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Journalist Mel Fallowfield travelled nearly 200 miles to experience a gym where getting buff is done in the buff!<\/p>\n
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Naked workouts are said to be 75 per cent more effective!<\/p>\n
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When I first read about naked personal training it didn\u2019t sound hugely enticing. I thought bouncing around in the buff would at best be mildly uncomfortable, at worst agonising! Frankly I worried that without my sturdy sports bra I\u2019d be left with two black eyes!
So it was with trepidation that I journeyed from London to Barnsley to give it go with Colin Dobson Fox, to experience fully nude classes in his gym.
And Colin, 52, soon put my fears to rest. He told me, \u201cNo one runs on the treadmill or uses the bikes naked \u2013 whether you\u2019re male or female you\u2019ve got bits that would hurt when they bounce! Naked sessions are about resistance training and more like a mixture between yoga and Pilates.
\u201cBut it comes with enormous benefits. When you are naked and looking in the mirror you can see your muscles working which is motivating. The results from people who worked out naked was around 75 per cent better than for those who chose to remain clothed and there was virtually no dropping out as they could see the changes immediately \u2013 often people drop out after six or seven sessions with normal classes, but naked they just kept on coming.\u201d
I was nervous when I arrived at Colin\u2019s gym \u2013 but happily it was warm and cosy and Colin put me completely at ease.<\/p>\n
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Naturist PT Colin puts Closer’s Mel through her paces<\/p>\n
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He\u2019s been out as a naturist since he was in his early 20s as he finds it so liberating and says that he feels he was just born that way. He explains, \u201cPeople either get it or they don\u2019t. My partner of 32 years doesn\u2019t like it, but then again I\u2019m not a Dr Who fan while he is!
\u201cI\u2019m very controlled in many parts of my life, but for me stripping off helps me feel unrestrained and helps me to decompress. It\u2019s just a body, we all have them and we come in all shapes and sizes.\u201d
I met some of his other clients while I was at the gym \u2013 including a married couple and a man in his 60s, all of them were polite and I can say hand on heart that there was absolutely nothing sexual about it, they just felt more comfortable without their clothes on. To be honest, I\u2019ve felt my body has been more ogled when fully-clothed in a bar.
Colin explains, \u201cMy clients were varied \u2013 my youngest ever was an 18-year-old guy who worked in McDonalds, but I\u2019ve also worked with people in their 60s, a world-famous pop star and a top tier civil servant. The split between men and women is about 50\/50. But none of them were there for any reason other than to get fit. Though it\u2019s why I never ran large classes, as I worried some people might slip in who were there for the wrong reasons.\u201d<\/p>\n
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These are not the only balls Mel spotted at this particular gym…<\/p>\n
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I have to admit that when I first stripped off I was very conscious of my lumps and bumps but because Colin was so matter of fact I soon relaxed. We started with some stretches. Then, as we worked out, he pointed out my various muscles and how they changed as I lifted weights, I soon forgot that I was naked in front of someone I\u2019d met just half an hour before. Instead, I was intrigued by how my body functioned. I understood why it would be more motivating as you can see the evidence in the mirror that you\u2019re working certain muscles. It also makes it easier to know if you\u2019re exercising correctly as you know what you should be seeing so when you\u2019re back at home you can recognise if you\u2019re still doing it right.
Colin agrees, saying, \u201cWhen I first started doing this it was with people who were naturists. But when my clothed clients heard about it and saw some of the results I was getting, some of them decided to do it in the buff too.\u201d<\/p>\n
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Colin has now retired as a naked PT for a life on the farm<\/p>\n
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By the end of our session \u2013 which would normally cost \u00a320 \u2013 I was completely at ease and could feel that I\u2019d had a good work out. Though I have to admit I didn\u2019t continue once I was back home in London \u2013 I suspect my local gym would have taken a dim view of me stripping off and flexing in front of the mirror!<\/p>\n
Sadly, anyone wanting to give it a go has missed out as Colin has since decided to give up on personal training altogether.<\/p>\n
He explains, \u201cA client unfortunately fell ill and it made me realise how short life is and that I should follow my dreams. We\u2019ve found a croft in the middle of nowhere in the Scottish highlands and we\u2019re farming and keeping bees.\u201d<\/p>\n
He adds, \u201cI\u2019m still very much a naturist. I spend most of my time in the nude \u2013 except when I\u2019m doing my bee keeping duties!<\/p>\n
\u201cThese days my exercise is mostly hiking and rock climbing in the altogether.\u201d<\/p>\n
Colin also enjoys skinny-dipping in the loch near to his home \u2013 and as I\u2019m a keen swimmer perhaps he\u2019ll soon be putting me through my paces again!<\/p>\n
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