F.I.S.H. Progress

The process of F.I.S.H. becoming a limited company is almost complete. The new Fitness Instruction for Strength & Health Limited will start trading on 1-4-2007.

There have been two recent enquiries from freelance Personal Trainers who wish to start training clients at the studio. Melody is now almost at full capacity and is considering reducing her working hours elsewhere to increase her time at the studio.

Chutz has injured his ankle at work and was unable to do the German Body Comp Program this weekend. Derek has been ill with a virus and unable to train - or eat the usual high protein diet. In fact, food of any sort has been a hardship! We should be back on course next week.

We have started to develop the full German Body Comp Program for our clients, offering twelve weeks of training including diet and supplementation. Melody has one client hoping to start the program next week. Meanwhile we are putting together some advertising around this.

F.I.S.H. Studio Photo Update

Melody's Personal Training Maladies

I feel like giving up. I’m angry with people for letting me down tonight.
I am worried about money now, I had it all just about covered.

I am really stressed out about putting together that bloody piece of equipment, I nearly broke my back trying to do it, not to mention all the broken nails!

I didn’t have any food with me because I was going to go to Waitrose on the way to Ian’s and get some food.
Feel like eating one of Del's protein bars, given up chocolate for lent, but it’s not that that stops me it the thought of getting a telling off from Del!!

Perhaps a bag of crisps or, sod lent and get an inviting creamy chocolate bar (or 2), well after all I am hungry and I have a good thousand or more calories to eat by the end of the day!

My hands are cold and I’m sick of listening to that same CD, the floor is a mess, needs hovering, I need to do all the washing up, and there is a bloody trolley full of rubbish outside that I need to get rid of……..

Kathy has such kind words for me about my training, Anne is chuffed to bits she’s lost half a stone and 6% body fat. It’s great, but unless I get more honest and committed clients like them it is all going to fail. I feel despairing about this, I have to lose a stone at least before I think anyone will look at me and want to train with me and pay the full price. So why does my mind want to sabotage and go and eat crap just because my mood has been changed by circumstances that I cannot control right now?
Yes weight loss is going to be slow and steady, I weighed myself tonight and I was down another pound, felt depressed that is wasn’t down by 3 pound or more, OH GET A GRIP, WHAT DO I SAY TO EVERYONE ELSE? a pound down is better that a pound up, and a pound of fat takes up a good fistful of flesh!!

Well, found the high calorie Dr Kargs crackers, high in protein too so munched one of them for dinner, oh OK I lied I had 2. Well it was supposed to be my dinner.
Still pondering on the miserable mood, considering the blow it tonight attitude.
When I realise I need to challenge myself and decide to write it down get it all out, and get it into perspective.

Now how about I write a nice friendly, but informing letter to all my clients who are buggering me about.

Then drink a big glass of water (always makes me feel better some how)
Then tidy up, wash up, hoover up, so we’re ready for action tomorrow?

Make a plan of actions for the week as far as getting classes running and new clients in the door.

Then god forbids What about TRAINING?????? What on a moody day? Turn this crap day into the best day I have had??
I turned it around, all by myself. And from now on it will just get better and better. There’s still a lot of hard work and crap turn-able days ahead, but I am going to do it. I am going to get fit and feel great again and make a good decent living from a job I love doing.

the end. (until next time)

F.I.S.H. Studio Update

Word of mouth is a powerful thing. F.I.S.H. has not even launched its advertising campaign - we only have the blog and have handed out a few brochures so far - and yet the studio is filling up.

We have been fortunate that many of our previous clients have come over to the new studio. They have been quick to spot the benefits: the whole studio to themselves and their trainer; no waiting around for equipment; no feelings of intimidation from boisterous men in the free-weights area; meticulous goal-setting and record keeping; and absolutely no admin or gym fees: all they pay for is the training.

There has also been considerable interest from the staff and businesses in the surrounding offices at Temple Grove. So much so, in fact, that we are already looking at ways to increase our hours at the studio.

The training sessions to date have been an absolute joy. Whatever the trainers plan for their clients can be realised as we have exclusive access to all the equipment all the time. Derek's clients are benefiting to the meticulous attention to loading parameters and time under tension plus the luxury of being able to perform super, tri and giant sets without anyone else jumping on the equipment in between exercises.

Melody has finalised plans for the weight loss group and boxercise classes which should be up and running by next week. Her own training is gathering pace - progress shots to follow at a later date.