Welcome to Amazonian Fit
Amazonian Fit was launched in November 2018 by founder Sarah Kerr. They are female only fitness classes and are run out of a local community centre. At present they are based out of Rathfern Social Activity Centre and The Dunanney Centre, both in Newtownabbey. Expansion has seen the introduction of kids fitness classes and mixed gender PT. It has been going from strength to strength and more and more classes are always being added.
Sarah started Amazonian Fit after undergoing her own weight loss transformation. Having been someone who hated exercise and always gave up quickly , she set out to produce FUN classes where women could go to get a break from everyday life and socialise with other like minded women with NO judgement. She wanted an alternative to the gym and something that was suitable for ALL women. A place where you will be more than just a number!
They say every great weight loss story starts with a light bulb moment. In 2010 Sarah graduated from university and this is when she had her light bulb moment! Upon seeing her graduation photos she cried! She couldn’t believe that was her in the pictures! She was a size 16-18 in clothes, and her face was that puffy you could barely see her eyes and her skin was bad with spots. She had been working so hard in her final year that she hadn’t realised how out of control her weight had become. All the late nights and convenient foods saw Sarah increase from her normal size 12 in clothes.Even at her usual size she was never happy with how she looked so imagine how she felt now! Sarah was due to get married and knew she didn’t want her wedding photos to be the same as her graduation photos so she joined a gym and made a vow to eat better and lose the weight!
Fast forward a year and Sarah did it!! She lost over 5stone, dropping from a size 16/18 to a size 8. Her fitness and strength had improved and she was healthy. She managed to do it all without being left with any loose skin and by still enjoying social events. After trying loads of different methods, she found that a calorie counting flexible eating plan was best for her and she teamed that up with heavy weight training, boxing and HIIT style cardio. It was like a magic formula and most importantly it was easy to stick to and enjoyable, meaning the weight stayed off as she stuck with it!
On paper it sounds great? However her journey to weight loss was hard as she will be the first to admit that she hated the gym at the start as she didn’t know what she was doing. She wouldn’t go to the gym without a friend and when she did she spent her time on cardio machines as she didn’t know how to use the weights (and plus there were always big men in the weights area). She attended some group exercise classes and preferred them but it was easy to miss a class as instructors didn’t even know her name. She even tried other gyms and found them all the same. She had no clue about nutrition and all the information online was making it difficult to know what to eat. It took a lot of mistakes, research and time to find the winning formula!
All the challenges Sarah faced set the way for the birth of Amazonian Fit. Surely losing weight shouldn’t have to be that hard? She found something that worked and learnt to love exercise and wanted to share it with other women. Amazonian Fit is a place all these challenges to weight loss wouldn’t be an issue! No boring classes, education on nutrition, women lifting weights, fun cardio alternatives to gym equipment, women supporting each other, no judgement and where friendships could be made.
Sarah retrained as a fitness coach and opened Amazonian Fit. She loves what she does and it shows! She has helped 100s of women so far to transform their bodies, get some relaxing time, become fitter, become stronger , happier, improve mental health and make new friends.
As the business has continued to grow, her husband Gareth has also returned to study and qualified as a fitness instructor and PT and joined Amazonian Fit as a part time coach. Like Sarah, he has also undergone his own weight loss transformation, losing 6.5stone in total. Gareth shares Amazonian Fits values and is the perfect addition to the business to help you all.
We hope to see you soon at classes or PT! Any questions at all , just message us on Facebook or email Amazonian.fit@yahoo.com.
You are always welcome at Amazonian Fit.
