“The most amazing thing about the gym is the way the service is truly delivered around the client. It works around your life. You don’t need to explain the tears, or why you are only able to do half of what you normally do, or are twenty minutes late or have spent the last five minutes lying on the mat with your eyes closed after an easy exercise because your body is spent. No one makes you feel self-conscious. You are not the odd one out here. It’s just normal. You can’t get that anywhere else. You can talk if you want to talk, or not if you don’t. But when you’re there, you know you are part of a community, that you have support and that you aren’t alone. And you know, whether you push hard or take it easy - you showed up and did something that’s good for you. That’s making you stronger and healthier and more resilient to face your cancer. However you feel when you walk in, you always feel better when you walk out.”
“This gym helped me go from zero to hero in terms of fitness after breast cancer. It provides a safe non judgmental place for those of all shapes and sizes, with hair or without, whether having a good day or not. Most importantly it provided support and laughter when I went into a dark place mentally. I found that once treatment had finished I was completely without professional support and struggled with that.”
“It is a unique exercise programme which inspires confidence, builds trust and promotes healing emotionally, physically, and psychologically in specific, personally tailored ways. What other gym celebrates all ages, all shapes and sizes, clients with no hair or eyebrows, arms that have stopped working, and can turn hopelessness into hopefulness. The professionalism and encouragement of the staff is beyond price. It is also fun. Nothing seems impossible! The smiles and laughter as moments are shared with others who understand, create a special bond week by week. After all the medical tests, fear of the future, surgery and postoperative care this exercise programme makes the difference between living life to the full or being handicapped by limitations imposed by circumstances.”
