| What age did you start XTraining ? And who started you getting into the sport ? |
| Guess unlike most xtrainers, I didnt really do any sport until early thirties. Most of the time before that was spent in a place called The Castle, good times! Then I met Nelson (my husband now) he made me go out for a run with him and I had a nose bleed, hated running ever since! but then we joined David Lloyd at Basildon and I neded something to keep me motivated and train harder. |
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Nelson and Amber |
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| Who do you train with and do you push yourself? |
| Nelson and I started training together Ialso met Mikki skingsley,my training partner there. We done our first comp at netfit ,with Roscoe, and I was hooked. I love the training, we train with Nelson, Nik and Karen Kandola and Jason King and Phil Hylton. For that something extra in training I travel to Calso Gym in Kent with Mikki, where one of the top female X Trainers in the Country, Becky Nicholas pushes me to the limit and thats how i like to train. |
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| Training for Gymxtc ™ 2008 |
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| What makes training there so good? |
| Becky is very clever and gets you doing things you never thought you could do. She pushes you and you gives you belief in yourself to do well. |
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| What about Jason and Nik - whats it like training with them? |
| Greeat - we are really fortunate at David Lloyd to have two of the best X Trainers in the country there |
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| Always 100% effort |
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| You travel a lot to the events - what do you think of them? |
| The comps are great , Ive been doing X Training for a few years and I am only now getting to get over dealing with my nerves before a race. I love turning up and meeting so many like minded people - not necersarily the superfit but really nice and lovely like minded people, there is such a great bunch of characters.The top girls are really friendly will always come over and chat and offer advice. |
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A family day out ? Alfie, Amber and Nelson! |
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| Out of all the events which do you enjoy most? |
| My favourite comp has to be the Gym Ironman, justbecause for me, its the biggest challenge, so the pain after is even more worthwhile! |
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| Putting training to good use and always remaing focused and motivated. |
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| What have you achieved since X Training ? |
| In terms of trophies - they are few, but in terms of my fitness, I have never been fitter then I am now and it's definitely all down to X Training ! Without a doubt ive got a lot to be thankful for to xtraining, it got me fit. |
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| What's next ? |
| Ive done all the comps this year and I did ,done the summer tough guy,and paid up for the winter one. Nelson and I are looking forward to taking on lots more mad challenges. And yes, it beats sitting in the Castle! |
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One of the most regular competitors in the UK |
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