Personal Trainers special focus
102fitness talk
What has been your career path
to date and what brought you to
personal training?
I’ve always had an interest in fitness
and training but worked in construction
from when I left school. I shattered my wrist in an accident in 2006
and was advised to seek alternative employment. It was then that I
started going to the gym consistently to strengthen my wrist (and the
rest of me) and got hooked! So I started my level 2 gym instructor
course, completed that and then did my level 3 PT course in Belfast
Met to help others in a similar situation to myself get stronger, fitter,
healthier and as a consequence have a better quality of life.Describe a typical day at work for you.
My typical day usually consists of getting up at 5am, seeing my first
client at 5.45am, I will take my first class at 6.45am, then I will see
more clients. I can also be found cleaning and tidying the gym and
doing admin work in between clients and classes. I will then find
time to train myself between 12-3pm. I will then pop home to see
my family and have dinner and then have more clients / classes until
9.30pm. I will then get the gym ready for the next day, lock up, go
home to see my
kids, fall into bed
and then repeat!What would
you say are
the benefits of
working with
a personal
trainer?
The benefits of
working with a
PT in my opinion
are as follows:
they can help
you achieve your
goals quicker,
be that fat loss
or muscle gain,
they also keep
you accountable
and can help
you when
you’re lacking
motivation or
willpower. Some
people lack
confidence to use
the equipment
at the gym on
their own and a PT will know how to perform the correct exercises to
achieve their goals correctly and with correct form to avoid injuries. If
your training stalls we can help you overcome any plateaus you may
encounter and to help you find a sustainable healthy lifestyle.What is your favourite part of the job?
Meeting and helping many different people from different
backgrounds that I wouldn’t have met otherwise. It’s also a lot of fun!Do you have any stand out career moments?
Plenty, but the stand out moment for me is, and may always be, the
moment that I became the owner of my own gym, DT Fitness. It was
a very proud time and it took a lot of hard work from my family and
me. I would not have been able to do it without them so I’ll take this
opportunity to thank them for everything they’ve done and continue
to do for me.Zest Natural Health offers health foods,
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Kate Staunton and Caroline McElvogue.Ulster Tatler chats to Darren Tweedy
of DT Fitness.