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Meet Rachel McGuinness
Rachel specialises in:
- Fitness training in one to one or small group formats
- Small classes
- Pilates and postural assessment
- Yoga and meditation
- Weight and fat loss
- Nutrition
- Health education
- Lifestyle coaching and mentoring
- Stress management
- Personal safety training



more about rachel
Rachel originally worked in the events industry, and has worked in health and fitness for the past four years helping women of all ages get fit, lose weight and feel more confident about themselves.

However, she has not always been fit and healthy herself. “I had one of those epiphany moments when I was in my early thirties. I was smoking, drinking far too much, eating everything in sight, living on ready meals with little or no exercise. I had a choice, did I want to be fat and forty or fit and forty? I gave myself a kick up the backside and quit the fags, cut down on the booze, started to eat sensibly and did the scary thing and joined a gym. I soon reaped the benefits with fantastic weight loss and change in body shape just with healthier eating and simple exercise.”

“I know how intimidating it is to go to the gym when you feel fat and lack confidence in what you are doing, which is one of the reasons I started this company to reach those women who want to make changes in their life, but don’t want to do it in front of others”.

Rachel is qualified as a personal fitness trainer, a trained Pilates teacher, a nutritional advisor, a life and stress mentor, and also a personal safety advisor.

In her spare time Rachel loves to travel, chill out, read and listen to music. She also loves cooking with her husband and eating fantastic food which led her to be a member of the Chaîne des Rôtisseurs in the UK.

Rachel has appeared in the Guardian, the Daily Mail, the Korean Herald, the NHS magazine Prime, and the following magazines: Chat, Closer, Woman and Holland & Barratt as well as local media.   She has also contributed to a celebrity cook book which raised money for the Tsunami appeal called East Meets West in 2005. She also co-wrote "The Why do you overeat? Diet Cookbook" with Zoe Harcombe in 2005, which has been republished as the "Stop Counting Calories & Start Losing Weight Recipe Book".




1. How did you get started in the fitness/wellness industry?
    By complete accident! I had one of those “Eureka” moments when chatting to a friend about how I was helping all my
    colleagues at work with their health and fitness issues. So I have knee and bowel problems to thank for the inspiration
    for Absolutely Fabulous and The Life Spa!

2. What do you love about your job?
     Helping people change their lives in a positive way either physically or mentally.

3. What pearls of wisdom can you offer to others that you hope will make a
     difference?
     Life is for a limited period only – make the most of it and enjoy it! Look back on your life with a smile on your face, not
     filled with regret at all things you didn't do.

4. What’s the secret to balance in your life?
     Being grateful for what I have instead of what I haven’t, eating healthily, exercising and making time for myself and my
     relationship.

5. Healthy living is great – do you have any vices?
     Pork crackling, whipped cream and really expensive chocolate (not together though!)

6. How would you describe yourself?
     Passionate about life, curvy, vivacious, inspired, compassionate, intuitive, wicked sense of humour!

7. What is your favourite food and drink?
     I love good food, and it is really difficult to choose; however a steak with Caesar's salad is my favourite at the moment.
    I don’t do junk food! Drink would be Australian sparkling wine, or a mojito.

8. What is your favourite saying or motto?
     If you always do what you’ve always done, you’ll always get what you’ve always
     got!

9. What are your pet hates?
     - Sticky labels on fruit
     - Rice cakes – I’d rather eat a coaster
     - Icecream van tunes – gggggrrrrrrrrr!

10. What makes time fly for you?
       Being busy with clients, sudoku, the internet when I'm in “research”
       mode.

11. What is the most bizarre thing you have ever done?
       I did a fire walk on hot coals last year, and it was the amazing thing I have ever done; the power of the mind is
       incredible.