\n This is the case for Jeff Millington, a personal trainer based in Warrington who, at 65, is showing no signs of slowing down.\n<\/p>\n
\n Jeff delivers 12 group training classes every week, as well as countless one-to-one and couples\u2019 sessions, from Ultimate Fitness Cheshire in Appleton.\n<\/p>\n
\n Fitness has been an integral part of Jeff\u2019s entire life, having played rugby since he was eleven, and spending five years as a PE teacher at Woolston High School in his early career.\n<\/p>\n
\n However, it was only six years ago, at the age of 59, when he decided to follow his true passion and became a personal trainer full-time.\n<\/p>\n
\n Prior to this career shift, Jeff spent 32 years working in the corporate world, but even then, he was spending his free time helping people within the company achieve their personal fitness goals.\n<\/p>\n
\n Jeff said: \u201cIt was a risk to become a trainer.\n<\/p>\n
\n \u201cI gave up a big job, but I love it \u2013 it\u2019s the best thing I\u2019ve ever done.\u201d\n<\/p>\n
\n His role sees him working with people who have various fitness goals, from young aspiring sports stars and professional athletes, to older people who simply want to maintain a healthier lifestyle.\n<\/p>\n
\n Jeff is open about being an older trainer and says that his age actually makes him better at his job.\n<\/p>\n
\n He said: \u201cThrough rugby, I\u2019ve been through the same experiences as some of the younger professional athletes, so I can guide them.\n<\/p>\n
\n \u201cMeanwhile I am a similar age to a lot of my older clients, so I can relate to what is going on in their lives.\n<\/p>\n
\n \u201cI would say that 20% of my job is being a therapist and listening to what is bothering my clients.\u201d\n<\/p>\n
\n A key passion of Jeff\u2019s is encouraging older people in Warrington to take their health seriously and become more active.\n<\/p>\n
\n He is a firm believer that you can make improvements to your life at any time, and age should not restrict someone from working towards their goals and improving their life.\n<\/p>\n
\n Jeff added: \u201cYou should never use age as an excuse\u2026 you\u2019ve got to change your mentality.\n<\/p>\n
\n \u201cIt can be really intimidating starting from scratch, if you\u2019ve never been into a gym before.\n<\/p>\n
\n \u201cHowever, my job is to make people better, and it\u2019s really rewarding when people can start to see the difference in themselves.\u201d\n<\/p>\n
\n As Jeff approaches his 66th birthday next week, he wants to continue motivating people across Warrington to commit to their health and take the leap into fitness.\n<\/p>\n
\n \u201cI\u2019m always pushing my clients just a little bit each session.\n<\/p>\n
\n \u201cI like for everyone to leave with a little win, something where they have improved slightly on the time before.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"This is the case for Jeff Millington, a personal trainer based in Warrington who, at 65, is showing…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":776771,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[46],"tags":[6647,102,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-776770","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-fitness","tag-fitness","tag-health","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/776770","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=776770"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/776770\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/776771"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=776770"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=776770"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=776770"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}