As a youngster I enjoyed sport but it wasn’t until my late twenties or early thirties that I really felt the benefit of exercise from both a physical and mental perspective.  Throw in a significant personal life change and it became my world. Coming back into the workplace from a full time Mum after 10 years was daunting, I needed to decide what career path to follow. The decision was easy.

 

So, relatively late in life I qualified as an Advanced Diploma Level 3 Personal Trainer through YMCAfit and have been running my own Personal Training business for over 12 years.  Working with Clients on a 1-2-1 basis, Joint Sessions, Online, and Small groups, specialising in women’s fitness as well as teaching Spin and Circuit classes . 

 

Approaching my late forties I became aware my body was changing. It was too slow to adapt to exercise regimes as it once did, my joints began to ache more than before and I felt I was losing strength.  At the same time I noticed more frequent mood swings, negative thought processes, and weight management difficulties with low self-esteem starting to creep in. With clients of comparable ages telling me of similar experiences, I wanted to understand what was going on; how could I help myself and my Clients. So, when Covid came along it gave me the opportunity to go back to learning. I studied Burrell Education 3rd Age Woman’s as an online course and became a specialist Women’s Health and Fitness Coach and Personal Trainer.

 

And here I am now with my Family in Panama…in my 50’s doing something new and unexpected with different experiences, different challenges whilst still maintaining the same belief: we can optimise our health and have fun - life does not have to stop when Menopause starts.