Over the last 2 years, I have been loving teaching MELT and I am now a Level 5 instructor and I am so pleased with how adding MELT to my repertoire has really helped me grow my business and reach more people. This blog shares more about MELT and the way I’m now working. When I first started teaching MELT, no-one really knew what it was and my clients were intrigued by what I was teaching and how I was using soft balls and rollers in their sessions. Some of my clients were hooked immediately, but for others it took
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As a Personal Trainer, I have always known the importance of strength training for both men and women. Many of my clients are women over 40 and they are often told about the benefits of strength training as they head into the peri/post menopausal stage of life. However, a lot of people aren’t aware that going head first into a strength training plan can create some issues for our bodies, as this is a time of change for us. It is not unusual for injuries to occur, which means that we get despondent and stop exercising. This blog looks at
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I'm excited to announce a change in my business name to better reflect all of my learnings around health and fitness from the past 20 years. Introducing Lisa Hill Balanced Fitness - a name which I feel encompasses my way of teaching along with the benefits I can bring to all of my clients and a new name that I'm really proud of. When I started my career in the fitness world over 20 years ago, I hadn’t anticipated how much I would learn and change in this time. From starting out as a gym instructor, moving into the world
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I feel very lucky to be able to say, that I really do love my job. However, as the famous quote from English poet Jon Donne says “No man is an island." I believe that is true of the work I do. I'd like to share the way I work with some other local therapists for overall balanced wellbeing. As a MELT Instructor, I am able to help clients lead a more active and pain free life. I love seeing the changes that can be made to both my client's bodies and their wellbeing. However as we always say, MELT
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I have been teaching MELT since 2021 with some amazing results for my clients. Having been a Pilates Teacher for 12 years, I felt it was time to add to my repertoire which is how MELT came into my life. As a teacher, I tend to attract clients who are either suffering with an injury, wanting to stretch more or become more mobile in their everyday life. Pilates has definitely helped my clients achieve some of their goals, but when I added MELT into my practice, it took both my teaching and my clients well-being to a whole new level.
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I am so excited to be launching my new face to face MELTing into Pilates classes in September as I know it will enhance my clients’ Pilates experience. This blog explains all about MELTing into Pilates and some of the benefits. We have all heard of Pilates and the benefits that Pilates can bring. I have been a Pilates Instructor for over 10 years and have enjoyed teaching both face to face and online classes during this time. As a form of exercise, Pilates is a great way to help people become more aware of their bodies and to help
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What a roller coaster the last two years have been for everyone! It has certainly been a turbulent time with everyone being affected in some way by COVID. We have all had to adapt to change to accommodate this new way of living and I think everybody has had their ups and downs. Pre-pandemic, I was running a successful Pilates business from my studio in Wokingham. I ran small Pilates classes for people local to me and I loved it. As I have mentioned in previous blogs, all this changed in March 2020, when we went into our first lockdown.
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What a couple of years we have had and the saying, "You do you!" couldn't be more appropriate! The pandemic has been with us for 2 years, bringing with it turmoil and change along with a new way of working and living. This is definitely true for my business. Before the pandemic, I was running 18 Pilates classes and 1-2-1’s from my studio in Wokingham, Berkshire. Once the doors were shut in March 2020, I began a new way of working by taking my Pilates classes online. I had no idea if it would be a success, but I knew
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Do you sit at a desk all day and then find you have low back pain or neck pain? Have you ever woken up stiff and achy? Do you have a persistent pain or niggle that you put down to “one of those things”? If that sounds familiar, then you might have “stuck stress” living in your body. Over a period of time, this “stuck stress” or dehydrated connective tissue can lead to more chronic pain problems. Most of us live with some sort of pain, which we think we need to put up with. Maybe you’ve got carpal tunnel
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I can't quite believe that it's been 10 years since I qualified as a Pilates Instructor back in November 2011! It was a great achievement for me and I’m so pleased to still be teaching and watching my clients get stronger, flexible and more mobile with every class. I feel it is a great accomplishment and something to be celebrated. It got me thinking, what are some of my highlights over the last 10 years? Here are 10 of my best achievements since becoming a Pilates Instructor: • First ever Pilates class Prior to qualifying as a Pilates Instructor, I
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