BODY TRANSFORMATION
WOMEN'S COMBAT KRAV MAGA
SELF DEFENCE
BOXING
Nicholas Polo
The Story
My career life begun in consulting engineering in Washington before moving to London to eventually co-found a boutique consulting engineering firm securing clients like Tiffany’s, Apple, MTV and Alexander McQueen.
However as much as the commercial business world can provide a good income and lifestyle, I found myself eager to try something different and more giving. As Arnold Schwarzenegger once put it after becoming the highest paid actor in Hollywood: “What’s next”? From 15 years old, my passion had been fitness, so it felt only natural to make my hobby my work and help others become healthier both physically but more so mentally. After all, we now live longer so what we do now will be the foundation for the quality of our life for those extra years.
With that in mind I joined YMCA’s personal training programme and after working for a fat loss specialised gym on London’s acclaimed Harley Street, I gained a great experience in body transformation, muscle building and reduction of body fat percentage. I developed my 10 Day Fat Loss Program, a kick start to fitness plan and at-home translation of my own lifestyle and health and fitness regime. This enabled me to reach people from all over the world and to share my own holistic lifestyle, one that is based not just on exercise but also on good nutrition and supplements – a coaching that is still absent from most health clubs!
Not long far after when my wife Joanne and I had our daughter Myla, a 12 year old girl was attacked down the street from our place and managed to fight off her attacker. Being a parent, that was a wakeup call for me. Fitness was no longer just about fat loss. It was also about getting fighting fit. I decided to get trained in Krav Maga and Boxing coaching and began to run Women’s Combat Self Defence sessions in Hampstead Heath. The sessions are pretty dynamic with a mix of various combat activities to improve self defence skills, endurance and confidence while being physically challenged and getting mentally recharged.
My vision is to make Combat Self Defence training accessible to as many people as possible not just because of the safety benefits but also of the mental boost that comes with any combat sport activities. So if you are up for something different, challenging and stress busting, click above!