FITNESS HORROR STORIES WE NEVER WANT YOU TO EXPERIENCE 👻
Warning: terrifying content ahead
October has arrived, Halloween is looming, and there are plenty of frightening things lurking in the shadows.
Ghosts.
Ghouls.
Things that go bump in the night.
And perhaps most terrifying of all...
Walking into a gym for the first time and having absolutely no idea what any of the equipment does.
😱
So, in honour of spooky season, we thought we would share some of the fitness horror stories that you definitely will not encounter at Route 1 Fitness.
👻 HORROR STORY #1: “Just jump on a machine and figure it out”
You walk into the gym.
There are 400 mysterious pieces of equipment, somebody nearby appears to be lifting the equivalent of a small family car, and you are standing next to a cable machine pretending to read a text while secretly trying to work out which bit you are supposed to pull.
Terrifying.
At R1F, your programme is built specifically for you and our coaches are on the floor to actually coach you through it, which means you know what you are doing, why you are doing it and how to do it safely.
No wandering around aimlessly.
No pretending you totally meant to adjust the seat that way.
🧛 HORROR STORY #2: The workout that sucks the life out of you
You know the one.
If you are not crawling out of the gym afterwards, apparently it “didn't count”.
We respectfully disagree.
Training should challenge you, but it should also leave you capable of functioning as a human being for the remaining 23 hours of your day.
Whether you want to become stronger, improve your endurance, lose body fat, build muscle, move more comfortably or simply have enough energy to get through your week without feeling completely drained, we build your training around that goal.
You do not receive bonus points for suffering.
🎃 HORROR STORY #3: Your meal plan contains chicken, broccoli and sadness
Perhaps the scariest story of them all.
Food is one of life's great pleasures, and at Route 1 Fitness we have absolutely no interest in teaching you to fear it.
With Anna's Precision Nutrition coaching background, nutrition support at R1F is about understanding what your body needs, learning how to fuel your training and finding an approach that works with the food you genuinely enjoy eating.
If your “healthy lifestyle” makes you miserable every time somebody suggests dinner out, it probably isn't going to become a lifestyle.
🕸️ HORROR STORY #4: You miss a week and your coach acts like you've vanished into the Bermuda Triangle
You got ill.
Work exploded.
The children needed you.
Life happened.
At some gyms, that is where the routine quietly disappears and nobody notices.
Here, we notice.
Our approach to coaching means getting to know the human being behind the programme, so if something changes, we can change the plan rather than expecting you to bend your entire life around it.
🧟 HORROR STORY #5: “No pain, no gain”
Please don't.
Pain is information, not a badge of honour.
Our coaching team brings together expertise across personal training, strength and conditioning, endurance, movement, pre and postnatal coaching, Hyrox and physiotherapy training, and we also work alongside Crawley Spinal Health.
If something does not feel right, tell us.
There is almost always another way to train.
The only scary thing?
Realising you might actually start looking forward to going to the gym.
Imagine that.
Come and meet us. Costumes optional.
If conventional gyms give you the heebie-jeebies, come and experience a completely different kind of training environment at Route 1 Fitness in Crawley.
Speak to Anna and the team about what you want to achieve and let us create something that feels considerably less frightening.