After a good few years of playing around in the gym, never knowing if I was doing the right thing, scared to venture into the weights area and confused as to why I wasn’t getting results, I finally contacted Nadine. It was the best decision I ever made. Nadine tailored a training and nutrition programme personalised to my goals and sustainable for my lifestyle. She gave me specific coaching and guidance using weights and corrected my form, this has given me the confidence I needed to skip into a weights area of the gym and ultimately transform my body. She has always been a quick message away whenever I have needed her and made me feel of such importance. Without Nadine, I would still be stuck in the constant cycle of endless cardio, starving during the week and binging on the weekend. I now eat well (no foods are off limits), train hard (and love it) and wake up every morning still not believing that it is my body that’s looking back at me in the mirror. No words will ever explain the impact Nadine has had.

In December last year my close friend died from cancer.  I had spent the last two years supporting her and her family through the diagnosis, treatment and her final days when she chose to die at home.  During this time, I gradually cut out all the exercise and things that I enjoyed doing, not only to spend time helping her but because I struggled to find the energy and enthusiasm to do the things that I had once loved.  I turned to food more and more to help me cope with everything that was going on.  I’ve never had the best relationship with food and have regularly veered between under eating and bingeing and managed my weight by running a huge amount.  By the end of last year I was the heaviest I had ever been, none of my clothes fit, my back hurt from just walking a short distance and everything in life felt like a struggle.

Two days after my friend died, I contacted Storm on Facebook as I knew I needed to try and take some positive steps to changing how I was feeling.  I had done some research into local personal trainers and Spencer and the team at Storm came across as people who looked at each client as an individual and weren’t going to provide the ‘one plan fits all’ approach.  My self-esteem was at an all time low and going to PT and changing my diet wasn’t something I felt like I was going to be able to do by myself so I asked Noel to come with me.  It wasn’t something we could particularly afford, and he had absolutely no interest in going on a diet and was quite happy about going to the gym, lifting what he felt like at the time and then having a few weeks off when things started to hurt!  He agreed to come along to support me and I sent a message on Facebook that night.  The following day was Christmas Eve and as we drove down to visit my family Storm emailed me the details and I messaged back to confirm a planning meeting.  I remember thinking they must have thought I was mad, who spends Christmas Eve thinking about setting up PT sessions?!

On our initial meeting it was clear Nadine knew your stuff and I felt we were in good hands as she assessed our movement and form and explained how training and nutrition would work. Nadine was really supportive of our suggestion of one PT session a week and she programmed a further 2 for us to do at the gym by ourselves.  I must admit to being totally sceptical when she only reduced our calories by 90 per day that first week, the concept of reverse dieting was totally new to me  but the results speak for themselves, I’ve never lost weight whilst eating so much and doing just 3 weight sessions a week.  The fact that Nadine is so non-judgemental makes it easy to be honest about everything, to log the bad days and move on, and to realise that it is consistency that is key and gets results.   Our sessions at Storm were great, quite often we had the place to ourselves but when other trainers and clients were there everyone was so positive and friendly, it was a great environment to be a part of.

The changes over the last 6 months have been huge, yes, I’ve lost weight and am stronger but more importantly for me, I’ve started to love the process again.  I now have the confidence to go to the gym by myself for the first time, I’ve joined a martial arts class that I’ve always wanted to try but never had the confidence to go to and I love it.  I love seeing the progress in how much I can lift now to when we first started and am really looking forward to this continuing so those numbers can improve further!

As for Noel, who had no interest in losing weight and was only doing this for me, he’s now 2 stone lighter, is lifting with far better form, has been pretty much injury free for the  whole 6 months and was the first one to suggest we keep working with Nadine online when we couldn’t afford to keep up the weekly PT.  It is great to see him so fit and healthy and learning about macros has totally changed the way he cooks.

I started training with Nadine at a real low point in my life. I’d always struggled with my weight and had broken up with my long-term girlfriend so my self-esteem was shot. I knew that something needed to change, and after talking to several personal trainers, I met Nadine who instantly impressed me with her professionalism, expertise and genuine desire to help me make the changes that I needed to make.

I should also add that I’m dyspraxic, so, I’m not always the easiest person to work with because I’m uncoordinated and clumsy, which, as you can imagine, isn’t ideal where physical activity is concerned.

However, I’ve enjoyed training a lot more than I expected to – Nadine is super patient with me, and great at showing me what I should be doing and how to do it and at a pace that works for me.

I’ve been working with Nadine for about 6 months now, and I’ve lost 20kg which is a massive change, but not as much as the changes I’ve made mentally. Nadine has helped me to learn that I am able to change my life if I’m willing to work for it.

I really couldn’t have asked for a more supportive, understanding or helpful personal trainer and I’m really glad that I made the decision to train with Nadine.