I started using Transform Personal training after having my second child and being two dress sizes bigger than my pre-pregnancy size. Having never had a personal trainer before I needed to be convinced. I choose Esther as she clearly understood from the outset that I need my carbs, have a sweet tooth that needs satisfying and enjoy a drink or two! I really enjoyed the training environment at Transform, Esther is really friendly and fair in her approach, i felt like i could always be honest and she was firm when I needed her to be. The new boot camp classes and High intensity classes are going to for a brilliant add on to my existing regime.

I met Esther at the start of the year when I had 6 months to get ready for my wedding. I introduced myself to her by explaining how much I hated exercise and I think she realised she had a tough case on her hands. From the very start Esther was encouraging and gauged both my Personal Training sessions and the Bootcamp classes to my ability. I'm not going to lie - I spent the first couple of weeks in pain as my body adjusted to activities it had never done before. But the results soon started to show and after 8 weeks I'd lost 30cm from my body - 10cm of which were from my waist alone! I was delighted and this spurred me on to keep going.

My wedding dress was ordered in two dress sizes lower than I had been wearing and when it arrived it had to be taken in! When the big day came I felt fantastic, the hard work had paid off and Esther came to watch me walk down the aisle - even though it was her birthday! I've continued training with Esther and I can honestly say I no longer 'hate' exercise. I feel so much healthier and can see the benefits in all aspects of my life. I'm now pregnant with my first baby and Esther is tailoring my sessions to work with all the challenges that pregnancy throws up. I can't thank Esther enough for all the help and support she has given me and I would highly recommend Transform Personal Training to anybody looking for a friendly and effective training regime.

I started with Esther at the end of Feb about 10 weeks post-partum with my second child, and after five months I have managed to return to my pre baby weight and have lost 64 cm! I'd put on 4 stone with this pregnancy and knew diet alone wasn't going to cut it. My baby was nearly 9lb and had destroyed my stomach muscles. Check me out on this photo and you will see what I'm talking about!

After 9 months of doing very little activity I felt weak and scared of exercise but with the baby Bootcamp class I was eased into the exercise but delighted at how quickly my fitness increased. After 4 weeks of baby Bootcamp I'd got a real taste for exercise and set a personal challenge to use my maternity leave to get fit and loose the weight. I started Personal Training with her and her bootcamps and the results came quick, I reached my pre pregnancy weight in June and my strength and fitness has increased phenomenally, I never thought I'd be doing full press ups or pull ups.

Check out this picture of Jess below for the final result! Absolutely stunning!

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The atmosphere is relaxed, babies lie/crawl/scoot/ dribble cry basically do what babies do whilst the mums are put through their paces with resistance bands, kettle bells medicine balls and body weight exercises. We work a lot on the core area re-strengthening the muscles who have taken a 9 month hammering from the weight of the baby and re-establish the feeling and control of the muscles not just in the pelvic floor area but also the inner girdle (your inner version of Spanx!) Mums love it, babies couldn’t care less and everyone is happy.

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