I began my fitness and weight loss regime in January 2021. I have been a keen sportsman all of my life so no stranger to the gym. Unfortunately life, personal circumstances and Covid 19 intervened in recent years and caused me to pile on the pounds, lose my fitness and motivation to do anything about it.

 

Eventually however, I realised that I needed to do something because the extra weight was taking it's toll on my health. I got my diet under control and began losing weight but I knew I needed to compliment this by getting back in the gym to address my fitness, get into shape and help maintain the weight loss.

As I was used to gym programmes, I was able to put my own together and begin working out on my own. I soon realised however that it was hard to break out of my comfort zone of repeating tried and tested routines which exercised the same muscles and became very repetitive and frankly, boring.

 

I decide therefore to engage the services of a Personal Trainer (PT) so did my research and Kathryn 'Red' Langan seemed suitably qualified to help me progress.

Firstly, she encouraged me to consider what my particular goals were and to set achievable targets, which were closely monitored and reset as each target was achieved. This progression is very motivating and provides a real sense of achievement and incentive to persevere with my efforts.

At first, I was a little sceptical about Red's detailed approach to monitoring the changes in my body; from measuring my vital statistics and, through the 'FitQuest' machine, my weight, body fat, muscle composition and hydration each month. I now see the benefit of her attention to such detail.

 

Although I'm still on my journey, I am over halfway there in terms of weight loss, which currently stands at 22.5 kgs (10kgs since I engaged Red).  My blood sugar levels have dropped significantly from the cusp of diabetes to normal and have remained so since working with Red. My constant back pain, which prevented me from playing golf, has disappeared as has my lethargy. My overall fitness and energy levels have improved significantly.

 

When I first started working out under Red's supervision, I knew the road to where I wanted to be, was a long and bumpy one due to previous failed efforts. I have already achieved many of my goals, which means the list is getting ever shorter but I know the remaining few will be harder to achieve. That said, I no longer think I'm on 'Mission Impossible' due to Red's knowledge, enthusiasm, flexibility, good humour, encouragement, motivation and sense of fun whilst putting me through my paces.

 

After a lifetime of playing sport and generally abusing my body, certain bits no longer work so well and I'm far from flexible but Red works around that by using her skill and knowledge to ensure  I can cope with my workouts to achieve the same result without causing too much pain to my weaknesses, in particular, my knees.

 

I have no hesitation in recommending Red as a PT who will carefully assess your needs and capabilities to come up with a constantly changing programme of exercises to help you achieve your goals and avoid the boredom that too much repetition can cause. If required, Red can also help with nutritional advice, particularly for weight loss but, at the end of the day, no-one can achieve your goals for you but Red will help you to do so as much as possible.