Personal Training
Personal training provides a personal helper and guide as you work towards your fitness goals. We don’t use a formula for fitness, we treat everyone as an individual and use our expertise in exercise, physiology and nutrition to ensure everyone gets the best training possible.
We can help you develop a plan of action and guide you through the first steps to fitness. If you have a particular goal in mind we can help you understand what you need to do to achieve your target. Once you get going you may want to branch out on your own or if not, we can support you directly up to the highest level.
Our clients come from all backgrounds and have widely ranging objectives. We work with people coming back from crippling injury as they work their way back into life as well as international athletes.
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Sports Injury:
A primary benefit of soft tissue therapies such as massage is to assist with faster recovery from injury. We use advanced massage techniques, mobilisation and gentle manipulation to disperse scar tissue and restore the natural range of motion. We can then provide advice and support as you get back into action and return to fitness.
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Training and racing support: Lanzarote (7th to 23rd February 2012):
Fit for Purpose provide a supported environment for athletes to train to their optimum. Based on clear evidence from previous camps and working closely with elite athletes, we feel the most effective support we can provide is frequent, regular massage. This intensive support programme has enabled elite competitors such as Olympic athlete Karen Darke to complete periods of sustained heavy training that have previously resulted in severe muscle soreness and biomechanical inefficiency.
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Biomechanics:
Biomechanical analysis in the field on a treadmill or stationary bicycle provides remarkable insight into the restrictions and imbalances that can result from injury or impair optimum performance. We have had remarkable success in identifying and treating long term injuries using these techniques.
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Massage Therapy:
Massage provides relief from muscle tensions, relaxing the body and mind to allow us to go about our activities in a relaxed and efficient way. It can also be a very effective treatment for chronic injuries such as a sore back or during recovery from an accident, helping reduce pain and improve mobility.
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Sports Performance:
Realising sporting potential is a complex balancing act; even professional sports men and women have to accommodate personal commitments within their training programmes. For most people training has to be fitted in around the demands of work and family.
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Coaching:
Action is what turns dreams into reality. There are many reasons why coaching gets results but commitment and objectivity are two important ones. When you employ a coach you make a commitment to action. The coach helps objectively determine goals and break them into bite sized, realistic chunks that you can tick off as you progress towards your ultimate target.
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Nutrition:
Without proper nutrition the body and mind cannot function properly. Too little food or food of the wrong type results in tiredness, ill health and an inability to concentrate. Too much food results in obesity and associated ill health, disability and loss of self esteem.
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Sports Massage:
The use of massage techniques can significantly improve performance in all sports. The reduction in muscle tensions such as lumps and knots free the body to perform at its optimum. The development of even muscle tone readies the athlete for smooth, efficient activity.
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Sports Psychology:
help with the development of mental skills that lead to improved performance, a positive self image and freedom from anxiety.
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