Coach Wilty

I bought a run down building 9 years ago because the commercial gym I worked in had no vision of moving forward with fitness.

From 2008 I have always had a dream to create my own gym.

In 2017 that dream became true. It took a lot of early starts and late nights to make what it is today .

In 2018 we opened an open gym called Rise Performance. It was my first baby. I worked 100+ hours weekly to keep the doors open. But I soon noticed I was changing. There was no fulfilment in my days. Members come in use your equipment and go home. Most didn’t take the advice given and it just wore me down.

Before I opened the doors I met my now wife, Julianne and she had been the rock to help me build it and has been a massive part of the gyms development.

Early 2019 it all came crashing down. I was at a two day training camp for Northern Ireland Dodgeball and did a routine jump, something I have done for many years and pop. Right Achilles rupture. I have never been the same since that day.

Then the dreaded Covid kicked in and closed us down for months. I couldn’t do online because I could stand never mind move.

Julianne and I got married in 2021 and on our honeymoon I decided that I couldn’t do the working hours and I hated my role in the gym. So over a few cocktails we made the decision that we would use the last of our savings to give the gym one last attempt in a small group training style.

Aligned was born in April 2022. We rebrands and reset the gym over the Easter break. We hired a new coach who has been with use ever since.

The goal was to create a save space for females to train, where everyone shape size background felt welcome. Just true fitness. We wanted mobility, strength and cardio to be the pillars of our training programme.

From here we have learnt so much about business. Look for year I ran a very successful personal training business but the gym is a whole new level of business.

I love walking into Aligned and just standing taking in the atmosphere and watching the facility we have created be alive and bussing.

The big risk makes me smile and cry everyday lol.

Thanks you everyone

Our new training block starts next Monday day.

What does that mean?

It means we release the next 4 week phase of our unique programme.

Every 4 weeks we change your stimulus and give you a variety of different exercise to:

#1: keep the body guessing and adapting
#2: prevent boredom of the same routine with no variety

We can’t take the first step for you but we can help you once you enter our female only gym. Then we can guide you through your fitness journey.

So please reach out and make the first step to a fitter you with a simple message “I am ready” and we will take it from here.

Coaching is rewarding.

Seeing so many females improve week on week, session on session is the goal.

Can I get you moving better than last week.

Yes I will.

I miss playing sport but it makes me happy watching all our fabulous ladies smash their goals and targets.

Wee man turned 1 today.

💙💙

Coaching - supplying information to get the best out of someone.

I can still hear your voice

“Listen”

January - heads down - goals set - targets to meet

2026 let’s be having you.