Ulster Tatler – June 2019

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speaking with the expert

Ulster Tatler chats to Personal Trainer Warren

Corad who is currently working from Pure Gym,

Adelaide Street, Belfast.

What has been your career path to date and

what brought you to personal training?

After I finished my GCSEs I didn’t know what

to do with my life so I went out and got a job

that I hated just to earn some money. I was

just out of school, overweight, had acne,

and was depressed. A new gym opened up in Belfast that I heard

about so decided to join to see if it was for me. I absolutely loved it!

I was training nearly every day as I found it to be almost my place of

sanctuary. I enjoyed it so much one day I enquired through the gym

the process of becoming a personal trainer, so I started a course

through the gym in conjunction with doing my daytime job and eight

months after I started I passed my exams and practical and as they

say, the rest is history! I want to give to other people what the gym had

given me through exercise - strength, confidence, goals, and a feeling

of control over my health.

Describe a typical day at work for you.

A typical day would consist of coming in to work at 7am to start my

morning clients, right up to 12pm, then I would get some lunch and

have a training session of my own, this will be followed by preparing

client programming for my evening sessions. Then I will have my late

afternoon/evening clients, I will also be taking various group exercise

classes like spin, circuits and legs, bums and tums. No day is ever the

same but that is what makes it so enjoyable. I love what I do because of

the variety!

What would you say are the benefits of working with a personal

trainer?

When it comes to working out, people will subconsciously use the

technique trial and error. What they enjoy, what works for them, what

exercises they like and dislike. This can take years for people to figure

out how to get the best out of themselves. A professional can do all this

in a shorter space of time to enable the client to train as effectively as

possible. This will save time and leap frog the trial and error process.

Sometimes people lack motivation, they can be stuck at the same

weight or they can’t gain weight. Very often, people don’t know if they

doing things correctly or they may want to take things to the next level.

I would strongly recommend booking some sessions with an expert,

and smash your goals! I believe in structuring your training and diet

around your lifestyle, not vice versa.

What is your favourite part of the job?

My favourite part of the job is without doubt seeing client’s mindsets

change from hating their body to loving it and smashing personal

goals and targets which we have set together. The satisfaction I get

from that is unrivaled. I try to instill in my clients to live and maintain a

healthier lifestyle which is sustainable whether that be through the gym

or nutritionally. So when they achieve this it feels amazing as I know

that I have had a positive impact on someone’s health and well being!

For someone who is new to exercise and healthy eating and wants

to begin making changes to their lifestyle, what advice would you

give them?

Ask a lot of questions! The first thing I will always say to new clients

who come to me looking to make changes to their lifestyle will always

be that it’s a process which is based on consistency through following

the correct training programme and nutritional advice; it is not an

overnight fix. Above all else, enjoy it!

Contact [email protected] or phone 07703778471 for a

bespoke tailored fitness plan