Meet Your Coach

Right, (I feel like Spiderman re-telling for the hundredth time the story of how he was bitten by a radioactive spider!) I will try and keep this short, here we go:

I have been a fully qualified personal trainer since 2016 and I have a lot of experience in helping people transform their lives through nutrition, exercise and lifestyle changes.

Before I moved to Edinburgh, I enjoyed a few years of Crossfit and was in awe of how far people push themselves and how amazing it feels to smash out a tough workout! I started Edinburgh Bootcamp after working in a gym as a PT and quickly realised that the gym floor didn't quite fit the vibe l was trying to create. I love group classes and the camaraderie that comes with it!

As I started to realise a bit more about myself and what I would like to achieve, in April 2016 I started my outdoor bootcamp in Fairmilehead park. I put my heart and soul into every class and worked hard on creating a bootcamp community in the area; similar to the Crossfit vibe I was used to back at Crossfit Wycombe.

Now, after over 6000 classes in the park and over 10 years later, we have such a strong community of amazing people who have been coming for most of the years of the bootcamp! 80% of members have been there since the beginning. I have never met such an awesome bunch of people in my life!

I am very proud of the bootcamp family we have in Fairmilehead park; these amazing people are like a family to me. We have been through multiple winters together in the dark, rain, snow. We have enjoyed many social events and all of us have made friends for life through joining EBC.

I have since developed the personal training side of EBC with my own private studio close to the bootcamp. I have also been a qualified sports massage therapist since 2018. I specialised in plant-based nutrition and had my own online nutrition program in the early days of bootcamp. This is where I wanted to complete what I offer for all 3 parts – Health – Fitness – Recovery, which is my tag line.

I was never into fitness, health or looking after myself through my teens or 20's. I never did sports at school and was the opposite to what people think when they see me now. I lived many years 20 kilos overweight and used to have very unhealthy habits, exercising does not come naturally to me. It was a fight to break that cycle and make such a huge change.

I have been through countless fad diets and fallen off the wagon more times than I care to mention. This has given me valuable life experience that I now use to help others reach their goals and feel amazing every day. It is not easy!

My age is my why, my age has always pushed me into the healthier way of life. The older I get, the harder I am working to get stronger, fitter and healthier. I have totally transformed my life, my mindset and my attitude in the last 12 years and I am still a work in progress!

I have successfully lost those 20 kilos and kept them long gone through lifestyle and mindset changes. I got my lazy arse up every day and personally trained myself to go from never running or working out to completing multiple ultra marathons, completed multiple obstacle course races and I am currently successfully building muscle and losing body fat in my 40's. It is never too late to make positive changes to yourself.

This is my life now and I love what I do! I get great pleasure out of running my classes, training my personal clients and helping people smash through any barriers to their success!

Being strong and healthy is so much easier when you enjoy the process, the journey. This is where I shine, I can help you enjoy the path to your results and make it enjoyable.