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Weight loss · In-person or online

Weight Loss Personal Trainer

Most weight loss plans fail for one of two reasons: too intense too soon, or too soft to actually change anything. Before we start, I find out which mistake your body is most likely to make — so we don’t make it.

The real reason

Why Weight Loss Programmes Usually Fail

Not what you’d think.

It’s rarely about willpower. It’s about the plan being wrong for the person.

Go too hard from week one, and you’re exhausted and sore by week two — motivation doesn’t survive that, no matter how strong it started. Go too soft, and nothing changes, so you quit for the opposite reason: it felt pointless.

The trial session is where I find out which mistake you’re at risk of, before I build anything around a guess. You train, I watch how your body actually responds — not how fit you say you are.

The session costs €50 — deducted from your first month. See exactly how it works →

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Sequence

What Changes First — and What Takes Longer

Knowing the order stops the week-three panic.

Fat loss doesn’t happen evenly, and knowing the order helps you not panic in week three.

Strength usually moves first — you’ll be lifting more, or moving better, within the first couple of weeks. That’s your nervous system adapting before your body composition has visibly changed at all.

Visible changes — how clothes fit, what you see in the mirror — come later, and unevenly. Some weeks nothing seems to move. That’s normal, not a sign it’s not working.

The number on the scale is the least reliable signal of the three, and usually the one people watch the closest.

Measurement

Why the Scale Lies to You Early On

Same 2kg. Two completely different outcomes.

Two people can lose the same 2kg in a month. One lost mostly fat. The other lost mostly muscle. The scale reads identical. Their bodies don’t — one of them is going to look and feel completely different from the other in three months, and it’s not the one who just “ate less.”

That’s why I track more than the scale — training numbers, photos, how your clothes fit. Signals that actually tell fat loss apart from just losing weight.

One plan

How Training and Eating Work Together Here

Two halves of the same target.

The training plan and the nutrition plan aren’t two separate things running in parallel — they’re built to support the same target at the same time. Strength work protects the muscle you already have while you’re in a calorie deficit, which is what keeps the weight you lose looking like fat loss instead of just looking smaller and softer.

The eating side is built around food you already eat, adjusted to a realistic deficit — not a diet that works for two weeks and then collapses the first time you eat out.

Pricing

Pricing

In-person, one-to-one
Format2×/week3×/week
In-home€45/session → €360/month€40/session → €480/month
Outdoor€35/session → €280/month€30/session → €360/month
+ Complete Package nutrition + bi-weekly check-ins + support+€30/month+€30/month

Or go fully online — €99/month, everything included. See Online Coaching.

Questions

Some Things You Might Be Wondering

Before you ask.

Why did my weight stay the same for two weeks even though I’m training?

This is one of the most common points people quit at — and it’s usually not a sign anything’s wrong. Water retention, sleep, and even how recently you trained can move the scale several days in either direction without reflecting actual fat loss. It’s exactly why I track more than the number.

Do I need to do a lot of cardio to lose fat?

No. Strength training protects the muscle you have while you’re losing weight — cardio on its own doesn’t distinguish between losing fat and losing muscle.

Will I need to follow a strict diet?

No — the plan works with food you already eat, adjusted to a realistic target, not a rigid list of banned foods.

How will I actually know it’s working if the scale isn’t reliable?

Training numbers going up, photos, and how your clothes fit — reviewed properly every two weeks, not guessed at.

Can I try a session before committing to a plan?

That’s what the trial session is for — €50, deducted from your first month.

Weight loss · In-person or online

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