Experience review: aromatherapy mist workshop

Horsham-based female personal trainer, Becky, has a variety of interests outside of her work, and often shares her thoughts via her blog. Here, she describes the experience of attending an aromatherapy mist workshop recently in Lewes… It’s been a minute since we had an experience review on the blog! Truth be told, a significant part …

Five things I love about personal training with rehab

Horsham-based personal trainer, Becky, holds a Level 4 Cancer Exercise certification. With an interest in one specialism – and her own cancer recovery journey informing her practice – comes a willingness to work with others. Becky finds herself increasingly supporting others in the rehabilitation of injuries and medical conditions. Here, she explains why she enjoys …

Continuing professional development as a personal trainer

Horsham-based female personal trainer, Becky, is currently awaiting assessment results for the second Level 4 qualification she’s undertaken during her career to date. Three years on from completing the CanRehab course in cancer exercise, she found the experience very different this time, and reflects on the process… I didn’t think much about it at the …

What does personal training mean?

Horsham-based female personal trainer, Becky, provides one-to-one personal training sessions at a local gym. Here, she explains what personal training means to her and her clients… Before I started going to the gym myself, I had a strong preconception of what personal trainers did and who they were for. My assumption was that personal training …

Out of office – briefly!

Horsham-based female specialist personal trainer, Becky, is away for a short break – here’s how you can still get in touch with her if you’d like to chat about opportunities to train with her when she’s back… The time has come for my first proper break of the year (yes, it’s a little overdue! 2024 …

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… …

Mental Health Awareness Week: movement

Horsham-based female personal trainer, Becky, overcame a childhood dislike of fitness in pursuit of her own health. Having experienced mental health issues herself, the topic of Mental Health Awareness Week is close to her heart, as is 2024’s theme of movement. Here, she shares her take on the link between the two… Having initially been …

One that wasn’t on the bingo card: Becky enjoys yoga

Horsham-based specialist personal trainer, Becky Hughes, has been strength training for seven years. She regularly tries new activities in order to broaden her horizons, and has often been heard saying that she attends a yoga class annually only to be reminded that it’s not her thing. Until 2024… When I hosted Co-Women’s February Chai & …

Should your personal trainer set you goals?

Horsham-based female personal trainer, Becky, helps clients of all ages and abilities to progress on their fitness journeys. But should a personal trainer set goals for you? She answers here… Are a client’s fitness goals the choice of a personal trainer? No. Hmm. Short blog, that. Better expand… When I have initial conversations with prospective …

Back on board: lessons from the saddle

Horsham-based female personal trainer, Becky, is a lifelong equestrian. Following surgery for a soft-tissue cancer, she had to take a break from horse riding whilst recovering, and thanks to several other factors, her time away from the saddle was longer than expected. She resolved to make 2024 the year she got back to her first …