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Ian Milarvie, personal trainer.


A PERSONAL trainer North Connel is people


seeking was


Milarvie, a


calling on alternative


ways to keep fi t to fi nd their inner animal. Ian 51,


windsur f ing inst ructor but family


from life meant moving on, so over the


years he tried


methods of keeping fi t and various different careers.


He undertook a Diploma in Personal Training with a view to passing on his passion for fi tness to


others and teaches cycling various A side-plank. 26


classes via fi tness franchise Les Mills and high a intensity fi tness called Metafi t at Atlantis Leisure in Oban. But Ian has this year also become the fi rst UK certifi ed Animal Flow coach. The latest primal fi tness trend to come out of the States, Animal Flow is a hybrid that takes in gymnastics, parkour, capoeira, and even break- dancing. What makes it hard is also what makes it so effective. ‘I had been looking for an alternative way to work out for some time,’ said Ian. ‘I was bored of the same old techniques - weights, running and other standard regimes. I found out about Animal Flow in a magazine article. ‘I attended a two-day work


Ian finds his


inner animal


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