Body Positive Health & Fitness - Personal Training

These are some of the things I work on with my clients, but even if you don't hire a PT, if you find you're getting stuck with being as active as you'd like, you might find it helpful to ask yourself what you need from each of these three categories.

If you'd like a little more commitment, and some savings on session prices, you may be interested in the new package options for weekly or twice-weekly PT sessions.

Need something more budget friendly? There are online small group classes twice a week which can be booked casually.

Not sure what would work for you? You can book a free initial consult so we can have a chat. Link in bio 😊

Over the years I've seen a lot of people make a big difference to their strength and fitness by doing just one 30 minute session per week.

Obviously the more you do, the more you improve (to a point - you still need lots of rest and recovery time), but don't underestimate the difference a small amount of time, repeated consistently, can make.

Someone asked me the other day, with fitness information, programs and videos so readily available online, why do people still work with personal trainers?

These are some of the things I've heard from clients:

🔸️making a commitment to their goals and plans without relying on always feeling motivated (who does? 😆) - the time is booked and they just have to show up
🔸️they already do lots of thinking and planning at home and work - they don't want to overthink their movement sessions, it's nice having someone else be a guide
🔸️some time out of the week that is just about them doing something for themselves
🔸️there's a lot of information out there, and also a lot of misinformation - and it's a lot to sift through. A trainer can cut through all of that and give them the information that's relevant to them
🔸️some people genuinely don't enjoy exercise in and of itself, but know it's important for their wellbeing, and find it easier and more pleasant to do with someone else there alongside them
🔸️personalised sessions that are adapted to how they're feeling in the present moment, as well as working around any injuries they might have

If you work with a trainer, be that me or someone else, I'm curious to hear why it works for you...

Because feeling good isn't always that easy, I find it helpful to keep a list of what helps in a place where it's easy to see - whether that's on the wall or saved in my phone.

I'm due to update my self-care list this week, so I wondered if anyone would like to join me and do it in community?

No cost, no having to share what you're writing down, no advice about what should be on there - just setting some time aside to think and write, together.

Thursday May 14th, 7.30pm AEST on Zoom.

To join us just go to my website, click on the "book a session with me" tab and you'll find the link to confirm you're coming. Once you're booked in you'll get the zoom link. You'll also get a reminder email an hour before the event.

You can do it while eating dinner or in your pyjamas, and chat with others while you write if you like or just turn the sound off and know you've got some virtual company/body doubling while you write your list.

Feel free to DM me with any questions :)

I've had some really nice conversations with clients lately about things they're finding easier because of our training.
-less out of breath getting to work
-less knee pain
-being able to dance for longer

Helping people find greater ease in doing the things that are important to them is what is interesting to me about fitness training, not what people look like in their bathers (I'm sure everyone looks lovely though).

Training is cool because our bodies adapt to what we do in training and increase their capacity over time, so we can make difficult things easier in our day to day lives.

Approached that way, it's a real act of self care.

Every time I look at my Facebook profile I'm reminded that a guy who used to volunteer at the disability support centre I worked at in 2011 before I became a PT left a bad rating on this page and I've never found out if it was by accident or he was secretly mad at me for 15 years 🤣🤣 What the hell Tony 😂

Anyway if you want to leave me a nice review to cancel that cursed one out that would be great 😅

In fact, if we zoom out, doing something for a long time is mostly just keeping a habit of starting again when we've stopped.

If you've taken a break from some of the activities you normally enjoy or find helpful, no matter how long it's been, you can start again, and again.

You don't have to do it all at once either - small steps that build back up over time is usually the best way to get back to where we were.

Need a hand getting back into fitness stuff? I'd love to help. You can book a complimentary initial consult any time :)