Testimonials from some happy clients!

Audrey thinks Emma’s personal training service is excellent.  Having appointments in the home twice-a-week working on balance, walking in a straight line, chest and arm stretches, leg exercises and weight training, walking without sticks, in her 80’s.

Audrey has enjoyed the sessions with Emma very much and is extremely happy with the results and what has been achieved, which is very important.

Exercises are done regularly, and the guidance and motivation given by Emma have been extremely helpful.  Audrey has learned the importance of doing regular exercise and plans to continue incorporating exercises in her lifestyle.

Emma is very proficient, and Audrey would certainly recommend Emma’s personal training services.  She said, “Emma is a first-class trainer and a lovely person to work with”.

Thank you so much for suggesting Fitness Fiesta!! It was wicked I really enjoyed myself and had a great time so definitely want to go again next time. I definitely worked harder on the Sunday and was very achy yesterday! Can still feel it a bit today but going to run tonight to loosen myself up!

The challenge would have been easy had it not been for the fact I was hit hard by altitude sickness, but you will be pleased to know I completed it. I don't want to see a bike for a few days/weeks but I'm pretty sure I'll be aiming for something next year so I'll be in touch when I have worked out what it's going to be. Your programme, training and encouragement were spot on, perfect preparation. There were many times last week when I thought, "thank goodness I practised that" or "this is just like the time I did that ride etc." The stretches and the conditioning really helped too, and I experienced no physical problems other than the altitude stuff.

Guy continued training in 2008 and did a 140 mile, two day, Coast-to-Coast mountain bike ride and said "having a structured programme, and knowing I was going to be seeing you in a few weeks really helped forced me out to train, even when I didn't want to."

Having being diagnosed with Non- Hodgkinson Lymphoma (a low grade cancer), I decided to hike the Inca Trail in Peru to raise vital funds for the Macmillan Cancer Support charity. Although reasonably fit at 57 years of age, I decided to commence some tough, but very enjoyable personal training with Emma. I spent lots of time hill walking, climbing steps, on long distance walks with difficult terrain and doing some progressive gym routines to prepare me for the challenge ahead. I raised £6500 for the charity in the process, by organising a golf day and quiz night. Once on the trek, many of the group suffered with sickness, headaches, diahhorea and fatigue, but I was extremely lucky and sailed through it all. I had a wonderful time. A very emotional and humbling experience.

Well I did it and about 10 minutes under the time I had allocated myself ... I am so grateful to you for starting me off and I shall not give up on the running...Once again many, many thanks for all you have done to help me achieve my goal and hopefully raise lots of money for the Catholic Children's Society

I am totally amazed, I just cannot believe that I just ran a half marathon!! There is no way I would have done that without Emma. Trying to get back to fitness and shape after my 3 children was difficult, almost impossible to achieve myself. Not only due to lack of time and inclination but also due to a low body image and self esteem. Emma has come into my life and primarily given me the self belief and desire to do this for myself. Emma totally understands the need to fit sessions into a busy home life, and has helped me to improve my diet, prioritise exercise and actually enjoy it. She has encouraged, praised, and trained me so brilliantly, and to achieve the half marathon with my 3 small children cheering me was the most amazing feeling ever. I can't imagine life without Emma a part of it now! She is brilliant !

When I met Emma I was someone who did no exercise, was unfit, overweight and unhappy with my body size and shape. Emma started me on a programme tailor-made to my specific requirements which included nutritional advice, a jogging schedule and some exercises to do at home. After the first session I remember thinking that I would never be able to jog continuously for any length of time and that jogging by myself would be impossible. With Emma's encouragement I persevered, and I am happy to say that in week five of the six week programme, I managed a 25 minute jog without stopping and certainly don't worry about jogging alone now. Three months on from that first meeting I am far more confident in myself. I regularly exercise and eat a healthy diet. The combination of diet and exercise has also brought a weight loss of nearly two stone. None of this would have been possible without the extremely professional, yet friendly and relaxed support I have received from Emma. I would recommend Emma's services to anyone serious about adopting a healthier lifestyle and getting fitter.

We contacted Emma Ruffle because of a leaflet dropped through our letter box advertising her exercise programmes and we felt that regular and focussed exercises would prolong our active capabilities. The exercises Emma has made us do have indeed made movements much easier and comfortable. I am 89 and my husband is 86 and he has been unwell for the last 18 months with ulcers under his foot and shingles in his eye. The use of the training bike, balls, bands and steps (we live in a bungalow) stretches both our upper and lower limbs which have been invaluable and have made the sessions both varied and enjoyable and the exercises are becoming easier and easier to achieve. In spite of her weekly encouragement, some unsupervised sessions are bypassed and we do feel guilty because of her interest in our welfare. We have thought highly enough of her capabilities to recommend her to friends. We also have great respect and interest in her organising community events such as bike rides, runs, walks in the various villages round the area, which are very well supported

Emma is a very friendly, outgoing person. Personal Training with Emma has been good fun, with different exercises, I'm never bored. We do swimming, cycling, running, skipping, weights, stability ball exercises, trampett and Boxercise. It feels fantastic to get fit, and now I have so much energy, enjoying life to the full trying new activities like windsurfing, jet skiing, fitness weekends away, which I would never have done before I met Emma. It's refreshing at the age of 44 to notice girls half my age more breathless than me in a fitness class! I have lost two dress sizes and lots of weight. I am delighted with my results. I now cannot see my life without exercise. By keeping motivated, exercising, and a healthy outlook it reduces my stress levels. I'd recommend Personal Training with Emma to everyone, whatever age, size or shape you're in.

Just a line to say that I have now lost 7 kilos !! yes 7 kilos and feel much fitter thanks to your regime and diet advice. You can add this to your accreditations. I feel absolutely chuffed. My cycling has improved and my clothes no longer fit. Thanks again. Cheers 

When we decided to do our bike ride from London to Paris for charity we knew it would involve a lot of training, but how we would actually structure our training regime was something none of us really thought about in much depth. This is why our meeting with Emma in April was so useful, as the tailored programme we received focused our efforts in a more constructive way, an example of this being the emphasis on the fact that it was an endurance ride we were undertaking for 3 days, therefore our training should have 3 consecutive days of cycling in which the distances would get gradually longer each week to prepare us for the real event. These distances were worked out by Emma on the basis that we would increase the distance we did each week by 10% so it felt (and was) achievable. We also received a spreadsheet from Emma where we could record the mileage we had completed and it would then calculate what mileage it meant we had to do next week, which was a really helpful way of keeping track of how the training was going. The advice on sports nutrition was also very important, as it meant we were eating the optimum foods for our needs. Of course there were days when going out for a cycle was the last thing we wanted to do, especially if it was raining and we had cycled the two days before also, but this is again where the training programme was incredibly useful as it meant we could be focused, know what we needed to do and when to do it, rather than letting ourselves get into bad habits and skipping days of training. However these lows felt in the training made the final cycle all the more rewarding when we completed it, reaching the Eiffel Tower was such a good moment! We are definitely pleased with this achievement not only for ourselves, but as we have raised just under £4000 for Children's Hospice South West which we are very pleased with. We would definitely recommend Emma's services to anyone considering doing anything like this, as the advice we got about nutrition, equipment, stretching was really useful, along with the training programme itself, without which i think we would have really struggled to be ready for the cycle at all.