Personal Training
I believe in being fit for life – that’s every day life. Be fit and strong. Functional training aimed at daily tasks eg keeping up with your children, gardening, hanging up the washing, putting the shopping in the car etc – and having some energy left to do the things you enjoy! Exercise can improve your confidence – and tones you up.
Train from home
Not everyone has the time to go to a gym, so I come to you. Its amazing how effectively you can train in your own home - or garden or the local park. Or from your office. I am an advocate of keeping it simple. Bodyweight exercises and good technique can be as effective. Its private, and at your convenience.
Tone up and Core exercises
I am fanatical about training the core - its what holds us all together.
It holds your tummy in, it supports your skeletal frame in good posture which in turn protects your vital organs.
I teach "abs" as a basic and we can add to that - whatever you goals may be.
Healthy Diet
It has been proven that exercise is good for you, and combined with healthy eating, you have the best possible chance of feeling great, losing a few pounds and being so much healthier.
I will encourage you to keep a Food Diary - being honest might be difficult, but it works!
Goals
Goal setting is a major part of personal training. What do you want to achieve? All over loss of inches, loss of weight or just general fitness? Together we can decide an achieveable timetable keeping it simple.
The initial session
I will have sent you a PAR-Q (Physical Activity Readiness Questionnaire) and we will have a look at that together. We will discuss your goals - and set some. There will be time to get warmed up, do some basic exercises - depending on your level of fitness - and a cool down with stretches. I will put together a program for the next session.
What do I wear?
For the initial session, just some comfortable trousers or shorts, and t-shirt. Depending on the weather of course, you may need some extra layers! Wear trainers and we are about set.
After a training session
Its advisable to drink plenty of still water and refuel healthily - and I mean a piece of fruit, not a chocolate bar!
You may experince some muscle soreness 24 to 48 hours after the training session. You need to warm up and do some stretching on the affected parts. This probably means that you are using muscles that have been rather dormant. A sports massage would speed up any recovery.