CARLA - PUSH_ Training Client

After a 24 hour flight with plenty of time to ponder over my life and what I would do back in Adelaide, I decided getting off to a healthy start and getting back into shape would be a priority.

I wasn’t overweight, but I had managed to put on a kilo for every month that I was away and I wasn’t fitting into my pre-Europe clothes. I had also spent 3 years prior to my trip working in the hospitality industry whilst studying at uni, and had formed some very unhealthy habits which carried on in Europe…these habits included lots of late nights, too much coffee and consuming copious amounts of great food & wine. In addition, I had been suffering with back & neck pain and was constantly seeing physios & chiropractors.

I started doing Step classes at first, as it was all I’d ever done in the past and I felt comfortable with it. I then discovered Les Mills’ classes and thought they were great-they were fun and gave me a fantastic workout. I started doing PUMP on a Monday night and as I was having a little trouble getting my technique right, the instructor suggested that I give Personal Training a try.

Turns out it was exactly what I needed. Not only to improve my technique, but to improve my diet, my fitness, my body tone and my back & neck pain. I learned about the importance of protein in a balanced diet, the benefits of weights training for more effective fat burning & core strength training to keep my body in good working order.

Pain is a word that has become a regular in my vocabulary, along with many other profanities, as a result of being pushed out of my comfort zone. But for me, it’s that push that makes Personal Training so worthwhile. How do we know how far we can really go unless someone pushes our boundaries and makes us believe we can go further?

All that said and done though, the most valuable thing I’ve gained from my two years training is a better outlook on life…now, rather than accepting things as they are, I make things happen. I used to say “Oh well, it wasn’t meant to be…” but now I’ve taken on board that famous PUSH quote… ”If it’s going to be, it’s up to me.”

So here I am fit, healthy, happy and full positive energy to make the most of everything that comes my way and chase the things that don’t…