Meet Emma!
An article by Various Sources
Posted October 8, 2007 
Emma Britton, 33, lives in Bridgwater, Somerset with her partner John. Emma qualified as an exercise to music teacher in July 1998 and has been teaching exercise and fitness since then and in January 2002 launched Emma’s XL Exercise Company.
As well as teaching aerobics classes for all shapes and sizes in the community, including a class exclusively for ladies who are size 16+ only, Emma has also worked in the field of exercising special population’s i.e. older people, people with medical conditions, those with mental health issues and her favourite area of work – people who are overweight and/or inactive. Emma now works full-time in a media role but continues to teach aerobics classes in the evenings and takes every opportunity to promote the benefits of being fit, happy and healthy regardless of weight, shape or size.
Emma is unusual as a fitness instructor in that she is a dress size 18/20 and weights approximately 16 stone which means that in the opinion of the medical profession she is classed as “obese”.
Emma encourages people of all ages, shapes and sizes to be more active and enjoy the many benefits of regular exercise which she is keen to point out is not just about losing weight! If that was the case – she would be a size 8 and not a size 18!
Personally she has adopted exercise as a way of maintaining her good health without worrying about dieting which she tried many times without success in her late teens/early twenties resulting in very negative experiences, low self-esteem and even periods of depression.
“I enjoy, relish and love the lifestyle I have adopted over the last 10 years where I now eat what I want including healthy choices and not so healthy choices but all in moderation, I exercise regularly and more importantly I have developed a level of self-acceptance and self-confidence realising that I am never going to look like a model, develop a six-pack stomach or rid myself of cellulite and stretch marks BUT I can lead a healthy, fit, happy and active life regardless of my size and the way society views me as an overweight person!”.
Emma appears regularly in the media and is renowned for her unique approach to being a larger size but fit and healthy and her ambition is to spread this unusual but increasingly researched and proven concept to all sizes around the UK.
To find out more about Emma and her XL Exercise Company click on the link below.
