#WHYUFT Julie-Anne Williams

Meet Julie-Anne Williams (Julz)

“My arrival at UFT was one of those amazing coincidences. A sign on the side of the road and a ‘just do it’ moment.”

“I started with some P. T’s and then joined the boot camp. I hyperventilated all the way to my first class but my initial interactions with the trainers at UFT gave me the feeling that this was the right place for me. Relaxed, friendly, knowledgeable and keen to help me find my groove again. Within a few short weeks I was accomplishing far more than i’d anticipated and I was excited to get to every class.”

“It was obvious to me already that UFT was different to any other gym id been in, it wasn’t just a gym, it’s hard to describe without it sounding corny but the truth is that UFT fast became a home away from home.”

“I did boot camp classes for about 9 months before braving the transition to CrossFit.”

“We’ve all heard the rumours. Cross fitters are crazy, competitive people who do ridiculous things and get injured all the time. Well, not at UFT. The crazy is all the good kind, the competitive nature of those who train here is about improvement and healthy mindsets, there are those who compete and those who train for fun all working together, we motivate each other, we praise and cheer for others successes and totally excuse the odd lazy day.”

“I personally train primarily for my mental health, it’s amazing for stress and it keeps me grounded. However, what I also get at UFT that I never got at any other facility is a love for what I do there. I was never into weight lifting mostly because it scared me but I soon found myself loving every element of training. It’s hard not to when you walk into a place that makes training fun while managing to make you stronger than you ever thought possible. I hate sprints, I doubt this will ever change, they are simply not my thing but somehow even after a WOD that includes sprints I find myself collapsed on the floor having a laugh, feeling amazing and thanking my trainer for nearly killing me.”

“I never for a moment expected that an impulsive decision to enquire about a sign would after 2 and a half years have payed off in so many ways. UFT is one of my favourite places and is full of so many of my favourite people. We train hard, some days crazy hard with trainers who know my body (sometimes I think better than me) who push you past ‘I can’t do that’ to ‘Wow, look at me doing that!’.” I was not fit, or strong when I started but I sure I am now. If you are the sort of person who enjoys great people as much as a great workout, you pretty much can’t go past UFT.”

2016-11-03T22:48:07+11:00

About the Author:

Denee Lalouette
A UFT PLAYground is a place that people of all shapes, sizes and ages learn to develop their movement abilities through an infinite learning and development program. UFT PLAYgrounds have been created to re-inspire our natural ability to move, create, adapt, re-act, connect, have fun and of course PLAY. PLAYgrounds have been developed to allow people to feel and explore their own abilities by utilising a multidimensional, infinite, creative and PLAYful approach to training. We live in a world full of specialists and obsessions. At an ever increasing rate, people are specialising more and more, in their jobs, in their businesses, in their sport and in their training. The result, is a backward step in human evolution. By specialising, we limit ourselves to thinking that 1 particular way of doing things is the right way, or the only way. We promote creativity, not only in movement and training methodologies but in thinking in general. A UFT PLAYground is created to provide the general public with an opportunity to PLAY across multiple styles of training and moving, to be able to progress in the training methods that they become passionate about or that excites them and to be a part of a community that promotes more than just fitness. The “fitness” industry above all others has brought about a need to specialise in order to achieve anything, and majority of what we do for “fitness” is for an aesthetically pleasing reason. We understand that aesthetics are nice and we too love to look and feel good. However a UFT PLAYground is developed to allow people to move better than ever before across a broad range of training methodologies and ideas. Aesthetics, therefore are a result not a goal of that system. We know that “If you train to look good, you will not always enjoy what you do, but if you PLAY a lot, and do the things that you love, you will ending up looking good”. Aesthetics should be a result not a goal. For years now, we have recognised that the best movers on the planet are children. They are flexible, mobile & fit, they have better relative strength than a typical adult (and even most adolescents), they are the best creators and innovators, they learn faster, the adapt better, they interact better with other people, they are more connected to nature and most importantly, they PLAY more than anyone else. As adults, we tend to believe that because we are taller and more experienced in “life”, we are better, and then we get to an age that says we are “too old to PLAY”. As we grow taller (and in a lot of cases rounder), we experience things that inhibit our ability to move, think and not think. We allow our experiences to limit our abilities as humans, whether it be a physical injury, a story that we heard or a youtube video that we watched. We also allow our emotions to control our behaviour because of our past experiences. Maybe it was the feeling of humiliation when we tried something new, regret when we failed or heart break when it was taken away from us. Because of this, we allow our experiences to control our future instead of learning from them and creating our own . This is what UFT PLAYground’s are built on. The understanding that we as humans need to go back to the way things were before our negative experiences took over our subconscious mind and body. A UFT PLAYground gives people the ability to re-learn what they have lost, as well as develop new sets of skills that will allow them to follow any particular passion that they uncover in PLAYtime. When we PLAY, we are simply, exploring. Through exploring we become curious and through curiosity we become obsessed or passionate about a particular thing. This is why in a PLAYground we allow people to PLAY across a broad range of training systems (minimum of 3), Through this system they are able to identify 1, their current limitations and be educated on how to overcome them, and 2, identify their passions and learn to develop, grow and excel in them. UFT PLAYgrounds are also a development centre for up and coming entrepreneurs in the fitness industry. Each PLAYground founder will have been trained and will be continuously trained in UFT’s Trainer Success System. This system allows personal trainers, coaches, teachers, instructors, etc. to continue to develop in their fields of specialty (as they play they will find it) and in the philosophy of PLAYtime. They will also be trained in the business systems of UFT in order to have their own successful and profitable business. See UFT Trainer Success System for more details.

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