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About Me
Background
HELLO!
Thank you for visiting my website. Welcome to your new beginning!
My name is Dr Annaliese Mawdsley. I am a Bespoke Female Personal Trainer, fitness and health coach based in Exeter. I worked in the NHS as a Medical Professional for 20 years. Unfortunately due to mental ill-health, I had to make the extremely hard decision to leave the clinical field. Within that time I achieved my Personal Training qualifications, including Nutrition Coach and specialisms within Pre- and Postnatal care, Youth Exercise and Long Term Health conditions. This enabled me to strive towards my dream job as a fitness and health coach, having always been a competitive sports player and longstanding triathlete.
I moved to Exeter in 2020 (yes, the second lockdown) where I completed a Diploma in Sports and Exercise Medicine, alongside being a Small Group Lecturer and tutor to medical students at the University of Exeter Medical School.
Having a huge passion for Physical Activity and always wanting to help others, setting up my own business in Personal Training seemed a no-brainer. Being a doctor, I thoroughly understand the human body, advanced anatomy and physiology, including how the female body adapts to significant life challenges of pregnancy and the peri-/menopausal years.
My background also provides me with many transferable skills essential as a Fitness and Health Coach, including rapport, communication importantly listening skills, putting the client first and making a programme individual and bespoke to them. I am also an accredited Work/Life Coach within NHS Health Education England.
Together with all these valuable skills and exceptional knowledge, I provide a truly holistic, empathetic and empowering health and fitness journey for YOU the client.
Women 'Let's move more!'
Physical Activity (PA) is essentially defined as any form of purposeful movement.
Frustratingly when working in the NHS, there is not enough time to educate about physical activity, despite the fact it is the most essential disease prevention tool out there. If it was provided in a simple prescribed pill, it would cost millions.
150 minutes of moderate intensity (eg fast walk/leisure cycling) Physical Activity per week (or 30mins 5 days/wk) decreases your risk of:
- dementia by 30%,
- colon cancer by 30%
- breast cancer by 20%
- depression by 30%
- hip fractures up to 68%
- Cardiovascular disease (eg. heart attacks, strokes) by 35%
- Type 2 diabetes by 40%
- All cause mortality by 30%
Only 61% of the female population perform enough physical activity to meet these physical activity guidelines (4% less than men). Within pregnancy, evidence is not as clear, but the figures are a lot worse. Hayman et al 2023, scoping review, demonstrated that <30% pregnant women in western developed countries are sufficiently active.* Inadequate or incorrect advice, plus fears of harming their baby mean pregnant women are reluctant to exercise.
Take a look at my 'services' section to read more about the benefits of Physical Activity in specialist populations (Pregnancy, Postnatal, Menopause)
Positive Culture Change in talking about female health: promising beginnings
“The positive reaction to my decision to start a conversation about the impact of periods and my menstrual cycle on my training and performance was really heartening. "
Eilish Mc Colgan 10,000m Commonwealth Gold Medalist
It's fantastic that several female elite athletes are now speaking out, but still infrequently run, cyle, triathlon events provide readily available period products at aid stations? Many teenage girls stop doing sport because of their periods.
Only 11% of athletes within this photographed Ironman triathlon competition were female, however more and more females are taking up the sport of triathlon. Televised women cycling has impressed hugely in the last few years, as well as team sports like football, netball, hockey and rugby.
Recently the successful campaign of the Women's England Football team to change the colour of their shorts from white to blue, shows more acceptance and talking about the effects of the menstrual cycle, both psychologically and physically, on training.
However, there is still a long way to go. Together we can change this gender inequality.