GENERAL

Health and Fitness Clubs and Leisure Centres are hell-bent on telling people they have to exercise, and their mindset seems to be that ‘the general public need to change their habits’. Yet these same clubs are often under resourced with junior members of staff. This cocktail of inexperience, lack of knowledge, and lack of personal service inevitably leads to masses of people joining gyms, only to become disillusioned after a couple of months of expensive, unproductive and isolated training. This experience can be enough to put people off Health and Fitness for life. Altered Images have recognised that ‘habits’ can be defined as mindless actions about which we are not totally aware. Our approach, therefore, is to help people become ‘mindful’ of their lifestyle habits and help to guide them into making rational, informed decisions about their state of health and wellbeing. This encourages feelings of autonomy, self-efficacy, induces greater self-esteem and self-perception and also helps engage with the movement of the body from the inside out. Developing people from the inside out may be anathema to the hands-on approach and popularity of personal training. But self-determined forms of behaviour have been identified as the best predictor of adherence to exercise and healthy lifestyle. Galileo once said “You cannot teach a man anything, you can only help him discover it within himself”. Something for all dictatorial health club ‘experts’ to think about. Altered Images has grown on this approach and has proved time and again throughout the UK, that happy clients who feel part of the establishment will remain clients. This is not about seeing a customer in every individual. It is about finding and seeing an individual in every customer. Define your individuality, set your goals and reach them with Altered Images. Be the best that you can be.

PERSONAL TRAINING

After many years devoted to training hundreds of individuals, I've come to believe that there is much more to a personal trainer than a basic knowledge of physiology and technique. After you are certified, how do you apply this knowledge to an individual? This is a crucial issue: a good personal trainer learns how to read the individual. This includes not only a person's physical condition, but his or her emotional state as well. A successful personal trainer is going to build a programme around that individual's lifestyle and personality, incorporating their real world in the pursuit of ideal health and appearance.

You should consider using the services of a personal trainer if you're new to exercise, you've hit a plateau and/or your workout routine has become boring, you're training for a specific event, you're rehabilitating from an injury or recovering from an illness, or you need motivation. Almost everyone can benefit from qualified fitness professionals.

REVOLUTIONS

You would think that fitness training, or more specifically, training for cycling would be easy. Sure, you might get sore from spending so much time in the saddle and your knees could feel creaky now and then, but when it comes to training you just get on the bike and ride, right?

If you have done even minimal reading on how to get results, you know that a lot of people who write about training seem to be part of a grand conspiracy to make training difficult. If you have ever looked for a personal coach, then you have absolute proof of this conspiracy. Maybe you have even gone to an exercise physiologist - surely they ought to know how to get training right. Sadly, you were probably left confused yet again. Perhaps Lance Armstrong deserves a PhD because he obviously knows enough about training to win the Tour De France seven times! You would think that someone could make this stuff simple for the rest of us. 

Well, we believe we have done it. At Revolutions you will find useful information that is simple, practical and understandable. Our proven programmes begin with the essence of why you are training in the first place and progress to the fundamentals that make up our training philosophy; concepts that are typically difficult (Endurance, Force, Speed Skills, Muscular Endurance, Anaerobic Endurance and Power). Revolutions will demystify training and help you sort through the confusion about different ways to train.

Whether you are a serious competitive cyclist, a dedicated sports performer, enthusiastic health and fitness participant or simply looking for an enjoyable way to keep fit, Revolutions will provide you with a simple, no nonsense approach that incorporates the best scientific data with the best methodology bar none.

Above all, Revolutions will make your progress towards reaching your health and fitness goals a fun and exhilarating experience. Just remember, whilst Altered Images guarantees your results, here they have to be earned!