Ali

Ali started as she was moving into menopause, having read enough to understand how much strength matters through those years and the decades after them. Her reason for training was never really about the next twelve months. She wants to still be active in her 70s, 80s and 90s, and she knew that what she did now would decide it.

The thing she'd always struggled with was consistency. On her own, training never held for long. This has held, and it shows. Her back squat has come further than any other lift, and she's stronger across every key movement she trains.

She joined with her partner Gareth on impulse, spotting VAMOS across the road while shopping at Woolworths. What makes the difference for her isn't the programme so much as the accountability around it. Results land at the end of every 13-week block, and the community makes turning up the default rather than the decision.