Charlotte Came Back Stronger Than Before Her Sports Injury

Charlotte came to G2G Coaching with a nasty sports injury from running. It had come out of nowhere. And she’d never dealt with anything like it before.

As a seasoned runner, Charlotte was used to training fifteen hours a week. So, running wasn’t a hobby she could just hit pause on for a few weeks. And she wasn’t happy hitting pause on a sport she loves. Because when you have a sports injury,

And more worryingly, she’d heard how sports injury recovery usually goes. At a normal private gym in Edinburgh, get might get told to rest up and stick to a set of simple stretch band exercises.

“You get a set of three exercises focused on that thing to make whatever’s injured better. But as someone that’s used to training for 15 hours a week, what do I do with the rest of the time that I’m not sitting on the floor with a stretch band?”

That wasn’t what Charlotte wanted. So, she came to G2G Coaching for a sports injury recovery programme that wouldn’t leave her twiddling her thumbs until she got better.

A Recovery Programme Built Around What She Could Still Do

G2G Coaching’s approach was the opposite of a few stretches and a wait.

Charlotte got a four-day-a-week strength and conditioining programme she could get her teeth into straight away. A programme that didn’t just focus on what she couldn’t do, but built hard around everything she still could.

There was no rush on it either, which mattered more than she expected. The coaches understood that an injury isn’t only a physical problem. Getting over one is a mentally scary thing, and they treated it that way.

The results came way faster than she thought possible. She was back to squatting in two weeks.

“It was literally two weeks later I was starting to be able to squat again. My mind was just blown.”

Started as a Sports Recovery. Ended as a Personal Best

What started as a sports injury recovery, ended as a personal best for Charlotte. She’s now training and on-track to beat her pre-injury 5K time.

But there’s an even bigger change. And it’s one that all G2G members experience.

That change is how Charlotte sees the gym and a better understanding of her own body. She won’t be needing a personal trainer, because she’s become her own personal trainer.

“It’s given me the confidence that now when I go into other gyms, I’m like, I do belong here. This is fine, I know what I’m doing.”

Charlotte came to G2G Coaching for a sports injury recovery. She gave it everything and came back a stronger, more confident athlete who’s more resistant for the sport she loves: running.