Personal trainer in Horsham
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 …
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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 …
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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 …
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 & …
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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 …
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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 …
Whether you’ve decided that now is the time to take your first steps in fitness, or you’re a little way in and have realised things could do with a spruce up, Horsham-based personal trainer, Becky, is here to provide her top tips on Spring cleaning your exercise routine… Do fitness and Spring cleaning really mix? …
Newspaper, The Times, recently published a fitness feature on measurements of fitness. The good: it decried BMI. The bad: Horsham-based female personal trainer Becky gives her take here… Before we start, a quick warning: this post is going to discuss elements of diet culture, fatphobia, and other similar topics that people may find triggering. If …
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Last week, results of a global study on the gender exercise gap were published. As a female personal trainer, these findings really interested me, so I wanted to share some of what’s been revealed, and how I plan on helping those in my community going forward… The gender exercise gap: what’s going on?The fact that …
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I often hear it said that gym machines are for beginners, whereas free weights and barbells are for those who are more experienced. This is both overly-simplistic and unfair, so let’s get into what is and isn’t right about those statements. What is a gym machine?This is less obvious than you think because, to the …
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