Catherine Carter

Evidenced-based, personalised exercise programmes to meet your goal!

I’ll start by asking you questions about your goals, current health, and lifestyle. Together, we’ll set SMART goals (specific, measurable, achievable, relevant, and time-bound) that align with what you want to achieve.

I’ll design a personalised training programme and guide you through each exercise, explaining not just how to do it, but why it matters. Having once misunderstood cues like “engage your core” and underestimated the importance of recovery/effective training, I know how crucial the teaching side of fitness is.

Your sessions will focus on building understanding as well as results, so you feel confident putting what you’ve learned into practice on your own.

Areas of expertise:
- Evidenced based exercise
- Coaching for beginners and returners to exercise
- Women’s health and adapting movement/programmes
- Functional and resistance training for strength, physique, or performance goals
- Running coaching, including VO2 max and endurance development

Examples of SMART goals:
- Gain 2 kg of lean muscle in 8 weeks. How? Strength training twice a week and increasing daily protein intake by 20g
- Decrease half marathon time by 5 mins. How? Strength training once a week and adding weekly intervals
- Improve body confidence by focusing on muscle gain rather than fat loss. How? 2x strength sessions & 1x low-intensity cardio per week
- Improve posture. How? Incorporating core stability training once a week