Jo burrows

Life is to be lived and I love life and everything that exudes being fit, healthy, active and having fun ~ Adventure, travel, at home with a pack on my back … the freedom of tramping, hiking, camping, climbing and getting outdoors and amongst nature every chance I have, that’s me! I love travelling NZ with Mark on our bike looking for the next adventure and together living our lives to the fullest. 

I strongly believe in healthy eating, exercise and lifestyle choices as the panacea to prevent, manage and potentially cure lifestyle illness and disease and have made it my mission to help women, in particular 50+, to adopt healthier more active lifestyles and take control of their health as they age.  It is a philosophy that I live by, understanding that as time passes our physiological needs change and we must continually adapt our lifestyle choices to suit.

Health & Fitness … I live it and I coach it, but even still I’ve had my battle with chronic disease. I understand the mental game needed for the long, challenging road back to a positive state of physical and mental health. With this lived experience and qualifications to match, I’m passionate about helping women achieve and overcome the same, get back in touch with themselves, find and accept their “new normal” and become their best selves.

And if corporate burnout is a problem for you, I can definitely relate to that! After an extensive corporate career culminating at Director level, I’ve experienced the effects that work stress has on our health and fitness as self-care moves further and further down the list of priorities in favour of work commitments, family and day to day life. 

As a Health and Fitness Coach my interests lie in:

Mark Harrison

The French philosopher Albert Camus was quoted as saying “ Life is the sum of all your choices.”

In a nutshell, each of the thousands of choices we make each day have a positive or negative influence on how your day, your week, your year and your life goes. Our diet for example is a big part of our decision-making through each day, so what we eat and when impacts how our body performs, our energy levels, brain function, our mental health, our weight and our sleep quality to name just a few.

As a health and fitness coach my role is to help people to adopt healthy habits each day, eat better and move more. So how can I help you?

I’m a guy with some mileage on the clock and like many have had to deal with injuries and setbacks along the way. If you’ve had a long spell from exercise, an injury or two, stored too many calories, or need a new path to walk for health reasons, lets have an honest look at where you are now and formulate a strategy to get you to where you need to be.

I do like to keep things simple, efficient, effective. I’m not for reinventing the wheel and a big fan of keeping what works and changing what doesn’t.