“I started back at a gym about 4 years ago after a lengthy break and was ashamed to even stand beside the scales let alone on them. Due to work commitments, a long term girlfriend, laziness, and down right gluttony, I had crept up the dial to a whopping 19 stone and knew something needed to be done...
“When I started training with Neil I was 16st 9lbs and I thought I knew what to do in the gym. Surely it's just a case of lifting weights and getting results? I soon realised that it wasn't - nothing changed despite the hours I put in on the x-trainer or running machines...
“I became a member of Fitness First in Nov 2007. Before this I used to be an eleven stone racing cyclist, with a skinny physique. I had trained in the past with weights and cycled hundreds of miles per week yet never seemed to accomplish the perfect body shape, I was getting nowhere and accepted help from Neil as my Personal Trainer....
“I started back at the gym in June 2008, 45 years old and weighing 18st 3lbs. At the height of 6ft 2 inches and a large framed guy, others were saying, you’re not that weight, but you carry it well!...
“Since leaving school in 1998 I have kept myself in reasonably good shape by playing rugby and football. About 2 years ago I started adding weights to my weekly plan but failed to notice any great change in my body shape or strength...
“I joined the gym almost a year ago and for the first five or six months I went 3 to 4 times every week. For all the time I spent (wasted) at the gym I seen no difference in myself and decided I needed to get some guidance....
“I was one of those girls that believed that aerobic work was the only way to lose weight. I also thought lifting weights gave you big muscles...NOT TRUE! Although I didn’t have much weight to lose, Neil’s guidance helped me lose body fat and, dare I say, ‘tone up’!...
"When I first started training I was a skinny kid trying to bulk up. I wanted a bigger chest and better arms and trained those muscles every time I hit the gym. My shape didn’t improve the way I wanted it to and during a chat with Neil I decided to book a session...
“Although I had dropped some body weight in the past it had always been the result of crash diets and incorrect training methods. The amount of time and effort spent on cardio machines did not bring about the desired results and thanks to recommendation from a friend, I began working with Neil...
“When I started with Neil just over a year ago, I was just under 9stone, I always struggled to put weight on and at the same time I was going to the gym 3 times a week with no significant change in my body. I was failing to achieve my goal of bulking up...
