Sumayya Patel

I chose Jenny as my personal trainer as she spent the time to fully understand my goals; we have been training together for the last 6 months and I have thoroughly enjoyed every minute of it. For many years I spent time at the gym doing my own workouts, my aim was to gain weight the right way, which seemed to be an impossible task until I started training with Jenny. She has spent time to teach me new exercises, help me gain strength and also helped with my diet to ensure I gain the right type of weight. She keeps the sessions interesting and varies them to ensure my ever-changing goals are being accomplished. I have gone from strength to strength, lifting weight that I never dreamed would be possible. I have Jenny to thank as her guidance and constant motivation made this achievable. 

Barbara Maxwell

Although I was quite an active youngster, like many people, the demands of working in a sedentary office job meant that I carried too much weight and became less flexible and generally unfit.

When I could see that my dad was heading for a prolonged (and generally healthy) old age, I thought I had better prepare myself for the possibility of living beyond the standard “three score year and ten”. I would see older people struggling to get around without sticks or other aids and resolved that I would try and stay mobile and strong for as long as possible.

At some point my employer offered its employees free gym membership and I began to work out but after 2 or 3 months of regular attendance it became obvious that simply using the gym equipment according to their recommended regime was not providing results. I turned to Jenny for personal training and she showed me not only how to concentrate my efforts more efficiently but also provided me with a wider perspective on fitness generally, including suggestions for diet reform.

It used to be thought that humans stopped being able to put on muscles around the age of 60, but now we know that you can develop muscles even at the age of 90. With Jenny's direction, I have totally built up my muscle strength to the point that I can lift much heavier weights than before and my stability has definitely improved. Over the last few years I have also reduced my weight in a way that is maintainable. She's good at varying the challenges so that I don't get stale but also helps me to push myself that bit harder than I would do myself without supervision. I've got a good twenty years to go before I reach 90 but I think that if anyone can prepare me for the challenge, Jenny has the expertise to do it.