Leah Moncrieff - Personal Trainer
Hey, I’m Leah 👋
If you are looking for a quick 6-week transformation and live in a massive calorie deficit I am not the right coach for you.
I want to help people understand that living a “healthy” life isn't all about eating chicken, rice and veg. I want to help individuals learn how to include daily habits that lead to overall health. As well as helping people become stronger, more confident versions of themselves.
I’ve done it too.
Fast forward towards the end of 2021, the year I committed to training and being the best version of me. My sister and I set a challenge to not drink alcohol for a year. It wasn’t easy but having someone else doing it with me helped. I must say a Heineken 0% was a lifesaver when you fancied that cold beer on a summer's day.
Why do I do it? I was diagnosed with Rheumatoid Arthritis in 2014. I was determined this would not hold me back. After the diagnosis, I travelled and lived abroad and managed the disease with occasional flare-ups. They would be noticeably more often after periods of eating badly and drinking more than I should.
However, since returning to the UK in 2019 I decided to get on top of my health. Taking 2020 out of the equation as we were all locked away!
Over the years I have struggled with my weight, mainly due to my lifestyle. Some may even know me as ‘Champagne Collis’, the girl who loved to have a drink and a good meal at every opportunity. However, growing up I had always played sports and been active.
Back in December 2016, I was working and living in Bermuda. I was most definitely “a little bit fit, a little bit fat”. I was doing CrossFit religiously but my lifestyle did not support any health and fitness gains I was making in the gym. The saying ‘you are unable to out-train a bad diet’ was 100% the case for me
I now do resistance training 4/5 times a week with a mixture of cardio. I manage my diet better and I avoid having alcohol just because. Now my RA flare-ups are rare, my mood and emotions are way more stable and I don’t experience the alcohol blues, the beer fear or the sugar crashes!
Some say it’s downhill after you turn 30. For me, they are proving to be the best years yet. Having been through this transformation and living this different lifestyle, I have first-hand experienced the benefits of training and eating for health. This is why I am now a personal trainer and a CrossFit coach. I want to help as many people as possible achieve their health and fitness goals inside and outside the gym.