About GO Gym

GO Gym: a brief history

Hi! I’m Valerie, and I have spent my entire adult life supporting people with chronic illness in order to improve their quality of life through tailored nutrition and exercise as well as lifestyle interventions.

I was 11 years old when my father had his first heart attack, which was so severe it rendered him unfit to return to work. This was really challenging for the family… my mum took on an extra job to help make ends meet and I, at age 11, took on a job selling tablet, mint and macaroon bars around my community to help where I could.

My dad had subsequent heart attacks and by the time I was 17 it was well known that he was suffering from depression. One of the many reasons for his depression was that he felt a failure as a dad and a husband as he wasn’t able to provide financially for his family. Sadly, he passed prematurely at the age of 63 due to chronic heart disease.

If my father had had access to appropriate nutrition, mindfulness and specialist exercise, then statistically, it would have reduced the risk of further heart attacks and potentially given him a longer healthier life.

To put that into context, ‘my career has been about breaking down what is often complicated, emotional, and Health and Fitness jargon to help my clients to understand what to eat, how to exercise and also when to rest. My ethos has always been to help my families to not just survive, but to thrive.

GO Gym allows you to exercise in the comfort of your own home, while being part of a community that has your health at its heart.

We provide specialist exercise, nutrition and support for a wide range of chronic illness, from cancer to obesity, MS to FM, diabetes and mental health. This is just the beginning as we will be expand our library to support other chronic conditions in future.

At GO Gym we recognise the important of having choices. We provide health and fitness solutions for the whole family hence the importance of our “general public” services.

Whether subscribing to a General Fitness membership or part of the Chronic Illness community, our members can feel proud in knowing that they are supporting a social enterprise business whose social purpose is to give back to the community by making health and fitness inclusive and accessible for all.

Children’s health is also important to us and we look forward to developing GO Junior. We hope to encourage young people to adopt a healthy lifestyle.