About Christina
Specialist Exercise & Health Coach
Hi, my name is Christina. I am a specialist exercise and health coach with experience in cardiac, cancer and pulmonary rehabilitation, neurological conditions, falls prevention and long-term health.
Exercise should help you live better - not simply become fitter.
I believe everyone deserves the opportunity to be physically active regardless of their health history or current ability.
You need someone who understands the barriers.
Someone who understands what it means to exercise alongside a health condition, treatment, fatigue, reduced mobility, medication or a loss of confidence.
That's where my work begins.
My background
My career began in the NHS before moving into specialist exercise and rehabilitation.
I've developed specialist expertise across:
Cardiac rehabilitation.
Cancer rehabilitation.
Pulmonary rehabilitation
Neurological conditions
Falls prevention
Obesity and diabetes
Strength and functional fitness
I also qualified as a life coach, mindfulness teacher and clinical hypnotherapist, giving me additional insight into motivation, confidence, behaviour change and the psychological barriers that can prevent people from making lasting changes.
Working beyond the gym
Alongside my personal training work, I work within an Active Partnership, supporting wider efforts to help people become more physically active and improve their health.
My work involves working with organisations across health, public health and community services, helping develop approaches that make physical activity more accessible to people who face barriers.
This means my experience extends beyond individual exercise programmes.
I understand the connection between:
Exercise + Health + Prevention + Behaviour Change + Community
My background
I believe lasting change involves more than simply following an exercise programme.
Movement
Exercise helps you build physical capacity.
Mindfulness
Mindfulness can help you become more aware of how you're feeling in the present moment and develop a calmer, more accepting approach to your experience.
Mindset
Coaching helps you understand the habits, thoughts and behaviours that can either support or get in the way of change.
Behaviour Change
Together, these approaches can help you build not only strength and fitness, but also confidence, self-awareness and sustainable habits.
My approach
I don't believe exercise should be intimidating.
I don't believe you need to be fit before you start.
And I don't believe a diagnosis should automatically define what you're capable of.
Instead, I focus on finding the right starting point for you.
That might mean beginning with a very small amount of movement.
It might mean rebuilding strength after treatment.
It might mean learning to trust your body again.
Or it might mean finally having the confidence to walk into a gym.
Wherever you're starting from, we start there.
Ready to start your journey?
Let's have a conversation about where you are now and how I can help.
