Efua
(Ef'wah)

Efua was born in Ghana, and from the age of 3 months travelled extensively, going to school in five countries before settling in London. She is married with two children, age 15 and 11 and still lives in London.

Efua trained as a dancer at the London School of Contemporary Dance, and also at the ballet akadamien in Stockholm. She has worked as a choreographer and a dancer as well as working for many years as a fashion model.Efua has been a fitness professional or "Body Sculptor", as she prefers to be called, for over twelve years.

Efua now trains private clients and has developed a loyal following in the image-driven world of celebrity where her unique and highly effective techniques are much sought after. Efua helped to prepare Christian Bale for his role in the film Batman.

She worked on a production for Amber TV titled Bye Bye Thunderthighs (2003) where Efua was given the task of transforming the lives and physiques of four obese (over 250 lbs) individuals chosen from all walks of life.Most of them had only ever known themselves as overweight. Efua trained with them for four months, twice a week, and stayed in touch by phone on non-training days. Their bodies and habits were transformed. They lost a collective 173 lbs!

Efua is proud to have been featured in the BBC TV series Fat Nation - The Big Challenge (2004). This 9-part series kicked off a wide scale 2-year campaign to challenge the UK to improve its approach and attitude to health and fitness. Making permanent lifestyle changes is not an easy job, but Efua was up to the challenge. She continues the mission to motivate the country and has participated in the Fat Nation fitness road shows.

Currently on release is a fitness video called The All Star Workout, where Efua will work out celebrities for Breakthrough, the UK's largest breast cancer charity, to be released in stores in January, 2007.

Efua has trained teenagers, large groups, professional athletes, pregnant women, and yes a couple of divas. Whoever she trains, their nutrition, lifestyle, and mental and physical fitness all get a workout on the way to creating and maintaining a healthy and stunning physique.

Her work out style draws from many influences including body building, martial arts, dance, yoga and boxing. In many ways that’s the easy part. We all know looking and feeling fabulous has a lot to do with regular exercises and choosing the right lunch.

Unfortunately we live in the real world, with real bodies, real schedules and real budgets... Knowing what to do is tiny next to finding the will to do it.

Efua has a family of her own complete with school runs, green veg phobias and snack addicts, trust she gets it . That’s where her particular brand of humour, focused expertise and boundless energy come into it. This is a woman with a passion for what she does, and it’s infectious.

Efua has been featured in articles in the following publications: Men’s Health, People magazine, Muscle magazine (U.S.A) Heat, ES magazine, and Vogue (UK).