FAQs

Why do I need help achieving my fitness goals?

We think that exercise, fitness, good nutrition and overall health and well-being should be a fairly simple subject, and we certainly always endeavour to make it as accessible and relevant as possible to all our clients. However, we also live in a world where we are beset by a myriad of stresses, where our quality of life and health are compromised by everything from the poor air we breathe in to the xeno estrogens coming off the plastic from the containers of the water that we drink.

If you are a man, the very fact that you have 25% less testosterone than your grandfather had at your age isn’t just a problem of fertility. It has massive knock on effects to the rest of your body, making it difficult to build muscle or lose fat, causing depression and low sex drive, and creating the almost inevitable man boobs. This isn’t just an unsightly and embarrassing condition – it is also the reason why male breast cancer is massively on the increase.

Women don’t fare all that much better. The number of female clients who walk through our doors desperate to shift so-called “impossible to lose” localised deposits of body fat is a testament to the confusion and misguided advice that proliferates the mainstream fitness market. They can’t figure out why they have them despite living supposedly healthy lives. The answer is simple – their hormones are totally out of alignment and their hard work only ever seems to make their problems worse. Invariably they work too hard in ways that are actually counterproductive to their long term goals.

As if this wasn’t enough, how many of you can answer that you regularly sleep for an uninterrupted 8 hours at a time? How many of you have perfect digestion so that you can assimilate all the nutrients you eat (hint – in the USA it is estimated that 98% of all adults have impaired digestion that can lead to an array of external and internal physical problems)? These are conditions that we have the knowledge to readily rectify, but if left unchecked do nothing but speed up the aging process, deteriorate the physique, and severely impinge upon overall quality of life.

Not to be a doom monger but on top of this we have the curse of the internet age – information overload. It’s easy, in fact it is incredibly easy, to find information on how to lose those love handles or add an inch to your biceps, but how do you ever know which is the best course of action for you. The internet abounds with armchair experts and they all have a theory, a pet cause and an agenda. And then of course, all one needs to do is to walk into any gym and there are the inevitable personal trainers willing and eager to give you (often conflicting) advice. We all need a trusted source to come to for advice, which is in part why we have gone the extra mile with this website to demonstrate, and not just talk about, our level of knowledge and expertise. If you are interested in how to pick a good personal trainer we have written an article on the subject, but a good basic rule of thumb for verifying anyone’s credentials in this industry, be they purported internet or real life fitness experts is to follow these simple rules:

1. What do they look like themselves? If they can’t train and condition themselves then how can they coach, educate and inspire you?

2. Who do they work with? A few anonymous testimonials are, to be frank, meaningless. Have they worked with people who demand the best, people’s whose careers rest on their being healthy and in the best shape possible. If a trainer is entrusted with a client whose body is a multi-million dollar commodity, you know you are in a safe pair of hands.