How long is the piece of string? You are an individual and are unique in that way. This is just the first step in your journey. A journey where I’ll simply guide you in making the right choices when it comes to strength training and eating plan that best suit you. 

THE CORE OF MY TRAINING SERVICE IS THE 12WEEKS TRAINING PLAN HOWEVER THE FIRST 4WEEKS WILL SET THE BALL ROLLING.

THIS IS AN EXERCISE AND NUTRITION PROGRAMME DESIGNED BY ME SPECIFICALLY FOR YOUR INDIVIDUALS GOAL. COMBINING EXERCISE SESSIONS WITH REGULAR DAILY ACTIVITY AND EASY TO FOLLOW FOOD PLAN. THIS BEGINNING PHASE IS TO GET TO GRIPS WITH THE BASICS.

It takes just 28-days to see good effective results. Also for the vast majority of my clients, it takes four weeks to establish some good lasting habits and quit those that you have been holding you back. It may take you a less time or little longer because we are all different, I empathise with that and work with each individual person and give them the personal service that they require. Therefore I will completely review and re-vamp your exercise programme and nutritional plan. As you get stronger, faster and leaner, your Plan adapts to keep you ahead of the curve.

WHY VALENTINE RAWAT?

GREAT QUESTION!

Many people asks us ‘what are the benefits of personal training with Valentine Rawat? Why should I spend the time and money with you instead of joining a gym?’

It’s a fair enough question really, after all, it’s certainly not the cheapest method of getting into shape and, despite what you may have heard, having a personal trainer doesn’t necessarily guarantee that you’ll get the results you were hoping for (which is why we make our guarantee an integral part of our programs). So why should you even consider taking one on?

Well, we could tell you all kinds of reasons why we think that you should hire us but, well, you’d only think that we were biased and were feeding you a line so instead, let us demonstrate the value by explaining in simple terms what you get when you work with us…

1.STRUCTURE!

In your working life it is highly likely that you set specific goals or targets for yourself. For most people this is the best way to guarantee results. But do you apply this to your overall lifestyle?

Working with your personal trainer, you will learn to structure your activity programme, nutritional needs or other lifestyle changes so that they will fit into the kind of life you’re trying to build for yourself, rather than becoming some kind of ‘quick-fix’ that you apply temporarily and then forget about when the program is over.

So, before you even commence any form of exercise, your will discuss with you the options available for achieving your goals and will explain up front the commitment that will be required to achieve them. Once a mutual agreement has been made and the programme begun, your coach will then ensure that each session keeps you on track and moving toward the goal that you’ve agreed upon. If you’re the type of person who needs a swift kick in the butt when you slacken off then you’ll get it or if you need a gentle reminder that you’re letting yourself down then you’ll get that too. Ultimately though, it’s you who we take our lead from and it’s you who’ll tell US if the goal is the wrong one for you.

(Be aware though, our coaches are very committed and once you set them to helping you achieve your goals they won’t easily accept your excuses!)

2. INDIVIDUAL ATTENTION!

A coach’s range of skills enables them to customise your exercise programme, making it specific to your individual needs andgoals. One size does not fit all! (In fact this is why so many people fail)

Your coach will teach you the correct exercises with the right techniques for your individual body type, which will maximise efficiency and effectiveness, and minimise the chance of injury as well as speeding up the time taken to get results.

As your fitness improves, your coach will fine-tune your program to meet your changing needs and make sure you continue to get results rather than slowing down and plateauing off. This, we feel, is a major reason why having your very own trainer/coach is so beneficial. Most of us can get short term results without help, but it’s the long-term that normally confounds and despirits us.

3. GUIDANCE

Depending on a coaches areas of expertise, he or she can be a great source of information on nutrition, stress management, injury or exercising during and after pregnancy or following illness or just about anything you can imagine that could serve as a barrier to your success.

This specific advice is what makes all the difference and enables you to continually gain results. In fact, it would be fair to say thatevery single tailor-made piece of advice creates your own personal success formula, meaning that the danger of failure never rears its ugly head.

4. MOTIVATION

It takes more than state-of-the-art equipment to reach your health and fitness goals. You have to be committed to an active lifestyle. Your coach will help you develop the incentive to stick to your programme.

This becomes even more important when your own motivation begins to drop and especially when things seem hard (no, getting into shape is not easy!). The professional friendship that you create with your coach will keep you going long after you are ready to quit because they will become accustomed to your moods, your ups, your downs and yes, your excuses! They won’t easily be fooled and they won’t take no for an answer if you’re slacking off either.

That doesn’t mean that they’ll bully you or be nasty in any way, simply that they understand that you sought them out for one reason and one reason only… RESULTS!

That’s all we care about. Making sure that you get what you asked for.

We look at it this way; you didn’t type into google ‘Wanted: someone to chat to a few times a week nd hopefully to get a little fitter’ did you? You only sought us out and you only considered putting money into our hands for one reason and one reason only…. RESULTS!

So, Why Should You Consider Hiring A Valentine Rawat Leeds Personal Trainer?

Quite simply, because if you’re serious, and we mean REALLY serious about getting results, then we’ll take every possible step to make the process as simple as possible for you so that you can finally get the results you want. No if’s, no but’s. However, just because we say we’ll make it simple, that doesn’t mean it’ll be easy. In fact, simple is rarely, if ever, easy. It’ll be tough at times and you’ll want to go easy on yourself and make excuses. Well,tough, we won’t let you! You WILL succeed. That’s our mission and we take it seriously.

Do It Now!

Now, if after reading all of that you’re even slightly interested then pop on over to the FREE Consultation page and fill in the application form and we’ll get in touch right away for an informal chat about how we can develop a top notch, result-producing, personal training plan for YOU.

The barriers to accomplishing your fat loss goals and fitness goals have all been ripped away and all you have to do is start.

BUT WILL YOU?

WHAT WILL I EXPERIENCE IN A TYPICAL SESSION AT VALENTINE RAWAT PERSONAL TRAINING?

We get asked that a lot and, to be honest, it’s a really difficult question to answer because each of our sessions are designed to fit the unique requirements of our clients, their unique goals and the unique ways that their bodies are put together.

That said, our training sessions do tend to follow a theme so, as long as you understand that this is just to give you a rough idea of what to expect, here’s an ‘average’ 60 minute session structure.

5-10 MINUTES – DYNAMIC MOBILITY WARMUP & MUSCLE ACTIVATION:

Dynamic Mobility Warm and Muscle Activation warms up the whole body and mobilises joints. Muscle Activation comes in to play where most of our clients come to us with postural distortions caused by muscle imbalances, injuries and other complications that stop them getting the best from their bodies and slows down the results.

40-50 MINUTES – STRENGTH AND CONDITIONING:

This is where it gets tough to explain how your training session might look.

For some people it’ll be mostly corrective exercises to help them with their rehab of an injury, for others it’ll be body-weight training, others may be working with dumbbells,  resistance bands, kettlebells, sandbags, sports specific training while others still might be doing boxing, kickboxing or martial arts.

It all depends on the goals. They may be doing ALL of this in one workout! It will always be varied, high intensity and functional movements.

Whatever they’re doing though, you can be sure that they’ll be working on a program that’s been built to bring them results in the fastest, safest manner possible.

5-10 MINUTES – COOLDOWN MAINTENANCE STRETCHES

We end every one of our personal training sessions with at least 5 minutes of hands-on stretching to ensure that your body is ‘reset’ to the right position before you leave us and to minimise  the aches, pains and stiffness that’s normal associated with working out. There is also a major focus on Breathing at this point of the session.  We not only breath in oxygen but also life energy (Qi or Chi in China, Ki in Japan, Mana in India)

Our clients love this, as will you when you experience it for yourself.

THAT’S IT… YOU CAN GO HOME… EMPOWERMENT SESSIONS IS OVER FOR NOW!

As you can see, this is a very complete and well thought out approach to training.

Absolutely nothing is missing from the sessions. During the time you’re with us you’ll be coached on your nutrition and lifestyle and reminded about your goals too, so every single session becomes a major advance in the direction of your goals rather than ‘just a workout’.

This is why we’re able to achieve more in terms of results than any other personal training company around.

We simply leave nothing to chance.

You deserve nothing less, right?

The late, great Mel Siff often referred to the Seven S-factors of fitness.

The S-factors include:

1. strength

2. stamina (general cardiovascular endurance and local muscular endurance)

3. suppleness (flexibility)

4. speed

5. skill (kinasthesis, motor coordination and control)

6. structure (size, shape), and

7. spirit (psychological fitness)

Dr. Siff sure was ahead of his time.

I tend to look at fitness like this:

1. Soft tissue quality (foam rolling, TPT, SMR)

2. Flexibility (soft tissue length, static, dynamic, ballistic, PNF)

3. Mobility (dynamic warm up)

4. Stability (isometric strength, core stability (anterior, lateral, rotational))

5. Movement Efficiency (activation work, corrective exercise (prehab), motor control, balance (proprioception), posture, strength balances, skill, technique, form, minimization of energy leaks, clean movement, etc.)

6. Hypertrophy (sarcomeric and sarcoplasmic, cross sectional area (CSA))

7. Strength (limit strength (absolute strength), strength-speed, speed strength, starting strength (impulse), relative strength, upper body, core, lower body)

8. Power (explosive strength, rate of force development (RFD), neural drive, HTMU stimulation, rate coding, synchronization, intermuscular coordination, intramuscular coordination)

9. Agility (load vector specific training, eccentric strength)

10. Reactive ability (elasticity, plyometrics, ballistics, reflex potentiation and inhibition)

11. Linear speed (sprint training, sled work, towing)

12. Quickness (reaction time, hand-eye coordination, contraction/relaxation sequences)

13. Conditioning (local muscular endurance, energy system development (aerobic, glycolytic, phosphagen), power endurance, work capacity, GPP, SPP)

14. Regeneration (nutrition, sleep, stress (distress, eustress), visualization, thermal therapy, cryotherapy, massage, SMR, vibration, EMS, supplementation, nutrient timing)

15. Mental toughness (pain tolerance, drive, determination, motivation, desire, adaptability (to chaos), discipline, coachability, instincts, sport knowledge, kinasthetic intelligence)

16. Genetic gifts (anthropometry (leverages), somatotype, height, weight, body composition, fiber type proportions, tendon insertion points, anabolic and catabolic hormone levels, resistance to illness and injury, damping efficiency, stiffness, viscocity)

I know it’s complex but once you understand how these various components interact, you can now build the optimal YOU!