Vida Bennett – FastTrack Fit Camp Limited: Co-Owner and Instructor
Hi! I’m Vida. I’ve been in the fitness industry for around 10 years now. I first got interested in fitness when I gave up a 30 a day smoking habit. I decided that if I was going to be a non-smoker, I might as well do something good for my body, so I started attending BodyPump classes and Pilates.
Following a move to Wokingham, I decided to work in the fitness industry, and now I teach BodyBalance, Freestyle Fitness Yoga and Pilates. I often think I love my job!
I’m a qualified Sports Therapist, Pilates instructor, group exercise instructor and I’m currently in my final year of Feldenkrais practitioner training. (Google it!). I have a lifelong interest in food and nutrition, having a qualification in Sports Nutrition.
I believe that our company, FastTrack Fit Camp has a winning fat loss formula. We can help you win the battle of the bulge! It worked for us!
Heidi Strickland-Clark – FastTrack Fit Camp Limited: Co-Owner and Instructor
I have always had a fascination with all things health and food related. It wasn’t unusual for me to read recipe books rather than fiction. I swam competitively for Reading Swimming Club as a teenager and so you’d think I’d be used to the early starts for our Early Risers camp, but no, I am the grumpy one in the morning!
In 2001 I retrained from Events Management to Personal Training & Massage. This bought me into the fitness industry as I soon became very passionate about Group Fitness and enjoyed being part of a group all working towards the same goal.
My fascination with recipe books has moved to health related books now, but this is fine as I am continually improving and developing my nutritional interest even further with courses and workshops.
Since starting FastTrack Fit Camp in 2009 Vida and I have worked hard to provide our campers with a sense of achievement and success whilst helping to educate along the way how to be healthier and happier!
Karen Burles-Nash – FastTrack Fit Camp Limited: Instructor (Warfield & Twyford)
It was 2002 and I had been working in marketing for 6 years, it was time for a change and so I decided to take the plunge and retrain as a Personal Trainer and Fitness Instructor. I have been teaching various classes and been a Personal Trainer since then but have always been involved in sport since my early teens. I competed at club and county level competing in 100, 200 and 400m until I was 26 and this why I love sessions that include the suicide runs … you may even encourage me to join in!
Since joining FastTrack Fit Camp in 2010 I have fallen in love with my job all over again. The reason? Not once in the years of teaching has anyone come up to me and said ‘you know in the 4 weeks I have been doing your aerobics class I can now fit into my old jeans…’, but with Fit Camp it really works. The joy I get from hearing how much Fit Camp has changed someone’s life from inches dropping off of them, to pounds lost and renewed confidence makes it all very worthwhile.
In summary it is a joy to train people knowing it works so well! With my positive energy and ‘can do’ attitude I pride myself on hard sessions with an element of fun! Yes FUN!
Andy Patrick – FastTrack Fit Camp Limited: Instructor (Henley-on-Thames)
Health and Fitness has always been an important part of my life from playing and competing in sports at various levels, to my 10 years in the industry itself. I have been lucky enough to have worked in a variety of positions during this time from Fitness Instructor to Club Manager but it is in my current role as Personal Trainer that I am able to really express my passion for fitness and helping people. Based in Henley, I have been training clients since August 2010 and have recently completed a Diploma in Functional Therapy.
I believe that whatever your goals may be your training should be varied and most of all FUN! Your mind and body are amazing things and adapt very quickly so it is vital to keep them guessing in order to get the results you deserve. If you want to be healthy and fit then you need to live like you’re healthy and fit. I believe that by making small changes to your daily lifestyle you can get big results safely and quickly.
FastTrack Fit Camp combines all these principals and so I am very excited to be bringing it to Henley. The combination of specialist programming, individual support, teamwork and dietary advice will keep you motivated to achieve the goals you never thought possible.