What to Expect

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Initial assessment will take into account your current health, knowledge of fitness and your current baseline. We will discuss things like how much time you can commit to train each week and your goals. 

From this I will assess if we are a good match, and if we are not I can refer you on to the appropriate professional. 

All plans are built with your individual needs factored in. For any plan, you will need to realistically commit to at least 3 months to start seeing results. Fitness takes time to achieve, trust the process and enjoy the journey. 

Fatigue recovery

For Long covid coaching, I will never ask you to do more than you think you are capable of doing. I do NOT prescribe graduated exercise therapy, in fact it has finally been dismissed as a way to recover from CFS/ME/Fatigue. There was a tired cheer from the CFS/ME community when it was FINALLY struck from the guidelines.  

We will establish a baseline you can work at, and revaluate every week, based purely on your perceived exertion. I will, of course actively encourage you to increase activity very gently as time progresses and your baseline improves, again, do not fear! If you feel you can not manage an exercise, you do not have to do it. This can take months, even years of very slow and tiny incremental changes. I myself have had CFS since October 2020 when I developed post-viral fatigue, it has taken me almost 4 years to get to a point where I can work on my fitness again. It has not been without it's ups and downs, of trying so many different treatments and supplements, I dread to think how many thousands of pounds I have wasted trying to find 'the cure'. There isn't one, and there won't be one soon, we have to use tried and tested peer reviewed methods from qualified professionals (and those professionals who are also living with a chronic illness) who have been there, and experienced it for themselves. As we all know, healthy people try their best to understand fatigue, but they rarely, fully comprehend how life limiting it is. 

• Advice will be provided via a PDF. I can advise you how to tweak your diet to suit your activity level. 
• I will likely ask you to keep a food diary, and give feedback on how to improve your diet based on your goals

I cannot provide meal plans, diets, advice on supplements or gastrointestinal issues. I am not a registered dietitian/nutritionist. Please seek advise from a professional if you require input on specific things like plans and diet.  

• You can message me 24/7 via the app. I will usually reply within 24hrs during business hours (Mon-Fri 9am-7pm) unless I am on leave. Please allow me time to respond
• Weekly check-ins and monthly reviews
• Easy to join with multiple choice forms and questionnaires. No PDF's, hurrah! 
• Regular feedback
• Push notifications to keep you motivated and in the loop
• Feedback sections for each exercise 
• SMART goals should you want to set them
• Videos of exercises
• Private community forums to chat to your team mates
• Nutritional tips and advice
• Food diary (syncs with My Fitness Pal - recommended)
• Rate your workouts, let me know how you got on!
• Ability to move workouts to fit in to your lifestyle
• Integrates with Google Fit/ Apple Fit / Garmin / Fitbit and Cronometer.
• Video walkthrough to learn how the app works
• Access to forms and questionnaires. 
• All your recorded activity in one place (including external apps if synced)
• 7 day rolling weekly plans
• Tasks and more! 

I will work with you to develop healthy eating habits that will improve your overall health and wellbeing. 

And help you make sustainable changes that will last a lifetime.

We will work on reducing stress in your life, employing techniques and exercises that aim to control and reduce stress and impact it can have on us in modern, busy life. 

Schedule a free chat with me to discuss where you are, what you would like to achieve and to see if we are a good fit.