Hey, I'm Becky
Personal trainer. Cancer fitness specialist. Chronic disease advocate. Frequent passport-user.
I didn’t grow up loving exercise. School PE was emphatically not my thing, and for a long time I carried that with me — the quiet assumption that I was just “not sporty,” that movement wasn’t for people like me.
Approaching 30, I decided something needed to change. So I reluctantly dug out some old trainers and signed up for a free learn-to-run course. By the end of it I still didn’t like running — but I’d figured out that what I actually needed was strength. I joined a gym. I started lifting.
It wasn’t an overnight transformation. There were weeks I told myself nobody would notice if I didn’t show up. But the numbers slowly crept up, and somewhere in there I realised I was completely hooked.
"About a year into lifting, I was diagnosed with a Desmoid tumour..."
So now, I'm on a one-woman mission
About a year into lifting, I was diagnosed with a Desmoid tumour. Being stronger and fitter going into surgery made a real difference to my recovery – and having something to work back towards made a difference to everything else.
What I found during that time was that cancer patients are still largely told to sit down and wait it out. And then, when treatment ends, nobody tells them it’s okay to stand back up again. I was also noticing that women are chronically under-served by fitness spaces that have no real concept of what it means to arrive as a complete beginner who genuinely believes exercise isn’t for them.
I decided to do something about both of those things. That’s why I became a personal trainer – and why the work I do looks the way it does.
The Important Bit:
The credentials, for those who like to know:
- Level 3 Personal Trainer
- Level 4 Cancer Exercise & Rehabilitation
- Level 4 Exercise Training for Chronic Respiratory Disease
- Foundations in Trauma Informed Weightlifting
- First Aid trained
- Proud Wellness Certified – Level 1 certified as an inclusive wellness provider
Beyond the Gym...
Alongside my work with clients, I write and speak about my experiences — as a cancer patient, as someone who came to fitness late, and as a woman navigating medical spaces that weren’t always designed with people like me in mind. I’ve been described as resilient and a good communicator, and I share my story because I want to be the survival guide I was looking for.You can find my writing on the blog, and I’m also launching a Substack soon. If you’d like to discuss a speaking engagement, get in touch — I’d love to hear your pitch.
So, what are you waiting for?
If anything you’ve read here has felt like a relief in your search for someone who really gets where you’re at – that’s probably a good sign.