Kat Gordon is one of our Find Your Active Ambassadors and has been supporting residents in Basildon to help them find the activity that suits their lifestyle. As part of her role to inspire others she has set herself an incredible challenge of trying a new activity every week.
Physical activity is so important for our health and wellbeing and we appreciate that being active can look different to everyone. The Find Your Active campaign really resonated with Kat as she explained she was someone who came into fitness quite late in life and lacked confidence in her body and ability. We wanted to find out about Kat’s journey to physical activity and what made her decide to take on this epic challenge.
“I had a period of illness that turned my life around and discovered through the different activities available, I was able to come off nine medications, lost five stone and was more present with my children. As a result, I qualified as a personal trainer specialising in clinical exercise and particularly in cancer rehabilitation to help others understand how physical activity can vastly improve their lives.
With the Find Your Active Challenge I want to showcase some of the fantastic sports and activities within the county that you can try as a beginner and demonstrate that physical activity is for all, whether you consider yourself to be the sporty type or not. I want to help encourage people to get out of their comfort zone and try something new.
Physical activity has completely changed my life from a sick, sedentary, overweight individual in my early 30’s, to someone in my early 40’s who enjoys challenging myself in lots of different ways. It makes it even better that it’s now also my job.
My journey is ongoing and with Find Your Active I am trying a different activity every week. So far, I have already taken part in parkrun, online spin classes, Zumba sessions, Thai boxing, and dog walking just to name a few. I keep finding new things all the time, it can be difficult leading a busy life to schedule time in and it can take a little calendar plotting, but it’s so worth it to lead a healthy and fulfilled life.”
At Active Essex we are all behind Kat and so proud of her winning the Find Your Active Ambassador of the Year Award at the recent Essex Activity Awards, which she thoroughly deserved. If you want to find out what activities Kat tries next, make sure you stay tuned.
