A year ago, the hugely successful Fit With Lianne (FWL) app was launched. It caught the attention of Alex Bannard who wanted to learn more about this fitness app, and its creator, Lianne.
Lianne explained that from her early days as a fitness instructor taking classes in gyms she had felt it important to reach out to more and more people, for the good of their health and wellbeing, but how? The next step in her fifteen year journey was to go it alone, with her own training classes, which grew and grew, like Topsy. This enabled her to build up an extraordinarily healthy (in all ways) client base. Alex, however, wanted to know how this young woman, fizzing with energy, arrived at where she is today – the doyen of the Fit With Lianne app, especially as Lianne is a military wife, and we all know how dislocating that life can be.
Indeed, it transpired that Lianne had moved every few years but nothing daunted, she had simply worked harder to maintain and grow her client base. As she explained, ‘I had to find a way to maintain a hold of the clients I already had, but it wasn’t until until 2017 that a catalyst ocurred – a posting to Brunei – which really kick started the fitness online community. How else was I to remain in touch with my clients?’
As if the fitness mentoring wasn’t enough for a military wife, it transpired that Lianne had also trained to be a secondary school PE teacher and managed to hold part time teaching roles wherever they were posted. But, as Lianne insisted: ‘My ultimate passion has always been my Fitness Business.’
Ever resourceful, our intrepid Fitness guru wasn’t in the slightest bit fazed when she and her husband moved back to the UK in 2020 in the midst of a pandemic. In fact she saw this as an opportunity; the perfect time to realise her ultimate dream of creating an app to centralise all she had to offer. And, it yet again ,like Topsy grew and grew. Indeed, within a short period of time, the core membership had grown to over 100.
So what happened when the gyms reopened? Alex wanted to know.
‘When the gyms opened I lost a few clients. However, with the new technological world, a hybrid fitness lifestyle or even a pure online fitness lifestyle, seems to be a new way of life for many people.
‘The app has developed enormously in just one year. From simply offering live and on demand content I now offer a weekly check in, plans, challenges and more.’
And talking of plans and challenges, Alex discovered that Lianne had made yet another move, this time to Yorkshire, to buy their own home, settle the children and remain in one place for at least a few years.
So… Alex wanted to know. hadn’t Lianne had been tempted to let the FWL go?
Clearly this is the last thing on Lianne’s agenda. ‘I have decided going forward that the app and the online fitness community is my focus. The teaching is being put to the side and I am going ALL IN with this fitness business and I welcome anyone along for the ride.’
What does Fit with Lianne app offer:
- Online 1-1 PT
- Group PT
- Regular ZOOM live online fitness classes (Pilates, HIIT, Weighted workouts (kettlebells, dumbbells, barbells), Step and more)
- On demand classes
- Monthly challenges
- Weekly check in for all PT and App members
How it works:
Download the FWL App, subscribe (monthly or annually), you then instantly access the live classes, plans, on demand content, challenges and weekly check in.
Group and 1-1 PT can be arranged separately to the app, but app members unlock a discount for these.
The cost. £12.99/month or £89.99 annual membership. No ties, no tricks, no additional costs.
1-1 and group PT from £30/month.
Alex will be passing on some of words of encouragement from Lianne in a couple of days, so you will be ready to make that New Year’s fitness resolution work for you.
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