Victoria Holden – Success Story
Here is Victoria's Story So Far.....

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To join or not to join?

That was the question…..

I have been going to Fitness Formation for about nine weeks now. I initially joined on the ‘8 Week Transformation Programme’. The advert kept popping up on my FB timeline, time and time again. I just kept ignoring it as I was already a member of another gym. But one day I clicked on the link and took the plunge. I have not looked back since.

I have a dream. My dream is to compete in IBFF this year. I joined and started training at my local gym last year. I am no expert when it comes to training and nutrition but I have been bodybuilding and training for a few years. Bodybuilding is my release and has been my passion for as long as I can remember. Going to the gym is my way of coping with today’s stresses and strains that we all experience in modern day living.

In October last year, I lost my father. During a rather difficult period in my life, all the people who I thought would support me in my dream to compete started to ‘slate’ me and say things to me “ you will never make it, you are too old, just give up while you still can”. At this point, I started to think they are right, I’m not making any progress. My body is not changing quick enough. I felt I had lost my way.

I still had the motivation to visit the gym, but I was just simply going through the motions. I wasn’t really giving it my all. Sure I was turning up, breaking a sweat and then going back home, but I didn’t really feel I was getting any closer to my dream or seeing the changes I so desperately wanted in my body. What made it seem even worse, nobody from my gym seemed to care, or noticed if I was getting the results I wanted. I was just a number. Not a person with a goal or dream.

After another session at my gym, I returned back to my car checked my Facebook, whilst drinking my protein shake. A post from a Facebook group I was following came up. As I looked at her pictures and read her story, something inside me clicked. I had a light bulb moment. I knew that if I wanted to achieve my own dream and prove to people that I can and will do it, I needed help. I searched for the Fitness Formation link and the rest as they say, is history.

Since clicking the link and joining Fitness Formation, I can honestly say that I am having the best time. Ever. The administration staff asked me questions. They were so polite, friendly and took the time to fully understand my needs and what I wanted to achieve. I was given instructions of what to do next and I was added into a Facebook group.

Everyone from the Facebook group were so friendly and welcoming, right from the first initial welcome post I received loads of ‘Hellos, Hi’s and can’t wait to see you down here’. I could see and more importantly, feel like I was more than just a number to Fitness Formation. I was a real person with a goal and a dream. They actually bothered to care.

My first session was amazing, and truly opened my eyes to what I had been missing and to what I needed to do in order to reach my goal of competing. Nobody thought I was too old or that my dream of competing was silly. They all believed in me.

The coaches took time out of their busy schedules and asked me questions. They advised me what sessions I should do in order to achieve my results and that after my eight weeks were up, they would sit down with me again and devise my own tailored nutrition and training plan, for my own specific goal. I already have my date booked in.

The coaches at Fitness Formation all know their stuff.  I am already seeing the benefits. Not only do I feel better, but I have already started to see changes in my body composition.

Some people may call me crazy for spending extra money on another gym membership, but when you know you have found a place that looks after you, treats you like a real person and gets you the results you want it’s a no brainer.

I firmly believe that in order to make change happen, you have to change. After all the best project you will ever work on is you.

My only wish would have been to have found Fitness Formation earlier.

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