Everybody is talking about 4D Fitness - from Shadow Cabinet Ministers to Oxford University Deans, Team GB Athletes to Mums-to-be, NHS Consultants to The Telegraph - across South East England word is getting round that 4D Personal Training is what everybody needs!

We are specialist mobile Personal Trainers and Fitness Consultants with a difference - we deliver truly comprehensive, sophisticated and holistic training that empowers you to find your full potential, whoever you are. We train individuals and groups, companies, teams and schools. We cover all 4 dimensions of your health and fitness: exercise, nutrition, posture and lifestyle.

4D Personal Trainers use systems that have been developed over many years of research and practical experience, and combine techniques from many disciplines and cultures to help you be the best you can be. Old or young, big or small, athletic or disabled, the same principles of human physiology and function apply. When you implement training for the fundamental principles of the human body and brain you will be amazed at what you can achieve. Please enjoy browsing the site, where you will find information on the services we offer and our philosophies. If you have any questions, or would like to book a free consultation please feel free to contact 4D Fitness™ by phone on 0800 328 5849 or email info@4dfitness.com

There are very good reasons why the number of people using personal trainers has exploded in the last 10 years. When 4D Fitness started in 1998, using personal training as a means to achieve goals was a niche and mostly elite idea. That is without doubt no longer true! People from all walks of life, all income brackets, all age groups and every location are turning to personal trainers to achieve any number of different goals. Personal trainers can help achieve weight loss, weight gain, muscle tone, improved sports performance - but just as importantly they can also help with areas like health, energy levels, motivation, confidence, mental health, pain management and much more.

Most personal trainers limit their focus to the muscles and the skeleton. A good personal trainer must build into their programmes techniques that affect the other systems of the human body. So much more can be achieved by a trainer who understands the nervous system, the endocrine (hormonal) system, the pulmonary (breathing) system, the digestive, immune and lymphatic systems. All 4D personal trainers are given an understanding of these systems, and a toolkit of solutions for improving them. This is one of the elements that makes 4D personal trainers amongst the best in the industry.

Proprioception

The body has 3 balance mechanisms:

1. The Eyes - in a fairly obvious way, the eyes are constantly telling the brain whether the room is the right way up or not, and if our environment is stable/tilting/etc..

2. The Ears - there are tiny spirit levels in the ears that send feedback to the brain about our movement status, such as acceleration/deceleration, tilt, etc..

3. The Proprioceptive System - this can be thought of as a series of telegraph wires running up and down the body, constantly sending feedback to the brain, and receiving instructions about necessary muscle contractions to maintain stability and control of movement.

The function of proprioceptive systems in general in the west is deteriorating. We often become too reliant on our eyes, and our lifestyles are simply too stable to maintain good proprioceptive function. We either sit at work, sit on a train, sit in a car, or even if we do walk, it is on hard, flat, predictable surfaces that offer no proprioceptive stimulation.

Loss of proprioceptive function means increased risk of injury, decreased movement skills and hence metabolism, decreased sports performance, decreased core function - the list is long! A good personal trainer, and all 4D trainers know how to build proprioceptive stimulation into your workout programme and lifestyle. You often won't know your doing it, but your body will and the benefits will be significant.

There are many, many examples like this where really good personal trainers can deliver benefits way beyond the expectations of a client. In most cases training that takes these factors into account will also be much more effective in terms of weight loss, body tone and aesthetics that are the initial motivation for most of us to do some exercise!

The relationship that develops between trainer and trainee is unique. A good personal trainer gains the trust and confidence of a client in a way that offers huge benefits. As somebody that is completely separate from the social circles of a client, but often gets to know the client, and family, extremely well, the trainer can be a sounding board, an advisor and an unbiased confidant. And more importantly can use the tools of exercise, nutrition, postural correction and lifestyle change to help the client manage and overcome any problem. When the trainer does their job well, the sessions that they spend with their clients become a calm in the storm, and an opportunity to recharge the batteries with a positivity that expands into every area of their lives. A trainer that focuses themselves only on the physical techniques of training, and neglects the mental side, is severely limiting their effectiveness.

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