Client Journeys
Welcome to a showcase of success stories from my wonderful clients at Craig Watson Personal Training & Sports Nutrition. Here, you’ll find inspiring before and after images and genuine testimonials from people just like you, who have made incredible transformations with a little guidance and a lot of dedication. Each story reflects our journey together towards achieving healthier, stronger lives. I’m excited for you to see the real results we can achieve and look forward to helping you on your own path to success.
Client Stories
Scott
Barry
“I thought training would be enough to keep my weight and health in check. Craig helped me understand not only what my calorie intake should be but what it should be made up of. This helped me see what I should eat more of and what to avoid. It also let me understand when to eat, both from a shift worker point of view and a training recovery point of view. His recipes were easy, tasty and in some cases, tailored to my specific requirements.
I would definitely recommend Craig if you want grasp your diet and get an understanding of what to put in your body and when!”
“I initially sought out sports nutrition advice to help combat muscle fatigue and depleted energy, and to use nutrition to complement and maximise my training routine.
Craig was willing to work with me in order to meet my weight targets, support my training and lifestyle and maintain dietary references.
Working with Craig, I have gained much more of an understanding of my body’s nutritional needs with regard to my training and competition, and how to make sure I am fuelling properly.
This is a long-term solution, not a quick fix. Craig’s guidance for me was unrestrictive, offering flexibility and nutrient ranges as opposed to rigid meal plans (although these are available). He also provided a lot of recipes, particularly oriented towards recovery, which is what I had wanted.
Craig was willing to work with me as an individual, not just an ‘athlete’.”
Female Boxer, 30
“Come early spring 2018, I contacted Craig, explained the situation and agreed a five session course. I couldn’t have been happier from the start. Craig knew straight away what I was needing, and laid out various plans. He provided advice, improved my knowledge and gave me confidence. He has specific knowledge about the relatively extreme environment that comes with the high altitudes, and the effects it has on you. He is patently very capable in his field.
The outcome of that, along with some harder and more appropriate training was that despite even hotter weather this year in the event, with 34C being recorded half way up the final climb, I finished, and with some style. I even felt strong enough to sprint the last kilometer!
I can’t recommend Craig highly enough to anyone who is looking to improve in whatever sport they participate in, and at whatever level.”
Graeme, Road Cyclist
“I wanted to thank you for all your help improving my nutrition over the last 6 months. Other than knowing my diet wasn’t supporting my cycling, I was pretty clueless as to what was going wrong. The three-day food diaries were a complete eye opener, as was your analysis on the nutritional content of my diet.
You provided the tools and expertise I needed to make good choices that supported my lifestyle, enabling my cycling and general fitness to really improve. More importantly, when my exercise levels and lifestyle changed, I had the knowledge I needed to adjust my diet accordingly.
Throughout the whole process I have continued to really enjoy the food I eat, I have learned to make better choices on the food I eat on a daily basis, and to be flexible on the calories I eat to align with the number of calories being burned through exercise.
The recent analysis completed on my diet showed a big improvement on where I started, and it is great to actually be happy with how you are fuelling your body. My weight has also returned to a stable figure, and I don’t really think about it anymore as I know I my eating habits are much healthier. Thank you so much for all your help, advice and expertise.
I would thoroughly recommend you to anyone wanting to understand how to move towards a healthier way of eating to support any fitness goals they may have”
Annie, Cyclist
“Before I started with Craig I had limited knowledge on how nutrition impacted my performance in my sport. Being a kickboxer it is imperative that I’m as physically prepared as I can be and by being with Craig since the beginning of April he has managed my nutrition and weight going into competition.
As I recently competed and won double gold at a tournament I can confidently say that deciding to go with Craig has been one of the best decisions I’ve made with my career up to date. My knowledge and understanding going forward is light years ahead of what it was even 4 months ago and going forward I can’t wait to see what happens with my career.
Thanks Craig!”
Luca Allison, Kickboxer
“Craig has now been in for a few nutritional workshops with the players and has already had a positive effect on the squad.
The knowledge and expertise that Craig has in the sports nutrition field has been passed on extremely well with not only the younger players but the squad as a whole gaining valuable knowledge about how we can improve our performance on the pitch through better nutrition.
I hope that we can work more with Craig in the future to help progress the players as individuals and as a squad.”
David McCracken, Former Professional Footballer and Captain at Falkirk Football Club
“I contacted Craig after I ‘hit the wall’ during my first marathon in London. We set up a meeting he looked at my nutrition pre marathon and worked out where I could improve by making a few adjustments to my calories and carbohydrate intake.
After working with Craig I have just completed my 2nd marathon where I got a 35 minute PB. I would highly recommend Craig’s services and look forward to catching up with him at the Falkirk half.”
Miranda, Marathon Runner