Becky is a female personal trainer based in Horsham, West Sussex. She works with a variety of clients, and was recently asked what her attitude is towards weighing clients. Here’s the answer… I’m not surprised that prospective clients ask this question – it’s one of the assumptions that I made when I was first looking …
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Is ChatGPT good for fitness advice?
As technology evolves and the application of AI broadens, Horsham-based female personal trainer, Becky, considers whether ChatGPT could take on her job… With the rapidly rising popularity of ChatGPT and other generative AI chatbots – technically known as large language models – I’ve been waiting for their usage to reach the point that they’d be …
Finding a cancer fitness specialist
Cancer fitness specialists are still not as commonplace as they could be. Becky is a female cancer exercise personal trainer based in Horsham, West Sussex, and shares her tips on how to find someone like her, or what to do if there isn’t someone nearby… Exercise is becoming a conversation that’s more commonly had between …
What does fit look like?
Does fitness have a look? Can you tell how fit someone is by looking at them? Horsham-based female personal trainer, Becky, discusses the issue… I was recommended a YouTube video of a talk recently. One of the top comments read: “He looks a lot more fit than the last I’ve seen him.” Now, apart from …
Jessie J’s cancer story: what we can learn about sharing
Cancer specialist personal trainer, Becky, is based in Horsham, West Sussex, and shares her thoughts on what Jessie J and other public figures have revealed about their cancer experiences… It’s not long since I offered commentary on a celebrity cancer story, and I think that the prevalence of them speaks to how common of an …
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New at the gym? Here’s what to do
This January, Horsham-based female personal trainer, Becky, shares her tips for the newest gym members – welcome to the club! It’s still less than 10 years since I first set foot in a gym, fully expecting myself to hate it and give up within a few weeks. That I stayed, enjoyed it, and ultimately became …
Cancer doesn’t take Christmas off
Whether it’s Christmas, or some other occasion, cancer doesn’t take time out. Specialist personal trainer, Becky, who is based in Horsham, shares her thoughts on learning to live with the facts… These things always seem to come in waves, and I can see that one is approaching again. I am biased by my experience – …
Weight-loss medications: learning more in order to help
Lots of people have an increasing number of questions about GLP-1s and other weight-loss medications. Horsham-based female personal trainer, Becky, decided it was time to educate herself further… As I’ve mentioned previously, weight-loss medications have been a topic so hot they’re almost untouchable. There’s commentary everywhere, and social media is teeming with posts about what …
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Five things I was taught as a trainee personal trainer…
…that I don’t do now that I’m qualified Horsham-based female personal trainer, Becky, first qualified in January 2021. When coaching clients, she draws on her own experiences as a beginner gym-goer (and she only started doing that in 2017!), as well as her continually increasing professional knowledge. And there are some rules she enjoys breaking… …
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Conference review
Female personal trainer, Becky, is based in Horsham and regularly participates in professional development events. She reviews the latest here… Something that I do in an effort to continually improve my work is attend a variety of events. Lately, this has included academic ones, some parts of which are a good stretch for my intellect! …