20/12/2019
My first time logging in since June and whoa, I feel rather rusty. Just passing by to drop a quick thank you post for all the support this year! For those who have worked with me, a thank you for your hard work and for your business!
This year was perhaps the toughest in many respects; but the most rewarding/insightful year I’ve ever had. We battled with a narcissist for the most part of this year. This resulted in us making the most educated professional decision yet; to end that business relationship. It also resulted in us making the toughest decision; the resulting closure of our PT Studio.
I could tell you about all the stuff I’ve had to go through this year but no need; instead I tell you that I “discovered” the practice of meditation and truthful mindfulness - not to be confused with the jibba jabba some people try to sell you over here. I’ve discovered a lot about myself and more importantly, a lot about life. I currently feel like a completely different person to the one I was a year ago - I mean, life is all about growing right?
I no longer power lift. In fact, I mostly weight train 2-3x per week. I have also found my enthusiasm for yoga - which has not only benefitted me physically but more importantly, my mind and my outlook on life.
I’ve almost entirely stopped online coaching too. I work solely with a handful of people now. This year really burned me out and I started to see many cracks appear. This allowed bad habits to creep in so I decided it was time to cut back on my working hours and invest more in myself.
As we approach the end of the year, I advise you to not make “new year resolutions” but instead, make “past year reflections”, think about what you may have overcome, what you have learned, the connections you’ve made and consider your personal growth and development.
Go into the new year excited about the things to come (both good and bad) and remember, you can’t control everything but you can most certainly control how you respond and react.
Big love to you all, Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year ❤️
PS: I will continue to discontinue the use of Instagram. For business enquiries, hit up the link in the description x
31/05/2019
The process of 5 months work and 2 months preparation... I just couldn’t be happier/prouder of and !
These 2 got unreal results, both getting to the leanest they have ever been, learned so much about training and nutrition but also the psychological effects of what pushing your body to this level really does to you, it’s definitely not for everybody!
Lucy dropped just over 6kg and Rosie dropped 11kg. Up until the last 4-5 weeks they were both still getting stronger in the gym with what I’d regard as minimal/moderate cardio.
What I believe made this prep so successful, was the preparation before hand and the fact that they both had an incredible diet and a good relationship with food, which should in my opinion be a priority before committing to something like this as well as outstanding communication between the 3 of us, on the good days, the bad days and the really bad days.
What’s next? First we have a recovery phase where we will phase out of calorie tracking, we’ve disregarded scale weight entirely, we are aiming to gain some healthy bodyfat (priority number 1) to allow hormones to settle (mainly appetite hormones), then we are picking some performance orientated goals and work on personal/social areas that took a bit of a back seat during this training period.
Amazing job ladies, very well done!
@ Jersey, Channel Islands
14/05/2019
We have all moved locations 😎
From now on, ourselves and the rest of the crew will be operating from continuing freelancing as we were.
We have combined our own kit with Elevate’s own set up to bring together a well equipped Personal Training facility, perhaps the biggest in Jersey now. The facility focusses solely on Personal Training, Physio and Classes (no commercial gym memberships are available).
You do not require a membership or a joining fee to work with any of us, all you need to do is to show up and get a sweat on 😁
We are bringing with us the ethos we have developed, just a bloody good working and training environment, for both members and staff!
A special thanks to everyone that has supported us and helped us with everything, it’s been incredibly overwhelming receiving that much support over the past few months, even from people we don’t know! (Friends, family, family friends, clients, clients friends etc).
Lastly, thank you to our team who have been flawless and incredibly supporting and helpful, it really means a lot to us ♥️.
Lastly, to Mark and the team, thank you for a warm welcome and for helping us make the transition smoothly!
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