Hear the story of Chief Ninja Jon - his upbringing, transition from fat child to semi-pro athlete and Personal Trainer and on to creating and growing RISE!

Here the story of a how a more recent joiner came to be part of The Academy and his experience since joining

Hear Jamie's story - years of life getting in the way, two steps forward and three back and slowly slipping in the direction he didn't want to go in. And how that's changed over the last four years.

Find out about Faye's life before RISE - the slimming clubs the yo-you weight loss and gain. And hear about her journey in the five years since.

Hear about Janet's story - her life before we knew her, her joining to help gain "strength" as husband Peter faced terminal cancer and her journey since.

Hear the story of real members - where they were at before they started with us, their journey as a member, the high points and the challenges.