Family Personal Training
I specialise in personal training with children, teens and families. I am able to adapt sessions if, for example, a mum and dad want to get the whole family fitter at the same time rather than trying to split the family up into individual sessions. I can create interesting outdoor activities to engage all the family. This way there are no childcare issues.
Both the parents (or grandparents, carers/ guardians!) and children benefit from getting fitter, getting in shape, lowering stress levels, becoming more mobile and having more energy.
I worked as a Fitness Instructor (with adults) at David Lloyd, and as Lead Activity Coach when I worked with children and teenagers.
I have completed the London and Edinburgh Marathons, and Bath and Plymouth half marathons.
What to expect from personal training sessions:
Whilst I can be flexible to your needs, I would still need to go through some paperwork and checks to make sure you are well enough to engage in physical activity. I would ask you to complete a physical activity readiness questionnaire (PAR-Q). This would establish if we are ready to start or whether you need to seek clearance from your GP first before exercising.
Then, I would like to go through a lifestyle questionnaire together and also find out more about what your motivations for exercising are. This will help us to come up with a plan of how best to ensure you are motivated and enjoy the sessions. We can also discuss how to help you with achieving your goals outside of our sessions together. This will help you to build confidence and independence with your (new) lifestyle moving forward. It can also help to keep the service more affordable for you.
We can make the sessions game-based so the sessions feel more like you’re having fun than exercise being a chore!
A well-rounded exercise session would include the following to varying degrees:
- A warm-up (to increase the heartrate, mobilise the joints, stretch and rehearse skills)
- Cardio and resistance (strength) work together or separate depending on goals
- Cool down (to lower the heartrate)
- Developmental stretches (to increase range of movement when the muscles are most pliable and reduce the likelihood of delayed onset of muscle soreness (DOMS).)
