Metabolic health & menopause
Anne, 53 — burning fat again through menopause
Anne came to us in perimenopause, frustrated: she'd gained weight she couldn't shift, and low-calorie "fasting" diets had left her exhausted. Her ECAL metabolic test showed why — at rest she was burning 100% carbohydrate and 0% fat, so those crash diets had nothing to draw on, and her visceral fat was high at 15.
We reduced the carbohydrate load, added quality protein, and built a lower-body strength and walking program around her. Within weeks, her metabolism had changed.
0% → 31.4%Fat burned at rest
15 → 13Visceral fat level
~4 weeksAnd energy "much improved"
Strength & healthy ageing
Robyn, 64 — the stairs she hadn't managed in two years
Robyn wanted to lose weight and move more easily again. We built a supervised strength program and kept her consistent — even through a stretch of illness and family stress, she held 6,000–8,000 steps a day. The scales moved, but the moment that mattered was different: she climbed a long flight of coastal stairs she hadn't been able to manage in two years.
−2.5 kgWith waist down ~6 cm
2 yearsSince she'd last done those stairs
6–8kDaily steps, held through a hard patch
Strength & rehabilitation
David — from back pain to real loading
David's back pain had been limiting everything he tried in the gym. We settled his symptoms first, then rebuilt his capacity with carefully progressed loading. In three weeks he went from pain-limited sets to full, confident lifts — and added genuine strength along the way.
30 → 40 kgChest press
Pain-limited → full setsHip thrusts
3 weeksTo turn it around