When interviewed for Women's Health, Jess explained that her reason for training at Fitness Lab was largely due to the private and personal nature of our setting:

"It’s a small studio that only does personal training – there were never more than three people training at the same time." 

After wondering if she could physically manage the sessions, Jess noted how supportive her colleagues were - and how their encouragement made her feel like she could go on:

"Muscles still achy, I was back in the gym a few days later for the next session. When my five weeks were up, I realised I was actually quite enjoying my workouts. I loved the fact that every week I could do a little bit more, and move in a way I’d never thought myself capable of."

Jess has made an incredible physical transformation - but she also talks about how personal training became a kind of therapy, a time to just switch off and focus on herself. 

While people usually enquire with Fitness Lab because they want to make physical changes, a little further down the line, so many people comment on how this kind of mental well-being boost becomes an unexpected side-effect of their sessions.

In a fast-paced and pressure-filled world, it's very easy to just have a 'just-get-through-the-day' mindset without realising the importance of spending some time focused on making themselves feel better. It might not immediately feel like it when you begin personal training - but when you stick with it over the course of weeks or months, private personal training with a coach you can trust starts to feel like genuine "me time" - and this so often leads to a more positive feeling in other areas of life.