02/01/2024
I’m Carol, hi! I started off as an unfit 36 year old mum of 3 young kids wanting to lose weight. I started exercising and got it all a bit wrong for a year. I lost a lot of weight which I thought would bring me joy, but instead it fed an unhealthy obsession with extremes…under eating, over exercising and craving constant results. I couldn’t get the life balance right, I thought being thin was the answer to being healthy and happy. It wasn’t. I was my most miserable at my lowest bodyweight. Unsurprisingly, I don’t have many photos of me to show during this period of my life.
7 years ago I went to college and qualified as a PT. In the past 7 years I have focused on creating an environment for women to start their fitness journey that I wish I had available to me 8 years ago.
I want women to lift heavy weights safely, confidently and consistently.
I want every person to feel comfortable regardless of experience, ability and fitness level. Everyone starts at the beginning and everyone improves.
I want my clients to prioritise strength, habit and longevity over weightloss. This doesn’t mean losing weight isn’t important if you feel you need to, or have been told by medical professionals that you need to. I will never assume any client needs to lose weight unless they tell me. Some of my fittest clients are not the smallest, and some of my smallest clients are not the healthiest.
I want my clients to understand that although exercise and diet are complimentary partners they are mutually exclusive. Eat a nutritionally balanced diet because good food is glorious!
Exercise habitually because it sorts your head out and greatly increases the ability to get off the loo unaided in your 90’s.
I want the women that come to me to leave every single session feeling accomplished, strong, confident and 💯 better for coming!
I am not a shouty army bootcamp coach if that’s what floats your boat! There are plenty other amazing ones out there to choose from. I practice gentle coaching and more likely to hug you than make you do burpee’s.
I want you to fall in love with strength training and do it for the rest of your life.
Come along and join us!