning or those who would like to have a very active retreat amongst like-minded individuals.
After a long day, guests can relax in the hot tub. They offer an aftercare service whereby you will have access to training plans, nutritional information and a week’s sample menu. Further questions can be asked directly to their instructor via their social media platforms
Schedule activities
- Munro walking (winter conditions)
- Strength and conditioning classes
- Circuit training
- Mountain biking
- Military based fitness
- Yoga
Sample daily schedule
Sunday
Participants can arrive anytime after 3 p.m. at Bonnie Banks.
Monday
- 09:00 - 11:00 Bootcamp and Bonnie Banks introduction, meet and greet, military fitness assessment with Bleep test
- 12:00 - 13:00 Lunch, shower, and downtime
- 14:00 Nutrition lecture
- 15:00 - 16:00 Fitness based command tasks / team building
- 17:00 Stretching
- 18:00 DInner
- 19:00 - 20:00 Hot tub and down time
Tuesday
- 06:00 fasted cardio run
- 07:00 Shower
- 08:00 Breakfast
- 09:00 Fitness / gym training lecture
- 10:00 - 11:00 Strength and conditioning
- 12:00 - 13:00 Lunch, shower, and downtime
- 14:00 - 15:00 Hill reps at Duncryne hill, by Gartocharn
- 16:00 Stretching
- 17:00 - 18:00 Dinner - BBQ (weather dependent)
- 19:00 - 20:00 Hot tub and down time
Wednesday
- 07:00 Fasted cardio run
- 08:00 Breakfast
- 09:00 - 12:00 Kayak across Loch Lamond to “The Island” - fitness based command tasks and survival skills
- 12:00 - 14:00 Lunch, shower, and downtime
- 15:00 - 16:00 Military based circuit in Balloch Park
- 17:00 Stretching
- 18:00 Dinner
- 19:00 Post training lecture and group discussion
- 20:00 Hut tub and down time
Thursday
- 06:00 - 15:00 Ascent of Ben Lomond - 974m most southerly Munros - packed lunch and soup
- 15:00 - 20:00 Check out of BB
Instructors
Rich ‘Jaffa’ Worrall
Richard will be in charge of all of your fitness activities and will make sure you all achieve everything to the maximum of your abilities. His specialist training in the Parachute regiment gave him a great foundation for his fitness career. He's taken clients on various extreme sporting activities over the years from mountain climbing to ultra marathons and endurance races. His main passion is now body building and strength and conditioning and has taken many clients from fat to fit and even beyond that.
Location
The Bonnie Banks is located in the heart of Loch Lomond. It is just a short walk from the Loch itself and very close to many amenities, restaurants, bars and shopping stores.
Food
Bonnie Banks' menu is catered around the best local produce, which their chef prepares fresh each day. Nutrition is key in achieving whatever goals you have, and to that end, all meals are calorie balanced to work in conjunction with the training sessions. There are no fad diets, pills or potions at Bonnie Banks, just balanced, portion-controlled, healthy and nutritious meals, set alongside a structured set of fitness activities. They believe that the best fresh air, is that of the Scottish Highlands, so they aim to take full advantage of it.
Example menu
Breakfast
- Assorted fruit
- Egg white omelette
- Cottage cheese omelette
- Hot whole-grain cereal with berries
- Cold whole-grain cereal
- Whole wheat or 7-grain toast
- Eggs and mashed avocado on toast
- Yoghurt with fresh fruit
- Assorted cereals
Lunch to order
- Freshly roasted turkey sandwich
- Grilled veggie pita
- Turkey burger
- Veggie burger
- Border wrap
- Tuna salad sandwich
- Garden salads
- Salad toppings: tuna, turkey,
- Egg, cheese
Dinner
- Baked chicken
- Baked fish
- Pasta primavera
- Steamed veggies, grains, and beans
- Chef salad
- Additions: baked potato
- Sweet potato, rice
The following meals are included:
- Breakfast
- Lunch
- Dinner
The following dietary requirement(s) are served and/or catered for:
- Regular (typically includes meat and fish)
If you have special dietary requirements it's a good idea to communicate it to the organiser when making a reservation
What's included
- Meals indicated in the itinerary
- 3 nights accommodation
- All the scheduled activities indicated in the program
What's not included
- Flights
How to get there
Recommended Airports
GLA
Glasgow Airport
17 km
Transfer not provided
Cancellation Policy
- A reservation requires a deposit of 50% of the total price.
- The deposit is non-refundable, if the booking is cancelled.
- The rest of the payment should be paid 30 days before arrival.
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