I started training at Zia Smetka in November and I have never felt better! Originally I walked in to ask for a price list and I was going to think about it but I’m glad I just got into as otherwise I probably would’ve gone away, thought about it and then as other problems or things to do arise during the week I probably would’ve forgotten about it and I’d still be in the same shape I was back then.

What I like the most about my visible progress in only a few months is that I haven’t needed to think. On my own I was trying to decide what the best exercise is to burn the most calories in a session at the gym, deciding what best to eat and when I should be eating and trying to find out how I can gain muscle without gaining the need go up a pants size in the process.

By consulting professionals all the thinking is done for me, I just need to literally do what I’m told and I know I’ll see results. In the studio I’m told what exercises to do under 100% supervision the entire time and I’m given a new meal plan to follow every month. All I need to do is follow the meals as written. All guesswork has been removed from the equation!

Don’t be scared by the thought of meal plans. You’re not starving yourself. You’re consuming 5 nourishing meals a day and again the thinking about the science behind the food is done for you. The good news is the money you were spending in the naughty aisle of the supermarket each week can be put towards your training 🙂 you’ll actually find you’re not as interested in that food as you once were.

I find I refuse cake when colleagues bring it into the office for their birthdays. I treat Saturday as bad day with no exceptions. I didn’t eat cake on my birthday because it was on a Wednesday. When you see fast results you find motivation in following such a discipline. I still consume all the food I enjoy just not so often, making it more enjoyable when I do. For example, the amount of sugar I consumed Easter Sunday would put even Charlie Sheen in a coma but I won’t eat those things until next Easter now without feeling the temptation beforehand.

I used to hurt my knees often on a treadmill or bike and found myself seeing a physio but after all of the squats and lunges etc I’ve been doing the past few months I realise there is nothing wrong with my knees and I don’t hurt them on the treadmill anymore. d strengthening.

I could go on all day about how good I feel since starting my new lifestyle at Zia Smetka but your time spent reading could be better spent exercising.

Think to yourself why you’re even considering consulting professional trainers, be it discipline, exercise technique, dropping your body fat percentage or maybe just improving your fitness. If these thoughts enter your head then it’s best to jump into it sooner rather than later or weeks will go by and you’d think to yourself ‘I could’ve already seen results by now if I’d only started a while back.