About Hunter's Fitness
Hi there! My name is Jim Hunter and I have been passionate about fitness for 16 years. It all started when I bought my first dumbbell at Rebel Sport when I was 16 years old. I always wanted to become a personal trainer, but I got side-tracked with work and other distractions. It wasn't until my wife got pregnant in 2020 that I decided to follow my passion and become a personal trainer.
During my first 10 years of working out, I focused on basic strength and conditioning programs, but I realized I needed to make some changes when weaknesses in my body started to be exposed. So, I educated myself and changed my approach to "train smarter, not harder" instead of "no pain, no gain". This new approach helped me get into better shape, increase flexibility and performance, and recover more quickly after each workout.
What's my focus on training?
For myself and my clients, I focus on pain-free range of motion, strengthening and lengthening weak muscles, and progressing gradually to more challenging exercises. The aim is to increase that pain free range of motion while getting stronger in that range.
Once that technique has been mastered we progress to the next stage of that exercise .
This may consist of:
- Increasing the resistance weight
- Increasing the range of motion by adjusting a particular angle .
- Adjusting the time under tension of that particular exercise .
- Performing an isometric hold in the most challenging range of that exercise.
- Including a resistance band to the dumbbell / barbell to increase load at the top range of motion.
What we can focus on for your tailored goals:
- Strength and conditioning
- Hypertrophy and cutting ( building muscle and decreasing fat deposits)
- Weight loss
- Functional /Mobility
