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A real transformation

16KG DOWN

Shaped around his life, not the other way round.

No gym, no time, and a wedding on the way.

A sceptical, time-poor IT consultant with a wedding twelve weeks out. No gym, constant work travel, and a plan built around his real life.

GAVIN RUGG

Gavin Rugg before and after — 16kg lost in 12 weeks, trained at home with resistance bands

16kg

Weight lost

27% → 18%

Body fat

14cm

Off his waist

12 wks

Coaching with Tanvir

He was the sceptic. Emily started first, and it was only after watching how well she was doing that Gavin agreed to come aboard.

Trained from home

Gavin runs a large team in a senior role in central London. The job meant long hours at a desk, quick meals, and the office donut van as a daily fixture. Frequent travel across Europe often left fast food as the only option, and over the years the weight had crept on.

Emily had reached out to Tanvir first. She was already losing weight for the wedding, and once Gavin saw the change in her, he decided to commit too.

Gavin, side profile, before and after his twelve-week transformation.

Built around his schedule

There was no gym. Gavin trained three times a week with resistance bands at home, because that was what his week actually allowed. The programme was built to fit around the job, not to fight it.

The travel was handled the same way. When Gavin was away with work he would tell Tanvir where he was staying, and Tanvir checked the hotel menu and local restaurants in advance, so Gavin could eat out, entertain clients, and order what he wanted without it ever looking like he was dieting.

When I travelled with work, he asked where I was staying, then researched local restaurants and hotel menus and picked out good things to eat. That attention to detail is above and beyond what you would get with most PTs.

Gavin

The waistline dropped week by week and the energy followed. By the end Gavin had ditched the off-the-peg suit he had planned to buy and had one tailored instead, ready for the day.

Gavin and Emily on a trail walk in the Scottish countryside.

The changes showed up away from the scales too. Gavin and Emily started spending weekends out walking, and on one trip to the Scottish countryside they finished a long trail that would have floored them a year earlier.

They were surprised they managed it without tiring. The energy, Gavin said, came straight from the coaching and the changes to how they were living.

Gavin and Emily on their wedding day.

I feel so much more comfortable in clothes, and just in myself. I have seen lots of changes, and I am really happy with how it has gone.

Gavin

Tanvir with Emily, celebrating on the wedding day.

Emily came to Tanvir first, and she was the one who talked Gavin into it, so the two of them ended up doing it together, in sync, through the run-up to the wedding.

By the day itself the compliments were constant, people stopping them to ask how they had done it. They have since become lifelong friends.

A note from your coach

Gavin, you came in as the sceptic and turned into one of the most consistent clients I have worked with. No gym, a demanding job, constant travel, and you still made it work week after week. Watching you and Emily walk into your wedding in the best shape of your lives, after starting this together, is exactly why I do this. I am proud of you both. Congratulations on the wedding, and thank you for trusting the process.

— Tanvir

In their own words

Hear it from them

IN HIS OWN WORDS

The sceptic who loved it

Shaped around his life, not the other way round.

I just did what Tanvir said, and it all worked.

16kg

Weight lost

12 wks

Coaching with Tanvir

Gavin, 40, IT consultant

Gavin Rugg — final lean condition

Your turn

The same is possible for you.

If you’ve got a demanding life and a reason that matters, you don’t need a crash diet, you need a plan built around you, and someone in your corner. Done properly.

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Results vary from person to person and depend on your starting point, consistency and individual circumstances. Timeframes shown are specific to this client and are not guaranteed. Every result is earned through genuine effort.

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