Goodness me!! Some of the things you hear make you wonder some days. One of the best excuses for not coming in to the Club was that someone wanted to 'get fit before they go to the gym'!!! That's like saying you want to clean the house before the cleaner comes, or do a grease and oil change before taking your car in for a service.

Why do people think this? Perhaps it's the Fitness Industry that is to blame - all that advertising with beautiful people sitting on an exercise bike, and looking meaninfully into the camera. It's just not real...I've even been guilty of that.

The majority of our members are over 40, so the chances of us having that sort of rock hard body at that stage of our lives, post babies especially, is not that high.

All I want is for someone to train to the best of their ability, be consistent with their attendance and the rest will look after itself.

I'm not saying that 40 year olds can't have an awesome body, but by that stage we realise that the body is a vehicle to get us through life, and we're looking for reliability not the wow factor.

The wow factor actually comes from within, the way you present yourself when you feel healthier and more confident.