Healthy Habits for future fitness

WELCOME TO VIKIO ACTIVE

A bespoke Personal Training service that provides holistic support to build healthy habits that will keep your body flexible, mobile and strong.

Let’s start with a question

– how old are you?

Truth is, it doesn’t actually matter how old you are, it’s never too early or too late to start looking after your body as well as it looks after you.

As life expectancy increases and pressure on the health system also increases, we will all be expected to take responsibility for our own health and wellbeing, both physical and mental.

All movement and activity counts, so let’s work out a programme that fits in with your lifestyle and preferences to build healthy habits for your future fitness. It starts here.

What we offer

GOALS AND GAINS

Weight loss is a common goal, but I’d rather focus on how much exercise makes you feel strong and move well, gives you energy and keeps you able to do everyday activities without heaving and sighing, or getting grumpy because things you used to be able to do easily are now a challenge.

Your goal could be simply that you want to get on the floor to play with your child, pet, or grandchild and, more importantly, be able to get up again comfortably. Let’s look at some strength and flexibility goals.

Or you may be looking to shave time off a half marathon or the Tour de Vendée, in which case, let’s shake up those long continuous runs and bike rides with some interval training.

Or perhaps you want to be able to take the stairs at work but currently it leaves you too breathless and embarrassed. Let’s start with some gentle cardio.

Whatever your goal, the gains made from building time into your day to exercise are huge. Injury and disease prevention, joint pain reduction, increase in confidence, weight loss, and increased muscle strength. There are no downsides!

FROM EXCUSES TO HEALTHY HABITS

Let’s turn those excuses into healthy habits that you can stick to. First we’ll identify what it is that prevents you from sticking to a good, healthy exercise and eating plan. Do you hate the gym? Too self conscious to go, or don’t know what to do once you’re there? Do you tell yourself that you don’t have time? Maybe you’re tried things before but nothing really stuck? Have plateau-ed and lost interest? Or maybe you’re feeling overwhelmed and taking that first step is proving elusive.  Once we’ve established the barriers we can work on motivators and accountability that will help keep you on progressing and feeling great.

Guidelines for physical activity, agreed across multiple well respected organisations including NHS website, World Health Organisation, American College of Sports Medicine and the Government’s Chief Medical Officer suggest 150 minutes per week of moderate intensity exercise. That’s half an hour five times a week, plus two days of strength training. That may sound a lot if you currently do nothing at all, but that is the minimum recommended to keep physically independent and give yourself the best chance to keep heart disease, diabetes, dementia and many other diseases at bay. If it seems overwhelming we can break it down into small achievable steps.

 Injury Prevention

You know you should be exercising but you don’t – why is that? Lack of time? Don’t know where to start? Too big a mountain to climb? Hate the gym? But here’s the thing – following an exercise programme not only makes you feel good, it combats the risk of heart disease, stroke, diabetes, dementia. It prevents injury and helps with rehab should you need an operation. Your body and brain need you to do this. Let me help you take that first step to healthy habits, and a fabulously fit and healthy future you.