Having worked in London office jobs for 15 years in town planning I have first hand experience of how hard it can be to fit exercise and good nutrition into every day life when you’re sitting at a desk most of the day and commuting to work. Working from home is more common nowadays but more or less the same challenges exist. I always aim to keep workouts as simple and effective as possible to maximise the benefit particularly for people with a hectic schedule. I’ve recently become a Dad too so have a genuine understanding of the difficulties parenthood can layer on top of an already busy lifestyle.
Personal training is all about adapting workouts to the specific needs of the client. I aim to make the workouts both challenging, achievable and tailored to your fitness level. I’d much prefer you to do 10 workouts at a low or medium intensity than 5 at a high intensity which could lead to burnout, injury or overtraining. Consistency beats intensity. That said if I can see you’re ready to be pushed I will give you the encouragement you need to level up your training.
Nutrition is critical whatever your goal is. And what you should eat or not eat can be very confusing especially with the latest fad diets. The most effective nutrition strategies are always the simplest. I have personally tried a lot of the various nutrition approaches such as intermittent fasting, calorie counting, low carb, high protein, high fat, and keto. They all have their place and can be effective so I will aim to advise on the most appropriate protocol or combination to suit you and your goals be it losing body fat, increasing strength or training for a race.
Having done a wide variety of sports I believe it’s important to take fundamental movement patterns and apply them to workouts for clients. I find this makes my training sessions more interesting, functional and I’m always keen to explain physiology and exercise application to everyday life or specific sports.
I’ve never been much of a gym monkey and so have worked out pretty much exclusively at home or outside using bodyweight and minimal equipment. I use this experience to help clients train in the same way using calisthenics (bodyweight exercises), TRX (suspension training straps), rubber bands and boxercise. Obviously if I’m training you at home and you have equipment like dumbbells, kettlebells or anything else I’m always keen to adapt workouts to use it.
