Hello, I’m Carol a 60 Something lady who spends most of her day at a computer working away and when I’m not at the gym I’m helping out with my daughter’s horse.
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I don’t ride, I never have but I help out with the mucking out and walking them out and back in from the field.
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Before I started training at The Fox Den, I was just going through the motions, day to day life, I didn’t exactly feel great, I had no energy and no real get up and go in life.
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I hadn’t really trained before, mostly because of health reasons and only done a bit of swimming and walking, when I did venture into the gym I was basically pushed on to the cardio machines, the stepper, rower and never really shown how to use the weights machines and when I was using them we had little to no weight on them.
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In the past, I used to feel intimidated in the gym by people lifting all the weights and didn’t really have any confidence to go and do it myself and just didn’t feel like I fitted in.
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I enjoy coming to the Fox Den because it is fun and friendly, other members encourage you to succeed even if the challenges can be tough.
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Things I’ve learned throughout this journey is that I can do things, I can believe in myself, I can push myself and achieve results, I have become more confident in myself.
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There are of course things I still want to change, I want to educate myself more about nutrition to help with making better choices helping me to feel better. I want to be able to postpone or avoid those illness that generally pop up as you reach your later years. I don’t want to be relying on medication.
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I constantly ask myself if I can do it, I don’t like to fail but you set your goal and then you break it down into achievable goals and that is what you do here.
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I feel better when I have been to the gym, even if it is hard work, you feel better for the rest of the day.
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I would love to run 5k, I’ve never run before.
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Training has helped me come back from an op I had, if I hadn’t done the training I had done before I would have been in a lot worse place than I was when I came out. Slowly building myself back up after has given me the strength and conditioning to be able to deal with it.
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Working on zoom through Lockdown was a blessing, thank you, it kept me sane and helped get me through it.
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I don’t have any particular favourite exercises, the variety I get through the small group pt and the classes cover everything, but probably the thing I enjoy most is bar work, getting into the cage, and doing squats and deadlifts with the barbells.
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My least favourite is shoulder pressed, pushing those weights above my head is something I find really hard.
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My piece of advice for anyone is, It’s never too late to learn and it’s never too late to start.
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I started in my 60s, I thought I was too old, but I’ve shown myself I can do it.