Glenda Tunbridge

When Glenda first began working with Activ8 in February 2006, she was 40 years old, 80Kg, had low self esteem, was unhappy where her body was heading and unable to walk up stairs let-a-lone perform any meaningful exercise. Since January 2005, Glenda had seen many doctors about the osteoarthritis in her knees. With little convincing, this became her main motivation. After seeing Glenda walk in the main doors holding onto the railing and virtually pulling herself up by stepping twice on every step) I knew that it was going to be a long process to get her functioning normally once again. After performing detailed screening procedures and discussing Glenda’s short and long term goals, I developed a personalised program targeting her personal goals. The first intention was to defy the odds of further surgery on her knees. The program included a good balanced combination of exercises to improve her performance in kayak paddling, decrease body fat percentage, improve the range and strength of her knees, help with balance and co-ordination, and improve her posture whilst having fun.

Glenda started with a training age of zero (0) years. Because of this, the program had to be specific for Glenda's body, goals and training history. She consistently questioned every exercise and how meaningful the exercises were for her, but we slowly progressed. It wasn't long until she could see improvements all over and started to enjoy the workouts. Soon she was running up the stairs excited for the next session!

As we worked through the structured program it wasn't long before Glenda experienced some weight loss and improvement in her paddling as well as in her general health and wellbeing. She has started feeling better within herself and now walks around the gym with much more pride. Glenda has lost a total of 40cm from her waist, hip and bust region and dropped her RHR (resting heart rate) from 95 to 78 in just 6 months. Her inner core strength has improved considerably, which has helped with her balance and co-ordination whilst paddling. Her program is regularly updated and there are great improvements in all areas.

“Training with Trent this year has been just awesome. I had no idea we could achieve this amount of improvement. Trent has been patient and generous with my constant questions. He's also kept a great balance of fun and variety in our sessions and he's pushed me when I've needed it. I can totally recommend Trent Carruthers and Active8 Health & Fitness – I encourage you to experience it for yourself!”