Increase your fitness levels - build your confidence
Believe you can!
Fitness with Helen is all about encouraging people to be fitter and more active with a long term focus on functional fitness. Whether it’s helping you develop and maintain the right work-out and eating habits when you’re younger, getting you back into a good regime in middle age, or setting you up with an exercise programme as you get older – I can help – with either personal training, small private group exercise for you & your friends, or fitness classes.
Bespoke personal training, specifically focused on functional fitness for long term health benefits. Everyone can take control of their fitness and become more active, I can help you start that journey…….don’t give yourself the excuse ‘I'll start next week’, believe you can do it and take that first step today. Meet Helen here.
Physical activity can help reduce your risk of heart disease, improve your mental health & reduce your risk of osteoporosis – so let me help you get active & stay active.*
(*Source - British Heart Foundation & National Osteoporosis Society)
Small group training sessions designed for you and your friends where you can exercise together, motivate each other and have fun. Think of a ‘girls night in’ with a healthy angle.
Group exercise classes are a great way of keeping fit, meeting people, having fun and working hard. Take an opportunity to try something new, find something you enjoy and you are much more likely to keep it up.
Qualifications
- Level 3 Diploma in Exercise Referral
- Level 3 Certificate in Personal Training
- Level 3 Pilates Instructor
- Level 2 Certificate in Fitness Instructing
- Level 1 Trigger Point Pilates Instructor
- Level 2 Award in Instructing Kettlebells
- Metafit Coach
- MetaPWR Coach
- Certificate in Suspension Fitness
- KBC Kettlebell Cardio Coach
- Chair Based Exercise Instructor
- Emergency First Response Primary Care (CPR) Certificate
HELEN'S FITNESS BLOG
Will you be more active in 2018?
IMG_0567 What’s your exercise motivation? I always say my motivation is my health. I have a one year old grandson, I want to be active and run around with him as he gets older. The best compliment I’ve had to date was from a 6 year old I was playing various running games with, he…
Why wait until January?
Are you already promising yourself you will be more active in January? If you start in the new year how much improvement in your fitness will you expect to see by valentines day? If my own experience is anything to go by you will have high expectations! So think about how much fitter and healthier…
What a difference a year makes
This time last year…….. I couldn’t have imagined jumping on a beach for photos for my website! I was managing a transactional HR Shared Service in the NHS, but more excitingly I was about to start my practical training as a Gym Instructor. I’d been studying at home for the previous few months, but the reality…
Trigger Point Pilates
Lydia Campbell, industry expert of over 40 years, created Trigger Point Pilates for fascia health to cater for chronic painful conditions and scar tissue. Much of the following information is taken directly from Lydia’s materials. A Trigger Point Pilates™ Class Combines some basic Pilate’s core moves and applies clinical Myofascial principles to help alleviate chronic…
National Fitness Day
Free kettlebell taster sessions I’m excited to be joining in with National Fitness Day by offering some free kettlebell taster sessions at the Linskill Centre on 7 September. Whether you’re familiar with the kettlebell or have never heard of it, come along and see what it’s all about. I will be there to chat, show…
Will I have to do burpees?
The question I’ve been surprised by how many times the burpee has been mentioned in initial consultation meetings for Personal Training. Sometimes it’s given its name, usually by those who have it etched in their memory, or more often, it’s just referred to as ‘that’ exercise…… ‘you know the horrible one where you’re sort…
Kettlebell cardio, what’s not to love?
Kettlebells, bodyweight exercises & HIIT cardio training all in one workout! Anyone who already knows me, knows I love a kettlebell, a great addition to any workout or a workout in itself. The kettlebell (a cannon ball shaped piece of metal with a handle) is generally used in functional movements, focussing on he whole body…
Meet Helen
Hi, I’m Helen, thanks for taking the time to visit my website. I am a personal trainer and group fitness instructor and I set up Fitness with Helen in January 2016. I am a member of the Register of Exercise Professionals (REPs) and qualified in Personal Training, Gym Instruction, Metafit, Kettlebells, Suspension Fitness and also…
FAQ's
Small spaces are fine, gardens, yards, kitchens and lounges can all suitable. This will be taken into account when designing workouts for you.
All programmes are personalised to individuals, I don't design the 8 week programme until we have had a couple of sessions to ensure it is suitable for you.
Fitness with friends packages can be tailored to your requirements, this can be individual programmes or private classes such as kettlebells or Metafit. If you let me know your aims I can advise on the best approach.
I am always looking for new venues, particularly at the moment looking for September onwards, so if you have any suggestions please get in touch.