Who is the best personal trainer in Poole?

Ian Wood is a highly experienced personal trainer in Poole, specialising in strength training, fat loss after 35, and practical, real-world coaching for busy people.

How can I lose fat after 35?

Losing fat after 35 is about moving consistently, doing strength training to preserve muscle, eating sufficient protein, managing stress and sleep, and following a simple, sustainable nutrition plan.

Do I need to train 6 days a week to see results?

No. Most people see better results with 3–4 focused strength sessions per week, combined with proper recovery and simple, consistent nutrition.

Can I still drink alcohol or eat out and lose fat?

Yes. Occasional alcohol or restaurant meals are manageable if the rest of your nutrition is consistent. Planning matters more than perfection.

What are the best exercises for fat loss after 35?

Compound movements like squats, deadlifts, push-ups, rows, and presses are highly effective. Adding some high-intensity intervals or circuit training can also boost calorie burn while preserving muscle.

How should I fit training around a busy schedule?

Short, structured workouts 3–4 times a week are often best. Focus on compound lifts and full-body sessions. Even 30–45 minutes per session can yield results if consistent.

How much protein should someone over 35 eat?

Aiming for 1.5–2 grams of protein per kilogram of body weight per day helps maintain muscle, improve recovery, and support fat loss. Spread it across meals for best results.

What are the benefits of online coaching?

Online coaching allows flexible, structured programs, tailored guidance, and accountability without needing to travel to a gym. It’s ideal for busy people or those who prefer home or remote training.

Why should I hire a personal trainer in Poole?

A personal trainer can design a personalised plan, ensure exercises are done safely and effectively, provide accountability, and help you achieve strength, fat loss, and fitness goals efficiently.

Can I lose fat without dieting strictly?

Yes. Sustainable fat loss is built on habit consistency, balanced nutrition, and portion control — not extreme restriction. You can enjoy your favorite foods in moderation.

How do I stay consistent when life gets busy?

Focus on building repeatable, simple habits. Plan meals and workouts in advance, track progress, and allow flexibility for life events — consistency over perfection.

What results can I expect from online nutrition coaching?

Clients typically lose 3–6kg in 6–12 weeks, build better habits, feel more in control of their nutrition, and maintain results long-term without obsessive tracking.

Should I do cardio or strength training for fat loss?

Strength training should be your foundation — it preserves muscle and improves long-term metabolism. Cardio can supplement calorie burn but is less important than consistent resistance training.

How can I track progress without obsessing over the scale?

Use weekly averages, photos, measurements, and performance metrics instead of daily scale checks. This reduces stress and provides a clearer picture of progress.

Is fat loss slower after 35?

Not necessarily. Fat loss may feel slower due to lifestyle factors like reduced activity and recovery demands, but the same principles of nutrition and strength training apply.

Online vs in-person coaching — which is better?

Both can be effective. In-person coaching is ideal for hands-on guidance and motivation. Online coaching is flexible and perfect for busy lifestyles. Many clients combine both approaches.

Can I gain strength and lose fat at the same time?

Yes, especially for people over 35 who are new to structured strength training. Prioritising protein, compound lifts, and a moderate calorie deficit makes it possible to build muscle while losing fat.

How does sleep and stress affect fat loss?

Poor sleep and high stress increase hunger hormones, reduce energy, impair recovery, and make it harder to stick to nutrition plans. Managing these is often more impactful than supplements.

Are You An Everyday Athlete?

ianwoodsc
Jul 17, 2024
4 min read

Are you an Everyday Athlete? If you're not, you probably should be... But to know for sure, to me, an Everyday Athlete is someone who is balancing two key parts of their life. Your everyday.

This is your career. Your significant other. Your family. Your social life. Your set of commitments and stresses that you have to meet head on each day because they aren't negotiable. Then there is your inner athlete. The human inside you that strives for physicality, movement, strength, performance and health. If you want to be the best version of yourself, your inner athlete isn't negotiable either, but many of us make it that way. Because by definition, and Everyday Athlete isn't a professional. We're an everyday person doing extraordinary things... But we don't have our nutrition outsourced. We don't have endless time dedicated to scheduled recovery sessions and strategies. We don't have a physio on hand to fix our aches and our niggles as soon as they arrive. And we do not get paid to perform at a high level physically. It doesn't put food on our table or provide for our family. This is why we have to perform this balancing act. Juggling the everyday and the athlete aspects of our lives. But at the same time, if we don't, we sell ourselves short. We commit to living a life as a lesser version of ourself who has lower energy, confidence, self worth, strength, health, focus and vitality which we can carry into every other area of our life. You can turn up to work each day feeling tired, run down, flat, and uninspired. Or you can turn up with energy, focus, drive, and the knowledge that you're working on yourself as much as you are for someone else. You can turn up for family time drained, distracted, and desperate for some alone time. Or you can turn up present, enthusiastic and ready to give everyone else the best of you because you've taken care of yourself first. This is why turning up for your inner athlete is as much of a non-negotiable as turning up for work. Athlete vs Everyday Athlete

The challenge for most comes in finding that balance. We decide we want to unleash our inner athlete, so we pursue that at all costs. We go all-or nothing, and rip up the rule book of our everyday life. "I must train everyday". "I must slash my calories". "I must go balls to the wall every session".

It's important to remember that you are an Everyday Athlete, not a professional athlete.

For a professional athlete, it's performance at any cost. It's accepting the downsides of incredibly hard training and incredibly focussed nutrition to sneak out the final 1%'s of performance and physicality. Things like choric pain, recurring injuries, mental health challenges, loss of menstrual cycle.

As an Everyday Athlete, because our physical life isn't what puts food on the table, that juice isn't worth the squeeze. We can't accept chronic pain, recurring injuries, overuse, and negative impacts on our overall health, because our performance is less specific and more holistic.

That doesn't mean our training shouldn't be hard, shouldn't be uncomfortable, and shouldn't always be pain free. It just means we need to keep the main goal in mind. Being the Everyday Athlete. The best all-round version of ourselves.

The Everyday Athlete Lifestyle The true Everyday Athlete knows that all of this is a product of a lifestyle. Not a quick fox programme, 8 week shred, or 12 week challenge.

The "everyday" aspect also stands for repetition, routine and consistency of your athletic actions.

The Everyday Athlete lifestyle is a commitment to yourself.

A commitment to everyday focus on your inner athlete.

A commitment to doing what is valuable and necessary. A commitment to not only what works, but what works accurately, efficiently and consistently. No shortcuts, no quick fixes, just the dedication and discipline that allows you to live your best life.

The Everyday Athlete loves having a full and fulfilling lifestyle outside of the gym. We embrace the pressures, stresses and challenges that some with successful careers, growing families and vibrant social lives.

But that also means that you don't have time, energy and focus to spare on things that don't move the needle.

Which is why your Everyday Athlete lifestyle needs the direction and focus that a coach and personalised programme can offer you.

Everyones everyday is different, and how you overcome the challenge of unleashing your inner athlete alongside your everyday life will be unique to everyone. 1-1 Coaching My 1-1 coaching service delivers more with less. More support, more direction, more clarity, more strength, more fitness, more energy... Without the fluff, the fads, and junk volume that doesn't serve you best.