About
Wise & Prime is an independent team of preventative and restorative healthcare specialists.
We share one common purpose:
To educate, guide and support people to optimum health, strength and fitness – both physically and mentally.
Mat’s Story
After experiencing a severe burnout from chronic stress, Mat was surprised to find that the healthcare professionals didn’t have the answers for him and the majority offered him medication to manage the symptoms.
He knew there must be a better, more natural way to heal…
Thankfully, after spending many years researching and experimenting with a wide range of approaches, he eventually discovered that the solutions were much simpler than first thought.
No fads. No gimmicks. No fancy tech required.
They were all methods that have stood the test of time. But ones that many, in the developed world, have lost sight of due to our overly-comfortable (yet increasingly stressful) lives.
And so, once Mat understood how to work WITH stress to strengthen his body and mind, he not only made a full recovery but soon became happier and healthier than ever before.
After coming out the other side, he started teaching these evidence-based methods to others to improve their physical and mental health. Lo and behold, Wise & Prime was born.
So if right now, you’re struggling with your physical or mental health, know this: There is a natural path to better health and Mat (as well as thousands of others) are living proof of that.
And if you’re willing, he’d love to show you the way.
Meet the team
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After experiencing a severe burnout in his twenties, Mat discovered that a combination of mindfulness, functional movement and the Wim Hof Method, was what he need to recover and thrive again.
Now, Mat uses his experience to better inform his understanding of the mind as well as the body to help people change their habits long term.
“When you have a clear and content mind, you make better decisions and are more likely to achieve your health and fitness goals, whatever they may be. It all starts with building an internal awareness of your thoughts and subsequent behaviours.” – Mat
It’s this empathetic, holistic approach that has enabled Mat’s clients to consistently glide past previous barriers and dramatically improve both their physical strength and fitness as well as their overall sense of wellbeing.
Book a FREE, no-obligation taster session with Mat today to get started.
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You might be surprised to know that Michelle didn’t start exercising regularly until after she had her two girls. Keeping fit for them was her motivation to start.
In fact, regular exercise had such a profound effect on Michelle that she decided to leave a very respectable career as a Senior Product Designer at a Top Japanese Motor Company to become one of Hove’s Leading Personal Trainers – and hasn’t looked back.
“I wanted to be a strong and healthy role model for my family. Now my motivation comes naturally as it just makes me feel good, gives me confidence, improves my mental health, and helps me face life’s challenges.” – Michelle
She brings the same friendly, fun and professional mindset to all her sessions and believes it’s never too late to become the healthiest version of yourself.
Book a FREE, no-obligation taster session with Michelle today to get started.
The current state of affairs
Body
Our bodies simply weren’t designed to spend as much time as they do in sedentary positions - they were designed to move. And move with purpose.
It’s becoming easier and easier to avoid expending energy thanks to better and faster technology.
As a result, our bodies are not being stimulated in the right way and we are losing touch with our natural way of moving.
And without regularly stimulating our muscles and joints, they simply get weaker and stiffer over time – especially after the age of 30.
Take chairs as an example. Because so many of us have become accustomed to sitting in chairs from school onwards, we struggle to touch our toes, have hunched shoulders and struggle with back/neck pain on and off throughout our lives.
Thankfully, it’s quite possible for us all to reverse the effects of modern-day living and enable our bodies to thrive again through regular functional fitness training.
And our job at Wise & Prime is to make that as simple and achievable as possible for you through first-class personal training – regardless of your starting point.
Mind
As humans evolved on the planet, we slowly developed the ability to think conceptually. That’s to say, we began visualising, discussing and planning events in our own minds.
This evolutionary leap set us apart from the rest of the animal kingdom and enabled us to create the infinite complexity and multiplicity that we see around us every day.
Over time, however, it would appear that humans have become increasingly identified with their thinking minds. That is to say, they have become the voice in their head rather than the conscious observer of their thoughts.
As a result, the vast majority of people alive today are totally at the mercy of their endless stream of thoughts. Thoughts they have little control over and that most likely don’t contribute to a happy, peaceful life.
It seems this lack of internal awareness is at the root of the most common psychological disorders arising on the planet right now - predominantly the rise of chronic stress, anxiety and depression.
The good news is that everyone has the ability to step out of their ‘thinking mind’ and live more peacefully. It just takes a little practice.
A new era in Personal Training has arrived.
And it involves the mind just as much as the body.
The name Wise & Prime is derived from the two ideal states of being – a Wise mind and a Prime body.
It would appear that both of these states are required for a truly sustainable, healthy and happy life – as each one informs the other in a profound way.
Traditional healthcare professionals focus on getting you to a state of wellness – often by only treating the symptoms.
Our goal is to get you to (and keep you in) a state of fitness - by preventing the cause.
“If exercise could be packaged in a pill, it would be the single most widely prescribed and beneficial medicine in the nation.”
Robert Butler, National Institute on Aging
Our difference.
We focus on moving the way our bodies are design to - rooted in evolutionary biology and refined by modern-day exercise physiology.
As a by-product of training this way, you’ll FEEL the benefits – both physically and mentally – and your body will reflect the choices you’ve made and LOOK the best it can.
This is ultimately WHY we are attracted to strong, lean physiques in the first place - one’s outward appearance should reflect their physical capabilities and internal state of mind.
It’s this holistic approach that has enabled our clients to glide past previous barriers and stay fit, strong and healthy long-term.
