Who This Is For
Posture & Alignment
Posture is not about standing up straight. It is the shape your body has settled into after years of sitting, driving, carrying and favouring one side, and it is why the same shoulder keeps aching and the same hip keeps tightening no matter how much you stretch it.
Rod is a C.H.E.K practitioner who works in structural bodywork, and every trainer here starts with a postural and muscular assessment. The work begins with what your posture is doing now, then trains the pattern rather than chasing the symptom.
How It Works Here
Assessed before prescribed
A full postural and muscular assessment maps what has shortened, what has switched off and what is compensating - then the programme addresses that order.
Trained, not just stretched
Stretching a tight muscle that is tight because something else is not working is a loop. Strength in the right places is what holds a change in place.
Built for a desk-shaped life
Most clients here sit for a living. The homework is short, specific and designed to survive a real working week.
Questions people ask
- Can personal training fix my posture?
- Posture is the shape your body has settled into after years of sitting, driving and favouring one side. Every trainer here starts with a postural and muscular assessment, then trains the pattern rather than chasing the symptom.
- Why not just stretch what feels tight?
- Stretching a muscle that is tight because something else is not working is a loop. Strength in the right places is what holds a change in place.
- I sit at a desk all day. Is the homework realistic?
- Most clients here sit for a living. The homework is short, specific and designed to survive a real working week.
From the Google Reviews
WHAT CLIENTS SAY
I’ve trained with Joe for many years and there’s been many highlights, though his holistic approaches to rehabbing my long-term knee injury and improving my postural issues have been more valuable than that of any surgeon or physio. Every session is enjoyable, carefully considered and tailored to your unique needs, and time is always taken to explain the background knowledge. Highly recommend Joe and the Raw Ener-chi gym - such an easy going and lighthearted environment they’ve created, and it is clear they genuinely care about you. Couldn’t be more grateful, thanks Joe and team!
Rod is a great person and trainer too. He was quick to pick up on my areas of strength, weakness and misalignment. After first session I was given a bunch of exercises to follow through their app at my own gym, which I found easy to follow. Everything seems very effective so far. Follow up sessions have been great too. Would thoroughly recommend.
Awesome little gym with a friendly and welcoming atmosphere. I have been training here with Maeve for about 6 months. I was looking for more strength training to complement the Pilates I have done for many years. What I found at Raw Ener-Chi was a level of knowledge about the human body and movement that you do not find elsewhere in the gym environment. Through a personalised program where adjustments are made to strengthen your weakness and release tightness, I have seen gains in creating total body alignment. Meaning I move through my day with much more ease having strength where I used to be weak. If you are looking for a tailored personal approach to training that improves your body and mind connection then Raw Energy-Chi is a great gym. Thank you Maeve you are a gem to find and I love training with you.
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