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Susan I developed a passion for running in 2002, but despite all of my best efforts, I couldn’t get myself to run for more than 3 miles at a time.
In 2005 I had some fantastic holidays--eating and drinking (as you do). Unfortunately, this part of my holiday continued when I returned home. After a hip-stretching trip to New York in December 2005, I decided enough was enough. I needed to change my life, and I needed help.
I plucked up the courage and sent Tim message stating that I needed help to lose weight, and wanted to be able to run the London Marathon in April in less than 6 hours. Tim phoned me back straight away, and put me at ease. He wasn’t at all scary or phased by the task I had presented to him.
We met for the first time the next day and had a chat on the treadmill, where I shamefully proved how seriously unfit I had become.
Tim said that what I wanted to achieve was possible, and he helped me to believe this. He taught me good nutrition and painfully (for him), we started a series of run/walk training programmes. I can remember Tim saying in December that I will have lost a stone by the end of January. I looked at him doubtingly and laughed.
By the end of January I had lost 19 pounds.
Tim has a habit of being right about everything, and it didn’t take long for me to completely trust him and follow his methods of training, even if I didn’t fully understand them at the time.
The weight melted off effortlessly and my running improved. In the months before the marathon, I amazed myself and ran nonstop for 8 miles. I also managed a 21 mile run/walk in 4 1/2 hours.
By the time the marathon day arrived, less than 5 months after starting with Tim, I had lost over 4 stone and could finally call myself a runner. I completed the marathon in less than 5 1/2 hours and didn’t need to start run/walking until after mile 17.
I am still working with Tim. My weight is still dropping and my running is improving. I have never felt so strong, fit or confident in my life.
I now have a new set of goals, ones that this time last year I would never even have dreamed of.
Tim has proved to have great empathy, understanding, knowledge and dedication to his work. Best of all, he makes it all fun. I have achieved a lot in the past 8 months and I thank Tim for the new me. I recommend him to anyone who wants to achieve their goals.
Follow his advice and results are guaranteed. I put my life in Tim’s hands and he saved it.
I initially sought Tim’s help, as I had been attending the gym on a regular basis for a while, but my weight loss had plateaued.
I chose Tim because I found him to be open, friendly and easy to get on with, and as we had both had similar back problems, I felt he had the necessary experience to guide me.
By completing daily diet sheets, he helped me re-evaluate my diet and provided me with a full exercise program for me to follow when I work out alone. More importantly, I feel I can discuss any of my weight or fitness issues with him – whether it is exercise or diet. I think it helps enormously that he has physically (and mentally) been through the experience of trying to lose weight. It is also an incentive as he is living proof that it can be done! I have been training weekly with Tim for almost a year and my weight loss has just hit over 5 stone now. I am delighted with the results so far and, as I enjoy our session so much, I will continue training with Tim - even after I reach my goal!
I’d had pelvic and lower back pain throughout my adult life--side effects of football, karate and weight training. This meant periodical stints where training was not possible, or where I was unable to train the intensity I desired, not to mention expensive trips to the physiotherapist. At the age of 38, I thought I knew all about strength and fitness training. This changed when I heard the words, “What do you need a weight lifting belt for?” Tim assessed my body posture and alignment, and suggested alternatives in managing imbalances in my ‘core stability’. Now, to me, core stability exercises were what the ‘girlies’ did.
Just 3 months later, I had improved flexibility and range of movement, improved body balance, less joint pain and no time off with injury. More importantly, I don’t walk downstairs each morning like Robocop anymore.
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Sarah I first started seeing Tim almost two years ago, during a particularly flat period in my life. I work freelance in a fairly physically demanding job, but I was beginning to notice a definite slump in my energy levels when I wasn’t working. I decided it was time to bite the bullet, and I joined Fitness First in Derby.
Being a complete gym-novice, however, I can’t say that it did me a great deal of good to start with. I would wander aimlessly around, doing bits and pieces here and there, using the weight machines for whichever bits of me hurt least from the day before, and generally keeling over sideways after five minutes of cardio workout! Then one day, I asked Tim which machine would be best to use for a particular result, and I ended up sitting on the floor with him talking for forty-five minutes.
Personal training wasn’t something I had ever considered, as I had always assumed that it was expensive and ultimately unnecessary. I can’t remember exactly why I agreed to a few sessions with Tim, because I was definitely dead set against the whole idea at first (I think I had nightmares of turning into Vanessa Feltz in a velour pink tracksuit), but, joking aside, I’m glad I did.
I see Tim once a week when I’m in Derby, and most of all he keeps me motivated to keep going to the gym, because I know I’ll be in trouble next time I see him if I don’t! My fitness levels have improved immeasurably, and my standard workout is now a 45min – 1hr cardio session, with weights work once a week with Tim – a far cry from having to drag myself back to the changing rooms on my hands and knees after three minutes on a cross trainer!
I would recommend personal training to anyone wanting to gain fitness and/or confidence, and with Tim you get a personal trainer in the truest sense of the term.
I have always suffered with my weight from being a small child, never too drastic, but I was always half a stone heavier than everybody else. In July 2001, I moved from the North East to Derbyshire to with be with my now husband. In the past I had always done some kind of exercise, swimming, gym, aerobics, walking. But once I relocated, I lost touch with all of that and over the last 4 years, my weight has gradually increased. I tried to lose weight, joined slimming clubs, fad diets, you name it, but still no weight loss. I went to the doctors for help, endless times they checked my thyroid, to no avail. I was referred to a Nutritionist, who couldn’t see anything wrong with my diet. I then resorted to taking slimming pills which made me ill. This was getting me nowhere and slowly but surely I was getting more and more obese and more and more miserable. I needed help so I could feel better about myself and feel well again.
I heard about Tim through a friend who had been training with him for 12 months. She kept trying to persuade me to see him. I buried my head in the sand until I finally plucked up the courage to go and see him. Tim was really nice and friendly and we had a long chat about my diet, lifestyle and things I had tried in the past. He guaranteed me that I would lose weight if I stuck to his programme and worked out on a regular basis, and kept to the calorific guidelines he had given me. He assured me that if it didn’t work, then he would personally write to my GP.
Tim got me to keep a food diary of what I ate so he could assess if I was doing anything wrong. After playing around with a few different exercise regimes, we found one which was right for me which involved more cardio exercise. Every month, Tim changes my programme, making it that little harder and little longer to help me achieve my fitness goals. Changing this regularly keeps me motivated, and stops me from getting bored with the same routine.
All my life, I have struggled to lose weight. With Tim's help and advice, I can now accept that these changes do happen over a period of time. Tim helped me to stop being negative and to set myself realistic goals. I have now lost one and half stone and attend the gym regularly. I am still progressing to reach my mini targets. I am thankful to Tim, as I now feel better about myself and my fitness levels have soared since I’ve been working with him. I know I still have a long way to go but with Tim’s help I will reach my goal!
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Amy In February 2007, I decided to go to Africa on holiday. But I did not want an ordinary holiday. I wanted to do something extraordinary. Flicking through the brochures it seemed obvious: climb Mount Kilimanjaro!
I began training in February and was making good progress. A few months into my training I noticed that Anne Smith, a client of Tim’s, had just climbed Kilimanjaro. Now, I had only 6 weeks to go and was beginning to panic! I found Tim in the gym and asked him if I could have some training sessions. Within minutes we had sorted out a schedule of weekly one hour training sessions for the 5 weeks before I went, and another one for when I came back.
Tim really put me through my paces and gave me the help and support I needed. His experience of training Anne helped me enormously, as did speaking with Anne about her climb. With Tim’s support, I immediately began to feel that I was getting on top of the situation, and was getting as well prepared as I could be.
I am pleased to report that I made it to Uhuru Peak (‘Freedom’ Peak) the summit of Mount Kilimanjaro, at an elevation of 5895m above sea level. The summit day was the most physically and emotionally demanding thing I have done to date, but it was worth it to see the sun rise over the mountain and to reach that infamous sign! I didn’t know whether to laugh or cry! I did both! ______
Pardeep When I commenced training with Tim, my physique had little/no definition. In addition, my fitness levels were low. Within 15 months, my fitness levels have increased and my physique now has significant definition. The dramatic increase in personal strength and drop in body fat has been a mammoth personal achievement, especially as historically I have rarely participated in any sporting activity. My technique of using weights and performing each individual exercise has also improved dramatically.
My training sessions are varied and very challenging, which in turn has helped me achieve my objective of increased strength.
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