Gillian Marmion – 10 Week Challenge Participant

I started the 10 week challenge with a view and aim to lose the last half stone I have been finding impossible to lose after having my three children. I started in DKIT Sport nearly two years ago and I lost most of the baby weight over that period but have been at a standstill recently.

When I seen that Michael Griffin was leading this challenge I applied straight away and was so lucky to be accepted onto what was going to be a life changing 10 weeks. I have had five knee surgery’s since I was 16. two of which were major with a lot of rehabilitation, after the last surgery at 28 I was advised next surgery was going to be a new knee cap and that is something I aimed to avoid at all costs. However with 3 pregnancies came extra weight gain with a lot of added pressure on the knee cap. I thought I’d join the gym and see if I could strengthen it up and avoid surgery.

In the first few weeks of joining the gym I was lucky enough to have Michael guiding me through the program, he was amazing. Michael showed me low, impactful, alternative exercises that would strengthen my knee. It just amazed me at how he understood, he had so much empathy and could see what my goals were and how I could achieve them even if it wasn’t as straight forward as everyone else’s.