The voice of experience

AMANDA Shallard is a fully qualified personal trainer and believes exercise is for everybody.
“Inactivity is responsible for so much more than just weight gain,” she said.
“Exercise (combined with a healthy lifestyle) can help reduce the risk of cardiovascular disease, stroke, diabetes and osteoporosis.
“As well as helping to reduce body fat and increase muscle, exercise improves balance and flexibility which are important in the prevention of falls and also improves our mood and self-esteem.”
Amanda has been assisting clients achieve their fitness and fat loss goals for the past seven years but has been involved in fitness for more than 20 years and is continually updating her knowledge.
She has training in ‘exercise during and after pregnancy’, ‘exercise and nutrition for children’ and ‘exercise for older adults’ as well as general fat loss, strength, cardiovascular fitness and flexibility.
Her newest endeavour is in NLP (neuro-linguistic programming).
“Often it is our thought processes and the way we perceive previous experiences that let us down in achieving our goals,” said Amanda.
“I am really excited about this course and know that it will be of huge benefit to my clients.”
Designed for Life is located at Amanda’s property in Mt Pleasant Road, Monbulk.
This means she is more readily able to accommodate clients’ hours of availability.
“You have the option of half-hour and one-hour sessions and can train one-on-one with me, fully confident that you do not have to share the premises with anyone else.
“Or you may choose to train with a friend,” she said.
Amanda is mum to two young teenagers and understands the difficulties of juggling family life with time out for exercise.
“Often, mums tend to put everyone else first and taking time out for ourselves seems an unnecessary luxury,” Amanda said.
“Instead we need to think of it as an important investment in our health and wellbeing.”
Amanda would love to have a chat about how she can help you achieve your fitness goals.
Phone her on 0417 105 166 for a free initial consultation.
Also, as a summer promotion, Amanda has joined forces with Leonie from Leonie’s Nails and Tanning Studio to have you feeling really good this summer.