As a coach in the fitness space, there is a lot of pressure to act a certain way and to look a very certain way. I put off completing my fitness qualifications because I’d always felt I didn’t look like a fitness professional.

 
When I was about half way through my training, I was told by another fitness professional that I wasn’t fit enough to be a fitness instructor. They said that I needed to be the fittest person in the room, and that I wasn't.

 

That hurt. A lot.

 

It dented not only my enthusiasm but also my confidence, particularly given the time it had taken me to decide to pursue the fitpro path.

 

It's still a comment I think a lot about.

 

But it was at that point that I really dug deep and thought about what I wanted to achieve as a ‘fit-pro’ and coach.

 

And luckily, with over a decade of teaching adults accounting and finance under my belt, I knew in my heart that "being the fittest in the room" wasn’t what coaching was about.

 

As a teacher my job wasn’t to be the cleverest person in the room.
So as a fitness instructor my job wasn’t to be the fittest person in the room.

 

As a teacher my job was to help my students achieve THEIR potential, not limit them to mine.
To teach them how, not just what.

 

I’d had many students who were classically ‘more intelligent’ than me. My strength was helping them realise what they could do, and helping them to do it.

 

So in the studio I took the same approach.

 

My job isn’t to be better than you.
It’s not about being fitter than you.

 

It’s about getting the best out of you - helping you realise what you are capable of. To help you to push on for that extra second or extra watt and to be proud of your efforts.

I hope to inspire you, but not in a 'look at her' kind of way.
I want to inspire you to believe in yourself kind of way.

 

If you would like to come and see what you’re capable of then book in for one of our classes - I would love to help you to do your best.