A PERSONAL trainer has set up her own gym in the heart of St Martin to help Islanders to improve their fitness levels.
Leanne Rive has transformed part of her in-laws’ farm buildings into a state-of-the-art gym, complete with treadmill, cross-trainer, weights and an exercise bike to provide one-to-one fitness training.
The mother-of-two explained the reason for creating the gym, which took a year to finish: ‘There aren’t enough outlets for trainers in the Island and I felt that I could create an environment that would suit people who haven’t got the confidence to walk into a busy gym set-up.
She qualified as a gym and aerobics instructor 16 years ago in Ireland, before moving to Jersey and, after having her children, she got her YMCA CYQ Personal Trainer Award and obtained insurance through the Register of Exercise Professionals.
