My journey to a healthier and happier lifestyle begins at Elite Fitness or what we like to call it, Battlesbridge Boot Camp (some of us are antique so it fits well!). When I first started, my fitness was as strong as a chocolate tea pot and to be quite honest I was worried what I was getting myself into.No need to get the small violin out because this is a success story, with a guru like Rees, all my worries disappeared. He welcomed me in and guided me through each exercise, without any pressure and only brilliant banter. Is he a genie in a bottle? No, close, he’s our fantastic and friendly trainer! Even on the mornings when I felt like I couldn’t do it or my motivation was lacking, he would support and coach me until my mindset changed to, “I can and I will do it!”.Every journey comes with a brilliant entourage and I am thankful to be surrounded by my 7:30am crew. With such a mixture of capabilities and fitness levels, we all gel together like pieces of a puzzle; all different but together we create something great. The only member of our team we are all not fond of is Sally, what’s her problem with constantly getting us to get her going up and going down?! * bad ‘sally up, sally down’ joke*