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Vita Vie Retreat In the News
Our fitness retreat has been written up in several publications. All press is listed from the most current to the least current.
Spa Magazine
12 Great Weight-Loss Spas – From Boot Camps to Holistic Retreats
By Elizabeth Woodson | Winter 2012
Vita Vie Retreat in Spa Magazine's Winter 2012 Issue
THE BOOT CAMP
Two More to Try
Housed at beachfront Marriott Delray Beach, VITA VIE RETREAT, subs in the shores of South Florida for the gym. Participants get busy om the beach with jogging sessions, aerobics, resistance training, crunches, Pilates and yoga — much of which is more effective for weight loss (running around on sand has been shown to burn more calories than jogging on a treadmill). Three-night programs from $1390.00 (double), all-inclusive.
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Visit Florida (visitflorida.com)
Checking Out of Life But Checking Into Yourself
By Frances Robles | November 30, 2011
“People don’t want to go home from vacation feeling worse than when they arrived, or feeling that they need a vacation from their vacation,” said Margot Rutigliano, founder of the Bella Boot Camp, a fitness retreat at the Marriott Hotel in Delray Beach. “The active fitness vacation is really gaining speed. It’s great for women and groups of women. We have a lot of couples do it together.”
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USA Today – Travel Tips
FitSpas in South Florida
By Rebecca Garland, Demand Media | June 2011
Arizona has been a longtime breeding ground for fitness retreats and destination spas, but the state now has a new rival. With South Florida’s year-round warm weather, luxury accommodations and easy beach access, the region attracts men and women who want to get in shape. South Florida’s collection of fitness spas and retreats emphasize fitness, health, wellness and relaxation.
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Livestrong
Exercise and Weight Loss Excursions
By Gabrielle Dion | May 2011
Vacationing can be a great way to relax and unwind, but it can also be a quick way to put on unwanted pounds. With more options available in the growing market of health-related excursions, from spas and boot camps to weight loss camps and outdoor adventures, many vacationers are eschewing the time-honored tradition of sipping pina coladas by the beach in exchange for a more active getaway.
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More Magazine
12 Revitalizing Winter Vacations
By Jamie Miles | January 2011
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Beat the winter doldrums by escaping to warm and healthy. Here, 12 vacations you and your body will love.
Ten-hut, soldier! If you don’t mind getting bosses around than this boot camp-inspired retreat may be just the motivation you need. Guests can choose to work out either three or five hours a day in a variety of group activities, including beach walks, Zumba, yoga, cardio kickboxing, balance training, belly dancing and more. The goal of the program is to get out of the gym and into the outdoors by finding exercises you’ll want to keep doing upon returning home (from $1290 for a three night stay, three meals per day, all activities and a 50-minute spa treatment; bvretreat.com).
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That’s Fit (AOL’s ThatsFit.com)
Esape to a Boot Camp Retreat
October 2010 by Karen Asp
Boot camp workouts are hotter than ever — and for good reason. During a typical 40-minute boot camp workout, you can burn 400 calories on average, according to a study from the American Council on Exercise. Want to really challenge that body and maybe even shed a few pounds? Book your next vacation at a boot camp retreat, most of which include accommodations and super healthy meals. Here are four to put on your radar:
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Oxygen Magazine
By Stefani Jackenthal
June 2010
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This isn’t going to be your average girls’ getaway. As you gather your BFF’s this summer and head for an action-packed boot camp on a beach in Florida, you can look forward to more than a tanned tummy – you’ll get a toned tummy too. This isn’t going to be a breezy day at the beach.
With hot weather and sun-backed sand as your backdrop, attending a Florida area boot camp is the perfect way to blast calories – at least 450!* per hour – and work your entire body. Take Bella Boot Camp in Delray Beach, Florida for example. The work begins at 9:00 a.m. with a beach walk that’s interspersed with intense intervals and followed by an hour long circuit – style muscle strengthening and sculpting session. Between the jump squats, cone drills, resistance-band moves and medicine ball tosses, you’ll hardly miss your morning cappuccino. And the afternoon sessions will get your fitness into gear too, with an hour-long cardio rope circuit that mixes 45- to 60-second intervals with 30 seconds of recovery doing scissor jumps, jumping rope, jogging in place and push-ups. You’ll definitely feel the burn!
“The south Florida sand is soft and deep, so it really works glutes and hamstrings. Just walking on it automatically engages your core, calves and quads while building balance, agility and endurance,” says Margot Rutigliano, a certified trainer who has been running Bella Boot Camp for the past five years. “It’s a way for women to have fun while being introduced to new fitness options and reinvigorating their current workout routines.”
With a variety of exercises, it’s tough to get bored. “Boot camp made me realize how I could mix up things when I got back to my daily life,” says Sowmya Kanikkannan, 29, a physician from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, who lost two pounds, gained an inch of muscle in her chest and lost an inch in her hips and thighs after attending boot camp for just one week. “I felt stronger all around, especially my biceps, triceps and deltoids – probably from all the push-ups!”
*Based on a 135 pound woman.
Mandisa Official
Mandisa of American Idol Gives Her Experience at Bella Boot Camp in Delray Beach
January 2010
Ok, ok…it wasn’t exactly fat camp but that’s how I jokingly referred to it among my friends. I’ll explain, but first, let me back up and give you a little history…
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Boca Magazine
“Healthy Retreats”
January 2010
Vita Vie Retreat - Boca Magazine
Vita Vie Retreat – Bella Boot Camp
What Sets It Apart: Owner, Margot Rutigliano, a trainer and nutrition instructor who has gotten into this industry to maintain and control her own weight, teaches healthy habits. Most lose and average of 4 pounds 3.5 inches during the week. Offerings include cobblestone walking on cobblestone mats and takefumi, a Japanese method of walking on bamboo.
Programs: Nutrition; Pilates; cardio kickboxing; beach boot camp and more
What You Can Expect to Pay: About $2890 for 6 Nights (varies depending on the time of year)
Website: bvretreat.com
After Hours Magazine
10 Healthy Holidays Around the World
By Sarah Hanson | November 2008
Vita Vie Retreat - After Hours Magazine
Health and fitness holidays now mean more than prune juice, mud packs and rowing machines. A yoga centre in the Himalayas, a survival school in Utah and a “boot camp” in south-west France are among those promising a whole new you
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Miami Herald
Exercising & Indulgence
By Charlotte Sutton
Kick! Kick! Kick! bellows our leader, thrusting her sneakered foot sideways and up to shoulder height, in time to the beat pulsing from an iPod. “Hands up! Protect your face! Visualize someone you want to hit!”
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Oxygen Magazine – Fat Loss (Collector’s Issue)
7 Best Fat Blasting Resorts
January 2008
Vita Vie Retreat - Oxygen's Fat Loss Magazine
Vacations don’t have to mean greasy buffets and endless games of shuffleboard. Fitness resorts offer a place where you can sweat and play so you’ll leaved feeling relaxed and healthy – and likely a few pounds lighter. Here are seven of America’s finest, from the most budget friendly to celebrity posh.
A high energy, get your butt in shape retreat, the bella boot camp is a great way for new exercisers or those looking for extra motivation to work out in a spectacular beach setting. The program is limited to 10 participants, offering a bouncing group atmosphere with ample time for individual attention from experienced, certified trainers with post rehab backgrounds who place priority on safety and proper form. All equipment is provided including environmental water bottles and essential oil towelettes for quick clean ups.
American Spa
By Julie Keller | 2008
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Banderas News
August 2006
Bella Vita Retreat is picking up the pace and losing inches on the Pacific Coast of Mexico with their exclusive Bella Weight Loss Retreats. Guests can now experience the hard hitting, high energy, custom designed Bella Weight Loss Retreats in San Pancho, Mexico.
With an average weight loss of 5lbs in the first week of training, guests are sure to experience smaller waist lines and big pleasures from this results producing retreat. With locations at hotels in Palm Beach, FL, and Santa Barbara, CA, the retreat in San Pancho is the perfect destination addition with a mixture of Mexican and Mediterranean flair.
These retreats are focused on producing results for the guests. “We don’t let anyone get out of here without a smile on their face,” Margot says. They are specifically designed for each individual guest and all sessions are held with a nationally certified and experienced personal trainer or nutritionist.
Daily schedules are packed with fitness and wellness and a wide variety of active sessions including personal training, martial cardio blast (a combination of cardio with martial arts influence and Pilates), core conditioning, yoga, “best abs ever,” nutrition, stress reduction, massage, body treatments, skin care and more.
Margot Rutigliano, founder of Bella Vita Retreat, decided it was time to offer something new and different for the guests. Partnering with this property in Mexico allows guests to enjoy a serene environment filled with fitness and wellness along with the amenities of a small resort. An amazing setting for motivation, working out will be easy with a backdrop of the ocean and a private beach. “This is the perfect way to renew your body, refresh your mind and not think about anything else but yourself and your goal,” says Rutigliano.
Although Bella Vita Retreat’s programs are focused on fitness, the retreat is about getting in shape and developing lifelong patterns to stay in shape and treating your body right. All guests will be provided an 8 week nutrition and fitness program to help reach their health and weight loss goals. Guests should definitely be ready to sweat, but exercise isn’t all that is included in the daily schedule.
Massages and stress reduction sessions are provided in ample amounts to help reduce daily stress and ease aches and pains. Rejuvenation is one of the most important steps to Bella Vita Retreat’s 5 Step Program. Clients will dine on ultra healthy fare prepared by a chef on the property. Spa treatments are delivered to the guest’s rooms, poolside or directly on the beach.
The retreat has 4 two bedroom casitas with Mexican influenced interiors, soft linens and pillows and plush towels. Rooms are single and have a queen bed with a high powered, high speed fan that drops down over the bed for extra cooling. Each casita has one full bathroom and common area with a full kitchen. A large pool with lounge chairs as well as hammocks, picnic tables and professional grills are located on the property.
With the ocean only steps away, the breezes are endless and satisfying after a hard day of working out. In addition, other activities are available including snorkeling, scuba diving, fishing, kayaking, parasailing, jet skiing, wind surfing, surfing and more. The location is approximately 30 minutes from the Puerto Vallarta airport. Taxis and vans are available at an additional fee for travel to and from the resort.