Gemma Toase Fitness

Having always played a lot of football and competitive sports, I never felt the need for a personal trainer. I had always perceived myself as relatively fit and felt I didnt need one. As it happens I got badly injured playing football a couple of years ago and after 6 months out of action, I struggled to find the motivation and time required to achieve my previous level of fitness. A friend recommended I talk to Gemma, who at the time was just starting her career as a personal trainer. I decided to give it a go and having survived the first session with Gemma, I signed up for my first boot-camp. 2 years later and I am now a regular at Gemmas boot-camps and have successfully completed my first marathon, over half a dozen half marathons and am back playing football with a level of fitness I possessed 10 year previously. I could easily rave about Gemmas enthusiasm for her work, her unique training sessions, (never the same session twice) and her innovative use of the ...read more

I have been training with Gemma since January 2008. I have never been a gym-goer, but came to the first session as a favour to a friend thinking it would be a one-off. I found it really hard at first nd was shocked at how unfit I was, but Gemma was really encouraging and supportive and I went away with just a huge feeling of relief that I had finally find a way forward with a form of exercise I knew I could stick to. After that, I noticed a huge improvement very quickly and started really looking forward to the sessions. Nearly two years on, I am so much fitter and slimmer than I was, with the city 2 surf and a half marathon under my belt. I train with Gemma 3 and sometimes 4 days a week and it still costs me no more than having a gym membership (which I wouln't end up using anyway). Add that to the social factor of having a fun group of people to exercise with in a beautiful outdoor location and you can't beat it.