AW-Fitness

15/02/2026

A little update on one of our AW Fitness family James Bell.

James has been maintaining his weight for about a year, holding steady around the 14 stone mark after already losing more than 3 stone. A little over 2 months ago he decided he was ready to cut a bit more body fat.

He’s put an awesome effort in with his nutrition and has dropped to 12st 10lbs. 👌🏻

James has done this through tracking calories to make sure he was in a calorie deficit. He’s focussed on making protein the main focus of his meals with moderate carbohydrates and fats. This is to help maintain muscles mass and help his body cope with the rigours of his training.

Calorie tracking isn’t for everyone as it can be a real pain in the backside weighing, measuring and recording recipes in detail. However, done well, it gives very accurate data which helps when trying to lose, maintain or increase weight. Over time, it becomes less time consuming as you quickly start to learn portion sizes and their associated calories so gradually you can start to cut back on being so diligent with the scales as you can judge portions by sight.

A few tips from James:

1. The feeling of hunger was a problem to start with. It often is when we first go into a deficit. However, after 2-3 weeks of being in a deficit he felt his body adapted and he no longer felt hungry. So, yes it’s hard initially and will power is needed but it got easier quite quickly!

2. He padded his meals out with vegetables which made him feel nice and full. This increased fibre intake and also had the benefit of the extra vitamins and minerals (micro nutrients) that come with eating vegetables.

3. He reduced his alcohol intake, keeping it to a minimum if he was to have a drink. 🍺

James has been working with me for several years now and trains like a warrior! Never complains, shows up consistently both here and in his solo training. When we met he was over 17 stone. His blood pressure was close to stage 1 hypertension. He’s now lost over 62lbs (28.36kg)! We took his blood pressure readings recently and it was perfect - 110/70!

It just shows what taking control of your nutrition, increasing your daily activity and investing in your health and well being can achieve!

Great work! 👌🏻👌🏻👌🏻💪🏻💪🏻💪🏻

10/11/2025

🔔 RARE AVAILABILITY 🔔

I have a couple of slots available. 📆

These don’t come up very often, so if you’re thinking about using the services of a Personal Trainer/Nutrition Coach please get in touch using the link below for an initial telephone consultation to discuss how we may be able to help and we can take things from there:

Mondays - 11:30am
Wednesday - 8am or 4pm

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This 30 minute call gives us time to have a short chat and get to know about your needs, where you would like to get to and how I can help with that.

07/10/2025

Thank you to this weeks match ball sponsor AW-Fitness

01/10/2025

An update following our Vale of York Half Marathon…..

We raised a whopping £1167 and paid this over to K9 SAR- FUNDRAISING GROUP on 19th September 25.

Thank you so much for your generosity, we have been overwhelmed by the support you have shown with your donations.

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07/09/2025

So, we did it!

13.1 miles of pain …. I mean pleasure 🤪

That was super tough. There were some logistical issues that we won’t mention will we Anna Jaques? We got there in the end though. 😁😁🤪

That was super tough and we are definitely a nice pink colour in the after photo 🥵 😂😂

There is still time to donate to our just giving page using the link below before we close it later this week. We’re raising funds for K9-SAR 🐶

Thanks to:

Francina Whelan Caz Brooks Carolyn Jaques, Liz, Jo Lonsdale, Steph Tasker James Bell Erin, Liz, Jenny Sykes, Georgia Beer, Jo Cowling, Caron, Andy Taylor, Andrew Jaques, Beverley Jaques, Liz Kilner, Samantha Hag, Zoey Jane, Jess Brown, Jane Stanley, Jess, Toni Parsons, James Grayson, Lisa Grayson, Mol Grayson, Lin Wood, Castle Inn Cawood

And several anonymous donations! We haven’t been able to tag all of you because we’re unsure who was who but you know who you are!

Thank you from the bottom of our hearts. Your generosity has been incredible! 🤩🤩

The pot currently stands at a whopping £914…..hopefully we can get it up to a nice round £1000 by the end of the week! 🙌🏻🫶🏻🤞🏻

Donation link below: 👇🏻 👇🏻

https://www.justgiving.com/crowdfunding/adam-wood-2?utm_medium=CR&utm_source=CL

22/08/2025

Practicing what we preach early doors ……

The office desk will need a clean 💦 🥵 💪🏻

12/08/2025

Hey Folks,

Myself and Anna Jaques have decided to run a half marathon to hopefully raise a bit of cash for K9-SAR who help find lost dogs and reunite them with their owners in the Yorkshire area (check their page out).

Recently we witnessed first hand the work they do and it definitely doesn’t come cheap!
Expensive camera equipment with SIM cards for remote access, thermal imaging, drones, traps to catch missing dogs as well as many more hidden costs. Often these are absorbed by the volunteers themselves who really do never stop!

Now, I know we have run a lot in the past so a half marathon doesn’t seem like much of a challenge….however, I’ve been up and down with injuries and still not 100% so personally this is going to be a difficult one for me to complete. Anna hasn’t run any sort of distance for 12 months either!

The race we’ve entered is the Vale of York Half Marathon on 7th September 2025 and is just under 4 weeks away 🫣😬

I know times are hard but if you could spare a few quid it really would mean a lot to us and would go to support some great work.

Muchas Gracias you lovely lot 🫶🏻🙌🏻👌🏻

Iʼm raising money to support K9 Search & Rescue (K9-SAR). Support this JustGiving Crowdfunding Page.

10/08/2025

🔔 Goal Achieved 🔔

186lbs down to 124.7lbs = 61.3lbs of excess body fat ….. gone! ✅ 💥

Steph is holding 27.75kgs in this picture which is a shade under her total loss.

The smile says it all - What a journey and what an achievement 🤩 🙌🏻🫶🏻

16/07/2025

So, I don't post much on here but thought this was a great video and post from one of my awesome clients. Roxanne consistently shows up and has made huge changes to her strength in the time we've been working together. I buzz off seeing my clients progress! Best job in the world!!

If you're looking for 1-2-1 personal training I have some very limited availability so please get in touch and if our diaries align we can make something work.

Roxanne's words below 👇👇👇👇👇👇

What I’ve been up to lately….. 🏋🏻‍♀️
(Sound up for some Black Eyed Peas! 🎧)
I’ve been strength training now for just over 3 years.
Still in the trusty hands of Adam Wood -
aka AW Fitness.
Slowly getting stronger.
Lifting heavier.
I’ve had a few set backs in the past 3 years: an adductor tendon injury (from tree planting not weight lifting!), also going back to work full time meant life has gotten BUSY, but I still manage to get to the “garage of pain” twice a week most weeks….
I often don’t feel like going - but I always feel great when I leave!
I’ll be turning 50 next year and I feel like I’m going in to my next decade stronger than ever.
I can carry whatever I want, lift anything I need to, and kids at school know they can come to me with the jars they can’t open!! 💪
I feel great and I feel confident about how I look too.
For the first time in my 5 decades of life, since starting to lift weights 3 years ago - my clothes always fit.
No more yo-yoing between sizes…
I don’t look like Arnold Schwarzenegger - and stop press: I never will do!
Guess what ladies: lifting heavy weights doesn’t make you “bulky”!
It makes you solid and strong and have dense bones - and that’s worth all the effort of dragging myself to Adam’s garage - when I feel like flopping on the sofa instead!
And last but not least - 60 minutes in the gym with a PT is better and cheaper than 60 minutes on the couch with a shrink…
Thanks for always listening to me chewing your ear off in between sets too Adam! 😆You’re the best! 🤛

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11/02/2025

Time for an update on one of the AW Fitness family. 😁💪🏻

Adrian started training with me a little over 18 months ago. Weight loss being the primary goal along with getting fitter and stronger.

The main challenge has been managing an incredibly busy work/home life, which involves frequent trips away from home, making nutrition tricky to say the least.

However, he got on board with the nutritional coaching advice from the get go, working on changing habits that would benefit his goals.

On top of this he’s trained hard during our sessions, consistently trained outside of our sessions and listened to coaching tips about how to increase daily steps/activity despite being so busy in the office.

The results:

🔹Over 61lbs lost (nearly 4.5 stone/28kgs)! ✅
🔹Multiple inches/cm lost (29.73”/75.5cm cumulative)✅
🔹Feels great in himself ✅
🔹Fitter ✅
🔹Stronger ✅

I’m super proud of the hard work Adrian has put in. It’s a great example of what you can do when you’re ready for change - AWESOME 🤩 🤩 🤩

01/01/2025

🚨 RARE AVAILABILITY 🚨

Due to recent changes to current client schedules a couple of PT slots have now become available as follows:

🔹Wednesdays 8am
🔹Thursdays 11:30am

If you’re looking for a 1-2-1 Personal Trainer then feel free to get in touch for an initial no obligation telephone chat using the link below 👇🏻

This 30 minute call gives us time to have a short chat and get to know about your needs, where you would like to get to and how I can help with that.

19/12/2024

As 2024 comes to a close it’s time for reflection.

Another great year. Strength gains, cardio gains, speed gains, flexibility improvements and weight loss across the board…..incredible! 🤩

There are several clients who have done amazing things this year with weight loss goals and their pics will come in due course when they near the end of their journey….watch this space!

There is one person that deserves a special mention - Steph Tasker!

3 years and nearly 4 stone of body fat melted away! Changing habits, consistency, showing up, owning it and not hiding.

Steph sums it up in her own words in the last photo way better than I can.

I really do have the best job in the world 🌎 and really love seeing the progress made by the AW Fitness family! 🫶🏻 ❤️

I hope you all have a fantastic Christmas 🎄break and wish you all the best for the New Year. ⭐️

That’s a wrap…..bring on 2025!

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