Welcome to RDA Health & Fitness My Services

My expertise lies in:

Body toning and sculpting

Cardio-vascular training

Fat loss

Muscle mass growth

Postural correction

Sports conditioning

Body toning and sculpting - skeletal muscles depend on their motor neurons for stimulation; disorders that affect the nervous system can indirectly affect the muscular system. Skeletal muscle that is not regularly stimulated by a motor neuron loses muscle tone and mass. The muscle becomes flaccid, and the muscle fibres become smaller and weaker. This reduction in muscle size, tone, and power is called atrophy. Even a temporary reduction in muscle use can lead to muscular atrophy. Muscle atrophy is initially reversible, but dying muscle fibres are not replaced.

Cardio-vascular - staying active can raise cerebral blood volume, which means that new brain cells are being produced. Exercise also boosts a protein that stimulates re-growth of neurons. The benefits of physical activity are many: it is known to increase life expectancy, particularly through reducing the risk of heart disease, stroke, type 2 diabetes and certain types of cancers. It also has a beneficial effect on breathing, blood supply, muscles and bones and has proven to be effective at combating depression.

Remaining physically active can help older people maintain their independence for longer.

Fat loss - body fat is completely related to calories. 1 pound of body fat has around 4.100 calories.

Fat cells have 3 options:

1) To grow and possibly divide

2) To remain as they are.

3) To shrink in size

The option your fat cells will choose completely depends on the calories you consume versus the calories you burn in your daily activity. If you begin training but also increase your dietary intake, you can gain fat. Fat cells act as one, meaning you cannot choose where you lose it or gain it. To lose fat anywhere on your body you need to burn calories by following a program that involves both cardiovascular training and weight training. Fat also contains substances, which increase your risk to heart attacks and strokes, as well as the stress hormone cortisol (high levels of cortisol are also associated with diabetes and obesity).

Muscle mass growth - muscle is made up of thousands of individual cells, also called muscle fibres. The more muscle you build, the less fat your body stores. The calories you consume will go to your muscles to sustain them rather than be converted to fat. Greater muscle demand also triggers your body to produce more human growth hormone - a potent fat burner.

Good posture is good for your health and great for your image.

It keeps your muscles in balance, prevents aches, sporting injuries and improves the quality of an active lifestyle.

Poor posture can change the anatomical characteristics of the spine placing abnormal weight on discs and joints, which might lead to pain, restricted circulation and in later life disease and dysfunction.

Sports conditioning - the aim of sports conditioning training is to ensure that you perform at your best, and reach your full potential in your chosen sport or activities. This will be achieved using a progressive exercise plan aimed at developing your core strength, agility, balance, reaction time, speed, power and co-ordination.

Competitive sports require commitment with regard to the correct levels of training, nutrition, recovery and rest. As fitness cannot be stored, the benefits you have received will be lost if exercise is not maintained. Whereas health is a state of complete mental, physical and social well being, fitness is the ability to meet the demands of a physical task.

All participants will be required to sign a health-screening questionnaire.

All clients undergo RDA evaluation that involves an analysis of their nutritional and lifestyle conditions. This evaluation is absolutely confidential.

Eating habits have a major effect on our body.

You will have to fill in a food diary telling us about your full daily diet. Together we can evaluate it and make any needed adjustments.

You will also undergo a physical evaluation to check for posture, balance, range of motion, joint integrity and core function.

This will help us to set strategies to ensure you achieve your personal goals, and tackle any specific health conditions.

The purpose of collating this information is to create a unique programme, tailor-made to your individual body type and structure.

Your written training plan is continuously updated and adjusted to achieve and maintain your stated/defined goals.

As a client you will receive the highest level of support throughout your programme. This will guarantee your success and will ensure that your fitness plan is challenging and suits your specific needs. You will find the nutritional programme is practical and realistic, tasty and enjoyable.

Follow-up consultations are necessary to review and refine your programmes.