Every Aspire Health Coaching programme is individually tailored to you and your needs and goals. This is developed after the Initial Consultation. Elements that can be included in an Aspire Health Coaching Programme include:

*Daily / weekly targets and tracking for -

NEAT (Non Exercise Activity Thermogenesis) Cardio exercises / activities

Weights exercises

Other exercises / activities

Nutrition / macros

Health metrics such as mood, sleep, energy, digestion

*Individually tailored programmes

*Programmed exercise sessions with weekly progressions

*Weekly feedback

*Personal training sessions face-to-face in the studio gym or online

*Education on healthy eating habits

*Goal setting

*Motivation and accountability to help you reach your goals

*Mindset training

*Personal growth / reading suggestions

*Ongoing support via WhatsApp

*Programmes and tracking via an individual Google Docs spreadsheet

Aspire Health Coaching takes a holistic approach to help you become healthier you and a better you.

The Initial Consultation is an opportunity for me as the Coach to get to know you. Here I can: *Establish a baseline of your health and fitness status

*Perform a pre-exercise safety screen if necessary

*Establish your needs and goals, and a time-frame for achieving them

*Establish what will motivate you

*Make a plan for what to do if your compliance falters

*Get an idea of your lifestyle

*Establish what lifestyle changes may be needed and at what speed to progress them

*What elements you will need in your programme

Quite simply, the role of a Health Coach is to make you achieve your health and fitness goals faster than you would by yourself.

How is this achieved? 1. By using their knowledge to design more effective training / activity programmes

2. By providing a source of accountablity to help keep you on track with your health and fitness journey. You are more likely to stick to your programme if you have to reconcile your efforts with somebody else each week!

3. By providing the motivation to stick to your programme, even when the going gets tough. Life and circumstances can get in the road, and you can lose sight of your progress and forget why you started on the journey in the first place. The coach is there to help you focus and navigate past these roadblocks and keep your on your journey. (And occasionally to be a shoulder to cry on.)

4. By providing mindset training. This goes hand-in-hand with point 3. Often the way to address the challenges of a health and fitness journey is to learn to change your mindset, and this enables you to reframe negative aspects and handle them more easily. Regular reading of self-development books can be very helpful here, along with strategies such as mindfulness and meditation.

This sounds lke the Holy Grail of fitness, but thankfully the answer is YES!

By undertaking a muscle hypertrophy training programme and going into a mild calorie deficit of less than 500 calories per day, you can put on muscle and lose fat!

Remember, muscle is heavy so your weight may appear to go UP as the inches come off!