Sheila's 'Chat' magazine article
I wanted to share one of my success stories; my client and very close friend Sheila Chant.
Sheila came to me in May 2006 looking to loose weight. Sheila had never been to a gym before and this was all very daunting to her and she wasn't very sure on the whole thing. I seemed to click with Sheila straight away, i could see she was really nervous and just needed someone who really cared about getting results for her.
For someone who has never really exercised before a different approach was needed and i knew i needed to gain Sheila's trust before anything else. Sheila also went to Weight Watchers once a week but so far nothing was really working so i decided to shock her body and introduced different exercises such as boxing, skipping and running. Now first of all Sheila's fitness was very low and she won't mind me saying that she could barely walk uphill, but with her determination that i helped draw out of her with challenges each week, we battled through walking uphill, to running to even sprinting.
It wasn't long before Sheila started to do 5k and 10k races which made me so proud. She has appeared in Chat magazine with her success story and even a local Poole magazine. She's has been called the 'kickboxing granny'! Sheila is known for her amazing story all around Fitness First and I'm proud to say within 2 and a half years Sheila reached her first goal and lost 6 stone. Since then she has lost more and maintained it. More recently she has undergone surgery to loose the excess skin from the dramatic weight loss and I'm sure you will agree she looks absolutely amazing and literally 10 years younger.
Sheila's confidence has grown and grown, any new equipment brought to the gym she is the first one to give them a go, she is up for any new challenge which makes me so proud to not only train Sheila but to say she is a very close friend.
Congratulations Sheila, keep up the good work!
