Sarah, 47
To do the stairs at work without stopping
- Started
- Stopped twice on four flights; had not exercised in twelve years
- Now
- Four flights without stopping, then the lighthouse steps twice
- How
- Twelve weeks, one-to-one
Results
What people wanted, and what happened.
No before-and-after photographs, no "lost three stone in six weeks". Six people, what they actually asked for at the free session, where they were, where they got to, and how long it honestly took. All six said we could tell you.
Six results
Dev, 38
A first 10k
- Started
- Could not run for a minute
- Now
- The Cardiff 10k in 61 minutes, and still in the group
- How
- Sixteen weeks, the running group
Margaret, 64
To carry the shopping and get up off the floor
- Started
- A sore knee and a fear of falling
- Now
- Deadlifts a 24kg kettlebell; gets up off the floor without hands
- How
- Six months, one-to-one and then bootcamp
Tom and Beth, 33 and 31
To get fit for a wedding and keep it up after
- Started
- Gym memberships neither used
- Now
- Three bootcamps a week for two years and counting; the wedding was fine too
- How
- Pairs, then the monthly pass
Owen, 52
Blood pressure down, as the doctor had asked
- Started
- 158 over 98 and a prescription on the way
- Now
- 132 over 84 at the six-month check; the prescription deferred
- How
- Six months, bootcamp four times a week and the plan
Priya, 29
To stop hating exercise
- Started
- Hated every gym she had joined
- Now
- Six mornings a week by choice and leads the warm-up on Fridays
- How
- A year, bootcamp
How we measure
The scales are optional. The thing you asked for is not.
One measure, agreed
At the free session we agree the thing that would tell you it was working: the stairs, the 5k time, the kettlebell you can carry, the blood pressure reading, the dog walk. Written on the plan.
Checked at six and twelve weeks
The same test, the same place, the same conditions, with the number next to the first one. If it has not moved, the plan changes, not the measure.
Strength numbers if you want them
Bootcampers can track their kettlebell weights, press-up counts and the lighthouse steps time on the group sheet. Nobody has to and nobody else sees it unless you want them to.
Honest timelines
Most changes that last take three months to feel and six to show. We will tell you that at the first session rather than sell you six weeks, and we will tell you when the job is done.
The first session is free. Come and stand by the lake.
Tell us what you are after and roughly when you can train, and we reply within the hour between sessions with a time for a free first session: a walk round the lake, a look at how you move, and an honest answer about what it will take. Or just turn up to a bootcamp, the first one is free too.