ABOUT US

About Janey...

I grew up in Chester and met Carly when we were just 15 at Bishops’ High School.

I went to Chester University and studied Health and Community Studies, and immediately put it to good use by going travelling with Carly!!

I work for Cheshire West and Chester Council full time as a Community Safety Team Leader, meaning I sit at a desk all day, saving up energy for Boot Camp (I wish)!

I started going to the Northgate Arena in 1999 taking part in Step and Kai Bo classes and absolutely loved it (and still do!). Then in my usual obsessive way I began going every night for two to three hours, and I thought it made sense to become an instructor. I can honestly say it was the best thing I ever did! I love every second of teaching, and I love it when a woman gains her confidence and starts to feel good about herself! And that is when Carly and I started to think about a Boot Camp aimed at women, that made exercise fun, but more importantly made women feel good about themselves!

We started Chester Boot Camp three years ago and it is definitely where our passion lies – and hopefully any ‘Recruit’ that takes part in our sessions will be able to see that.

Carly and I spend hours at fitness conventions, watching DVDs of the latest crazes and attend as many courses as we can to make Chester Boot Camp the best it can be. Our aim is to help women lose inches and feel great!
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About Carly...

I've lived in Chester since I was 6 years old (although my mum was born and raised in Chester my dad's Scottish and I was born in Paisley) and have always loved team sports like Netball, Hockey and Rounders. I met Janey at high school as we were both in the school Netball team - I was Goal Defence and Janey Wing Defence, aaah those were the days!

After finishing school and college, sitting in an office all day, passing my driving test, turning 18 and drinking and partying, and then going travelling round the world with Janey, I found that the lack of exercise and good diet caught up with me - and my weight rocketed to almost 17 stone!

At 5' 8" in height, I was 5 stone overweight and a size 22 at the age of 23.

TIME TO MAKE A CHANGE!

I joined a gym and started walking everywhere - and dropped 2 stone in 6 months. Exercise routine sorted, next was my diet. I joined a local slimming club and 10 months later, in June 2004, I had reached my goal weight of 11 stone and was back in a healthy size 12.

Getting back into a regular exercise routine was key, I love boosting my heart rate, raising the adrenalin and working out to good music. Step will always be my 'first love' and aerobics and combat classes just got me so hooked that I thought - hey, I'd like to teach this stuff!

Qualifying as a fitness instructor was such a personal achievement, and through continued research, training and fitness conventions, I'm contantly gaining a greater understanding of how amazing the human body is, what it's capable of and what makes us all different.

Chester Boot Camp was born from our personal experiences, our love of exercise and our passion for making exercise effective, fun and accessible to everyone. No matter what age, what weight or level of fitness you have, Boot Camp can bring you confidence, inch loss, a healthier outlook on life and make you feel fit and fabulous.
I know - because I've been there!
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