What changed through training.

After two C-sections and major abdominal surgery, I’d lost all my core strength. Within six months I was strength training, going on vacation and doing hard things, keeping up with my kids, even training while fasting through Ramadan. She knew how I ate as a South Asian woman and coached me around my real life. It was her warmth and encouragement that changed my life for the better.

I went from not being able to do a proper bodyweight squat to squatting a 125 lb barbell, both a physical and a highly emotional victory. From the time I started, I lost 30 pounds and went down almost three dress sizes. But more than that, I signed up for a trainer and got a world-class mentor, a movement specialist, and an extraordinary coach.

I’d never been under a bar in over a decade of training with other trainers. Salwa moulds the entire plan around whatever is happening in your life. You never feel like you’re failing; you always feel on track. She’s a life coach, trainer, and guide, not just the hour you see her at the gym.

After a fall left me with a compression fracture, I thought I’d have to live with the limits. She built a progressive program with my physio and understood my body mechanics exceptionally well. It has literally been life-changing. I can resume and enjoy so many of the daily activities I couldn’t after the accident.