What is TruBe

TruBe is the first on demand personal training app, think uber for personal trainers. Handy ey!

How it works

So you download the app and create your profile, then its pretty simple choose your day you want the session. Click book a new session for the date you have chosen and then you can define the kind of personal training session you want. Firstly by selecting session type either HIIT, Toning & Conditioning, Strength and Power, Ballet Barre or Couple Workout. Then you select your time, address and add notes then bish bash bosh your done. Now TruBe doesn’t have set gyms or locations its up to you to choose the location. I personally think this app is great for working out outdoors in parks or gardens in London. Or if you fancied it you could have your PT session at home the possibilities are endless. Once you have confirmed and paid for this booking you then get a notification to say that one of the TruBe personal trainers has confirmed the session. You can then click on their profile and check them out/ stalk them a bit. Well that’s what I did haha my trainer was Abbi C and once she confirmed I was able to check out her picture, experience and a bio about her and her motivation/passions etc. You also can see their qualifications and associations which is useful!

My TruBe PT session

So for my actual session I chose to workout in one of my local parks which I often see people training in. I love being able to train outdoors in the summer, makes for a much more enjoyable workout don’t you think. This is England however so you are always taking a risk when working out outdoors as you never know with the weather…..joys of UK living ey. Can you tell I still have Ibiza blues (seriously they aren’t leaving!).

I went for Toning and Conditioning style of workout and Abbi had me doing a range of moves from eccentric squats and press ups. Eccentric style of workouts hits your growth hormone explained Abbi something  that helps burn fat and gets you stronger, and I mean who doesn’t want that? We also did walking lunges with a sand bag partnered with oblique twists so we killed two birds with one stone abs and legs. My poor body was in pieces as the day before I had done loads of exercise so had major ‘doms’. Basically I was a cripple and probably moaning a lot about my aching body to Abbi. We finished the session off with some core workouts- my favourite! I know I know I just love core exercises they are my favourite…..does that make me weird?! The core work we done included targetting obliques and upper and lower abs. For example planks where you touch one hip to the floor at a time (killer) sand bag pulls in a plan position and straight leg crunches also with a sand bag. The result….my abs were in pieces the next day.

I loved Abbi she was amazing and made the session so fun! I almost felt like I was working out with a friend. Also it was obvious that she really knew her stuff talking me through all the moves and why they were beneficial and what areas of the body they worked on which I found fascinating.

Final Thoughts

I think TruBe is definitely helping to make fitness more accessible especially for those with a very busy lifestyle or perhaps travel a lot and can’t commit to one personal trainer or gym membership….personal trainers at just a push of a button, now we really have no excuses!

Head over to the TruBe website here for more info and how you can download the app x