International Personal Trainer Aimee Stevens: FIT 2012 Week 4
Well as I write this I’m a year older, on paper at least. I survived the birthday bbq, and it only rained a little. I managed to maintain as much of a high protein diet as I could during my week off – swapping traditional car journey sweets with cashew nuts and carrying my Bobble water bottle around Bath. But it’s worth it.
FIT 2012: Week 4
It can be a struggle to maintain a diet over a holiday period. It’s tempting to break away from it completely. But I kept up with high protein starts to the day with poached eggs and sausages or smoked salmon and scrambled eggs. It set me up for the day. There was the token birthday cake – because my running buddy made three of the most amazing cakes for my birthday party! There was some alcohol consumption. But everything in moderation, and now I’m back on track.
So last week, Aimee, my Personal Trainer, based in Tunbridge Wells did the dreaded Biosignature Modulation Testing again to see how my bodyfat percentage and body composition has changed after the first fortnight of training. Guess what! I lost 2% body fat and I can really see the difference in my body shape. Here are my results, those highlighted are the highest areas to focus on.
It’s great to be able to see them on paper, to know all the hard work is having a positive effect. Aimee will check them again next week (eek!) so I need to really maintain a great diet and lots of training this week.
Focus
Aimee’s speciality is strength and resistance and I definitely feel stronger and have more of a defined body shape. Core strength is really important as a runner and we’re focusing on building that up as well as upper body and lower body strength. The great thing about Aimee is she makes sure you train properly. You can go through the motions and do the exercises quickly to get back out of the gym. But there is no point in that. You need to focus on control, taking your time to do the exercises properly so that they have maximum effect. By having a trainer, I’m pushed to the next level. Pushed beyond where I think I need to stop – she motivates me to keep control, learn techniques and be a better athlete in the making.
Just when I thought that I was the only mad person pushing prowlers along the astroturf at The Gym and pulling sleds like I was in World’s Strongest Woman, GQ magazine, July 2012, did a feature on the use of prowlers and sleds. So now I know they are the exercise tools of the future.
I do actually dread using them a little less each time, and I know they push my fitness to the next level!
This Week
- Session 1 focused on upper body. Chin ups, kettle bell swings, sumo lifts, chest press and lunges with weights
- I progressed to a 16kg Kettle Bell – gone are the days of 6 and 8
- Session 2 focused on upper and lower body and core! Sit ups on the fitball, dorsal raises on a machine to propel you up, dead lifts and pretending I’m in World’s Strongest Woman pulling 30kg sled using a big rope!
- I’ve decided on two 10k races to do in September and an 8k Windsor run in October that I’ve done twice before and want to get a PB on
- Next mission is getting snowboard fit – as my brother is taking me snowboarding in New Zealand in August!
So now I have some key goals to focus on to improve my strength, my running power and my stamina to keep me focused in the next few months.
You can find out more about Aimee and her Personal Training at www.internationalpersonaltrainer.com and by following Aimee on Twitter .
The Gym is in Rock Villa Road, Tunbridge Wells.
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