Working a stressful day job & running a full time business was taking its toll on me & I knew I needed to do something to change my lifestyle of poor eating & little exercise.
I did a lot of research into local Personal Trainers as I knew I would need some guidance with being out of the exercise loop for so long, and with what I ultimately hoped to achieve.
I’d narrowed it down quickly to a couple of options, but one thing that really stood out for me was Matt’s clients pictures of real people getting real results.
I had a few email exchanges with Matt & then arranged to meet up to discuss how things would work.
From my first meeting with Matt his positivity really stood out & that coupled with the results I’d seen him get for other clients made me just want to get started straight away!
I initially begrudgingly agreed to commit to 3 sessions a week after realising unless I put the investment in I wasn’t going to reap the rewards. It wasn’t long after this that I started feeling like I wanted to train more. Even after a low day full of life’s stresses I felt great after completing a workout, and feel better mentally and physically after every session.
I’d come into training after a shoulder injury & operation a few years ago and my confidence level with what I thought I could achieve was at rock bottom. I thought I’d be able to do a decent amount of training probably based more around cardio but would be really limited with some upper body exercises. Matt’s given me the confidence and understanding that there is always another way to perform an exercise or a different permeation of an exercise that won’t cause aggravation to a specific area & this has been a massive help to me. I can now perform exercises I would not have approached had I tried to just come back to the gym on my own.
As well as the physical training, Matt’s guidance on food has been invaluable. He quickly gave me a target in terms of calories which was lower than I expected, and discussed what types of foods & proportions of macros I should be consuming.
This information along with the training has helped me shift a real good amount of body fat, whilst still manging to put muscle on.
I feel like I’m a long way off my potential and where I want to be, but after 4 months I’ve seen a really big change in my body, and now feel really motivated to get to the next stage.
It’s not always easy, but be consistent. Consistent with food, consistent with training, keep chipping away, put the effort in, follow Matt’s advice and the results will come!
I look forward to seeing my progress a year from now, and in the meantime, I’m focusing on trying to enjoy the journey.
Cheers Matt!
Tom Croft