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Start where you are & let's build from there!

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My Approach

I don’t believe meaningful change happens in a single hour of exercise each week.

Real progress comes from small, consistent actions across the areas that influence your health most.

When we work together, we focus on three key areas: movement, nutrition, and rejuvenation. Each week, we set realistic goals within these areas that support your lifestyle rather than disrupt it.

This approach allows us to build strength, improve energy, and manage stress in a way that feels sustainable, not overwhelming. It’s structured, but flexible. Thoughtful, but practical.

My role is to guide, adjust, and support you as your goals evolve, ensuring progress that lasts beyond the gym floor.

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About

Empowering Your Journey to Better Fitness and Wellness

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I’ve been a personal trainer since I was 16, but I came to truly understand the importance of physical health in my twenties. As a solo parent to two young children, strength, energy, and resilience weren’t optional — they were necessary. Like many people, I couldn’t prioritise health in isolation. Family came first, work came second, and health had to fit efficiently into the gaps. That experience shaped how I think about training: not as something that dominates life, but something that supports it.

I never had the capacity or inclination for extreme training or restrictive approaches. 

 

Instead, I learned to work intelligently with the balance of movement, nutrition, and rejuvenation to maintain general health under real-world pressure.

Alongside parenting preschoolers, I completed a postgraduate diploma in health science (physical activity and nutrition), expanding my framework and refining my approach. In 2020, a head injury disrupted that balance and deepened my understanding of recovery, adaptability, and long-term health. Unable to work in a gym environment for a period of time, I completed a first-class honours degree in psychology, strengthening my understanding of physical and mental resilience, and how these principles are applied to individuals in practice — insights that continue to inform my work today.

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The 3-Pillar Framework

Movement

An achievable movement goal example is going on one outdoor walk to support stress management.

Nutrition

An achievable nutrition goal example is increasing daily vegetable intake from 2 to 4. 

Rejuvenation

An achievable Rejuvenation goal example is spend 20 minutes reading in the sun. 

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Services Available

I provide sessions in month blocks. If you’re new to personal training, you might like just one block. At the end of the month you might like to book another block, or you might like to continue independently with the exercise plan I’ve given you.  

Session Options

1 Session Per Month 30 Minutes - $78 peak, $72 off-peak 45 Minutes - $111 peak, $102 off-peak 1 Hour - $130 peak, $120 off peak

2-3 Sessions per month 30 Minutes - $75 peak, $69 off-peak 45 Minutes - $106 peak, $98 off-peak 1 Hour - $125 peak, $115 off-peak

4-5 Sessions per month 30 Minutes - $72 peak, $66 off-peak 45 Minutes - $102 peak, $94 off-peak 1 Hour - $120 peak, $110 off-peak

6-7 Sessions per month 30 Minutes - $69 peak, $63 off-peak 45 Minutes - $98 peak, $89 off-peak 1 Hour - $115 peak, $105 off-peak

8+ Sessions per month 30 Minutes - $66 peak, $60 off-peak 45 Minutes - $94 peak, $85 off-peak 1 Hour - $110 peak, $100 off-peak

Note: Off peak is Mon to Fri 9am till 5pm, 

Availability March

Tuesday 17/03

Morning

9:30am - 11:45am

Afternoon

1:45pm - 2:30pm

Tuesday 24/03

Morning

6:45am - 7:15am

9:15am - 11:30am

Tuesday 31/03

Morning

6:45am - 7:15am

9:15am - 9:45am

10:45am - 11:45am

Afternoon

1:45pm - 2:15pm

5:45pm - 6:15pm

Les Mills Takapuna gym where Claire Bellingham offers personal training sessions

I work out of Les Mills Takapuna, when you book a session, we make full use of the Les Mills facilities to ensure your training is supported with the right equipment and environment.

You do not need to be a Les Mills member — your personal training fee includes casual entry to the club for your session.

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Claire has the ability to meet you where you are in your wellness journey, and agree with you small achievable goals as you begin to move forward.  Over time, and almost without you realising, your fitness and wellness has improved beyond your own expectations.  

I have worked with Claire for some time, and have achieved weight loss goals and wellness goals I never thought possible.  The relentless focus Claire has for my own health and well-being has sustained me during high stress periods of work and life, and her advice is always practical, applicable, and sustains change. If you are looking for a personal trainer who will actively work to move you forward to wellness, Claire can help. I absolutely recommend her.

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