Helping women 40+ and men 60+ get stronger after diagnosis.
1:1 Personal Training
Highly recommend Olga, she is very professional, explains and supports in every single exercise.
She motivates and encourages to do more and ensure that you are doing the correct way.
Olga has a good knowledge of women’s health.
I started with Olga a month ago and I will continue with her as I usually say to her, choosing her to help achieve my goal.
1:1 Personal Training
I have been doing weight training with Olga to help maintain my bones and my physical strength. I so enjoy Olga’s sessions which are always challenging and fun. Olga is a great coach and I am now doing exercises and lifting weights that I would not have had the confidence to take on before. I also value Olga’s strictness around safety and ensuring that the exercises are carried out correctly to minimise the risk of any injury.
I would happily recommend Olga as a personal training instructor for anyone who wishes to improve their strength and gain confidence to vary their fitness routine.
1:1 Personal Training
I have been training with Olga for nearly a year and in that time I have lost nearly 2 stone and 2 dress sizes. She has taught me loads about nutrition and lifting weights.
My weekly sessions really push me but are enjoyable at the same time and I get a copy of the workout to repeat in my own sessions. Olga is also really flexible with arranging shifts around my work.
Can’t recommend enough!…
1:1 Personal Training
I contacted Olga when I was 8 weeks postpartum. I was recovering from a C-section & very keen to get some guidance on how to regain my fitness in a safe way.
Olga was so helpful, and she really understood my goal. Olga created me 2 programmes as well as supported me with understanding what my body had gone through and that the best way to recover.
Olga has helped me to get back on my fitness journey which I am very thankful for.
1:1 Personal Training
Working with Olga has been amazing, her knowledge and positive encouragement was exactly what I needed having spent over 40 years dancing at the Royal Ballet Company in Covent Garden.
Olga took over the final stages of my rehabilitation after a hip replacement operation, helping me to regain the strength I need to keep my hip safe and to confidently enjoy a strong and healthy body in retirement! Long may it continue!
Thank you, Olga.
Mummy & Buggy 6 Week Course
I am not a massive fan of exercise but really needed to get out of the house, meet people and start getting fit again. Olga is great at letting you set the pace. You can take it easy when you start and push yourself when you feel ready. Even though classes are in a group they can be tailored to the individual as if you can’t do an exercise she will set you something else. I particularly liked that she is fully trained and able to advise what exercise is safe for Mum’s who have just given birth. I now find I finish class full of energy and feeling really good.
Thoroughly recommend this class for anyone of any fitness level
1:1 Personal Training
What can I say about Olga? She is fantastic!
I have been training with her for over a year and no session is ever the same. Olga is always very creative in devising the sessions and keeps it new, fresh and different. Undoubtedly, she will push you; she will push you beyond what you thought was possible and at times, whilst it might feel tough, you can trust to her to lead you towards achieving your goals.
Whether it is through getting you to do ‘just one more’ or if it is completing the burpee challenge, she is so motivating and shares in the reward of your success.
Olga is thorough in her approach, making sure your positioning is correct and that you are performing the action safely. If you have an injury or weakness, she is creative enough to work around it and to protect the injury.
I have had occasions when I have had to change the timing at the last minute and she is always very accommodating. I know that if I was mad enough to want to train at 4.30 am in the morning, she would be there ready and waiting.
Above everything, Olga is fun and she makes the training fun. She is clearly passionate about what she does and always does it with enthusiasm and a smile.
I highly recommend Olga!
about me
Sport has always been part of who I am. As a teenager, though, I had to limit or avoid certain physical activities completely because of problems in both knees. Growing up with that was difficult, and those were some painful years. I remember walking along and feeling my knee suddenly give way beneath me. For a long time, I tried various treatments. They would help for a while, but the pain always came back. Eventually, I was told to avoid sport altogether - and that simply didn't sit right with me.
So instead, I went to university and studied physiology, anatomy and biomechanics and eventually completed a Master's degree in Sport and German. I started to move more, and in time, I found my way to strength training. That was the moment I decided to become a personal trainer - so I could keep learning and help others do the same.
Over the years, I found myself drawn more and more to clinical work - to clients who had been told, as I once was, that their body had limits. That pull turned out to be personal as well as professional.
Another reason I do what I do is my grandmother. She passed away from breast cancer, having gone through a double mastectomy, radiotherapy and chemotherapy. I grew up watching her having good days and very hard ones, yet she still showed up for me and still looked after me. Her strength shaped everything I do today.
I now specialise in helping women get stronger after a diagnosis. I work with women aged 40 and over living with a range of medical conditions - cancer, cardiac conditions, long-term neurological conditions - as well as women going through menopause. I also work with men aged 60+ with chronic health conditions.
I work closely with other medical professionals, usually taking over once a client has been discharged from their care, to keep building strength and to improve cardiovascular fitness, balance, mobility and flexibility. My programmes are evidence-based and in line with ACSM guidelines and NICE guidance.
It is never too late to start. Whether you are in your forties, your seventies, or beyond - my oldest client was 92 - your body can get stronger. A diagnosis is not the end of your strength. For many of my clients, it has been the beginning.
QUALIFICATIONS
MSc. in Sports Science and German
Level 4 Long-Term neurological rehabilitation by Wright Foundation
Level 4 Cardiac Rehabilitation Exercise Specialist (BACPR)
Level 4 Cancer Rehabilitation Exercise Specialist (CanRehab)
Level 3 Diploma in Exercise Referral
Level 3 Certificate in Personal Training - including Kettlebell and Viper training
Level 3 Nutrition to support Physical Activity
Water Fitness - Aqua Fit Instructor
Water Fitness AHIIT, Shallow Water
ICG Pro Level
Power Plate Certification, Power Plate UK
Fully Insured
Emergency First Aid at Work
Member of CIMSPA
strength training
WITH CANCER
I understand the unique challenges and concerns faced by individuals in this situation and I am here to provide a safe and supportive environment for your fitness journey.
strength training
FOR 60+
By engaging in a regular strength, resistance training followed by a nutritionally well balanced diet with adequate protein intake, we can prevent most of the muscle loss associated with age.
