Kate and Daley have utilised all their expertise to create the first Adventure Boot Camps in the UK and they have selected some of the most accomplished and empathetic trainers in the country to run them.

It's not just about having the highest fitness qualifications, it's about life experience and how they are with people - that means we value empathy as highly as accomplishment.

Our trainers have a pheonomenal range of experience between them, some are Olympic or international athletes and champions in their own right; others train the top British Olympic hopefuls - all are professionals who know how motivate and help you become the best you can be.

It’s fantastic and motivating team, at the very top of their game and we feel lucky to have them on board.

Meet the trainers

Kate Staples

Esher   Cobham   Esher   Whitely  

Director & trainer Kate is an inspirational sporting figure, whose achievements in athletics include breaking 42 British records, 12 Commonwealth records and achieving a ranking of 8th in the world for indoor athletics in 1996.

A former gladiator, Kate is no stranger to media spotlight and her character Zodiac was a well-loved part of the show from 1992 - 1997. Kate also presented the children's Gladiator series. Kate was invited to appear in the new Gladiators series but had to decline as she is expecting her third child in October. However, she hopes to make a guest appearance in Gladiators Legends.

In 1997, Kate's career took a dramatic turn when she broke her neck in two places and underwent eight hours of surgery, which forced early retirement from both Gladiators and British Athletics, having made full recovery, her experiences prompted her to further her efforts to inspire others to live a fit and healthy life.

A mother of two small children, Kate pursued her passion for educating others to live a healthy lifestyle when she created the government-backed Fitness for Life programme in conjunction with Mark UK. She became director of a nationwide schools programme to promote health and fitness among children.

Kate trained with Premier training, one of the leading personal training bodies in the UK, and started training a select group of celebrity clients in London. In 2003 Kate gained the only qualification in the world to run Adventure Boot Camp, following an intense training programme in California and was the first person to bring Adventure Boot Camps to the UK.

The launch of Kate Staples Adventure Boot Camp in 2003 was a resounding success. Kate recreated the camaraderie that she felt when training on track, and clients are seeing amazing results on their fitness levels.

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Daley Thompson

Brighton  

Director Daley was quite simply the world's greatest decathlete. Unbeaten for nine years, he was the first to hold the World, Olympic, Commonwealth and European titles at the same time as well as the world record.

Daley was Olympic champion in 1980 and 1984 World champion in 1983; European champion in 1982 and 1986, and Commonwealth champion in 1978, 1982 and 1986. He also set four world records in the most demanding of multi-discipline events.

Forced to retire from the decathlon through injury in 1992, Daley went on to play professional football. More recently, he has harnessed his matchless drive and enthusiasm to become a leading ambassador lobbying to bring the 2012 Olympics to London.

Daley believes that the combination of challenge, support and inspiration offered by the Adventure Boot camp brings a new dimension to training women at all levels of fitness. He says that he is consistently amazed at the commitment of the clients and the results that can be achieved.

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Nick Buckfield

Cobham   Esher   Esher   Whitely  

Nick has been a full-time professional athlete for over 15 years and loved sport even before that. As a boy he played for Crystal Palace schoolboys and was a county judo player. He took up the pole vault at the age of 15 and by 22 he had broken the 14-year British pole vault record. The following year Nick broke the indoor pole vault record that had stood for 15 years.

Nick currently holds unbroken 13-year records for both indoor and outdoor records at 5.81 metres He was the first British vaulter to jump over 19ft (5.80m) and holds the record for the best British performance at a World Championship (5th place at Athens in 1997).

Nick's career has also taken him to three Commonwealth Games, where he achieved 4th place in both 2002 and 2006; three European Championships and five World Championships. Plus, he has been a double Olympian in 1996 and 2004 (he remembers watching Daley Thompson at the 1984 Los Angeles Olympics and knew then that he wanted to be an Olympian!).

After fracturing his pelvis in the 1998 European Championships, Nick was impelled to take up sports massage and is now a qualified sports massage therapist. He is also a Level 3 athletics coach, and a multi-skills and athletic coach for primary schools. He 'relaxes' by surfing, body boarding, mountain biking, fishing and just messing around with his son.

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Seb Reynolds

Ascot   Ascot  

After being involved in sport and fitness from a very early age it seemed a completely natural progression for Seb to pursue a career in the fitness industry. He has now been personal training for 6 years. He gained a Premier Training Level 3 Qualification in Personal Training and Fitness Instructing, starting work as a Trainer at a leading Health Club. As well as personal training he also has a strong passion for group fitness, teaching classes such as Bodypump, Spin, RPM and Circuits.

Seb loves to play a wide range of sports but his main sport is rugby, playing for Redingensians RFC. In 2006 he spent a season in New Zealand playing Division 1 in Taranaki for Clifton RFC.

Three years into his career he gained further qualifications in Sports Massage Therapy (Level3) and Nutrition. He now trains in a fitness centre in Ascot and also offers home training.

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Brian Hooper

Guildford   Walton-on-Thames   Cranmore School  

Brian is one of the country's most experienced athletes. Twice Olympic finalist and Commonwealth medallist, he set 34 British records and eight Commonwealth records over a 15-year careers as the UK's top pole vaulter.

He went on show his all-round athletics ability in TV's Superstars, one of the ultimate tests of sporting fitness. He won no less than six programmes, won the UK championship three times and was the only Brit to win the World Superstars competition. Showing a real competitive streak, he returned to the show in 2003, and competed against athletes many years his junior.

After retiring from competitive athletics, Brian became a sports science lecturer. He specialised in anatomy and physiology, exercise physiology, bio-mechanics and nutrition. He also trained in metabolic typing - determining a person’s individual metabolism.

World champions benefit from Brian's coaching, and he is also developing his own personal training programme that will take trainers to the highest personal training qualification available. Brian will be one of the lecturers at the training camps for new Adventure boot camp instructors.

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Kelly Cullen

Herne Bay & Whitstable  

Based in Kent's Herne Bay area, Kelly Cullen is an extremely experienced Fitness Instructor, Personal Trainer, College Lecturer and Assessor. Passionate about the beneficial effects of exercise, Kelly has been training and presenting on fitness since 1979. She holds over 50 fitness qualifications and motivates all her clients with her enthusiasm and professionalism.

She has been evangelical about exercise since turning her life around after reluctantly joining a popmobility class at the behest of her great niece. The class helped her to come off medication, stop smoking and lose weight. In fact, it inspired her so much that she was able to take over the class when the regular instructor left.

Since then, Kelly has taught nationally and internationally, written for magazines and appeared on local TV and radio as a fitness guru. Her training qualifications include Pilates, Weight Training, Movement Composition and Personal Training awards. Kelly is currently in her final year of a degree in Exercise and Nutrition.

In addition to training, Kelly has relished physical challenges such as climbing the Great Wall of China, charity cycle events, power lifting (winning championships and becoming an Olympic qualifier) and winning a strength and stamina competition.

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David Butler

Fulham  

David is the Managing Director of a fitness company and, prior to setting up his business, he was in the police force. He represented the police in various sports including track (800m), life saving, swimming and the triathlon. David gravitated towards training and became the Force Physical Training Instructor. He was then seconded to the Home Office as a Police Sergeant PTI and Self Defence Instructor (Judo, Aikdo and Taiho Jutsu).

After leaving the police, David qualified further with various organisations such as Premier Training, YMCA and became an Advanced Trainer with The American College of Sports Medicine (ACSM), and also an examiner for one of the ACSM training companies.

He set up one of the first Personal Training Gyms in the country in Kensington for the then National Register of Personal Trainers, and was also part of the Management Team at the launch of Holmes Place Kingston. A keen cyclist, David trains several riders for the L'Etape du Tour each year.

David does what he has always dreamed of: lives and breathes fitness and well-being, and shares his passion with anyone who wants join in.

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Rochelle Butler

Rochelle came to London from her native South Africa to complete her Homeopathy Degree at The London College of Homeopathy. Whilst studying, she continued to practice as a Sports Massage Therapist, and her subsequent alternative treatment clinics in west London included osteopaths, reflexologists, cranial osteopaths and homeopaths.

Her area of special interest is back rehabilitation. The combination of prescriptive exercise, deep tissue massage and homeopathic remedies has proven a successful formula in improving joint function, increasing range of motion and flexibility throughout the system and alleviating symptoms. She has created a Back Recovery programme for that has proved a great success in alleviating back issues and delivering increased mobility.

Rochelle's clients include a number of successful tennis players and an ex-world motor racing champion. Her professional qualifications include Homeopathy (LCH); Sports Massage (ITEC) and HFI Fitness Instructor & Personal Trainer.

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Samantha Teague

Oxshott  

Samantha holds a degree in Sport Psychology from the University of Pretoria (South Africa). Modules in Nutrition, Exercise Science and Physiology and Psychology were complemented by Netball and Gymnastics coaching qualifications, and Samantha also represented the university at Rhythmical Gymnastics.

An accomplished Modern Jazz dancer, Samantha qualified as a dance teacher through the Association of International Dance Teachers (AIDT), and spent time running a Modern Jazz Dance School for girls.

Since moving to the UK in 2007, Samantha has worked as a Personal Trainer. In her spare time she takes dance classes and participates in 5km and 10km runs.

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Nicki Banks

Stratford Upon Avon  

Warwickshire instructor Nicki Banks has been passionate about fitness and well-being since childhood. She was a strong player in many school sports and captained the Inter School Hockey team before venturing into the gym with her Mr Northeast Britain Bodybuilder/Fitness Instructor father who trained her for 3 years.

Nicki gained a place from over 23,000 applicants to be a contender in the 1996 Gladiators series. Whilst appearing on the show, Nicki endured a horrific injury that fractured two vertebrae in the spine and shattering her aspirations of winning the ultimate fitness challenge.

After two years rehabilitation and spinal surgery, Nicki had to learn to walk again - a huge physical and mental obstacle to overcome. She was told that she would never be able to participate in active sports again. Through sheer grit and determination, Nicki has come further than she ever deemed possible and her fitness levels have excelled all expectations.

A personal mantra of self-belief combined with a genuine care for people who wish to reach for and achieve their goals has resulted in a very successful personal training portfolio and studio class following. Nicki holds qualifications in Personal Training, Fitness Instruction, Indoor Cycling, and Circuits and Core Stability.

In her spare time Nicki is kept additionally active with her two young boys who are fanatical about gymnastics: she enjoys adventure holidays and participating in long distance cross country bike rides for charities with her husband. Living the 'Good Life' is also a passion, so time in the vegetable garden adds an organic element to a fulfilling day.

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Li-Leng Hoang

Battersea  

Li-Leng holds a First Class Honours degree in Computing from the University of Surrey. Student work experience with Merck in the field of web developing convinced her that working within the computing industry did not suit her character nor play to her strengths.

Building on a childhood love of all forms of sport and fitness, Li-Leng was inspired to become a trainer herself and began working towards qualifications to enable her realise her goal. Whilst studying, she began working within the health and fitness industry, first as a gym instructor and then a Studio Coordinator. After 18 months at Fitness Exchange, where her knowledge of group exercise expanded enormously, Li-Leng moved on and worked as a personal trainer at the Roehampton Club. Here, her personal training skills came into play with a focus on individuality rather than group exercise. Through inspiring and relevant sessions, Li-Leng built a strong client base of various ages, abilities and injuries.

Li-Leng recently left Roehampton to pursue freelance work including teaching classes at various health and fitness facilities around southwest London. Her wide range of classes includes: Spin, LBT, Aerobics, Pilates (Beginner to Advanced), Swiss Ball, Body Balance and Total Body Conditioning. She holds qualifications in no less than 11 different training disciplines including personal training, core stability and advanced Pilates.

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James Crossley

Fulham  

At age 12, the superhero-obsessed James was first inspired to start lifting weights. He entered his first Bodybuilding show at 14 and went on to win 12 UK Bodybuilding titles.

In 1993 he was spotted in Mr Britain by LWT producers and asked to join LWT's new series Gladiators. Appearing as 'Hunter', James had an enormously successful 8-year run in the show and in the final show was crowned 'The Ultimate Gladiator'. He appears in the current Gladiator Legends show on Sky 1.

During his time on Gladiators, James launched a personal training business and trained as an actor at The Meisner School. After the two-year acting course, he began working in the theatre, and spent most of 2005/6 touring America with Sir Peter Hall's Company in Shakespeare's As You Like It, playing Charles and William. Other stage credits include Up and Under directed by John Godber; I'll Be Back Before Midnight by Peter Colley; Naked Flame and Naked Flame II - Fire Down Under directed by Peter Benedict.

Television credits include Chad in the Canadian sci-fi spoof LEXX (Channel 5), The Upper Hand (ITV), Emmerdale (ITV), and The Adams Family Tree (BBC1). His film debut was in 2001 as an Underworld Boss in a critically acclaimed Hollywood action movie featuring Judy Dench.

Amongst his presenting credits are Weight Matters on Sky Discovery, The Live Six Show (Sky1), Super Champs (ITV) and Peak Performance (Carlton). He has also presented shows for Radio 5 and TFM Radio. He currently presents two TV fitness shows for ITV and Sky.

James' personal training clients include stars such as Tina Turner, Lionel Ritchie and Another Level. His most recent project is opening a Dance and Acting school in Rijeka, Croatia and, of course, launching Adventure Boot Camp in Fulham.

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Rob Anderson

Rob brings a wealth of personal training and fitness experience to Adventure Boot Camp. An active Australian childhood saw him pursuing his first passion - football - and this resulted in teenage trials in UK Premiership Clubs. Rob then decided to stay in the UK and make a successful career of his love of health and fitness.

After gaining valuable experience at David Lloyd Leisure, one of the UK's top health clubs, he then went on to establish his own successful personal training business in Cobham.

Since becoming a certified personal trainer through the National Academy of Sports Medicine (US), Rob has continued to explore new ideas, methods and techniques to make training more effective and enjoyable. He is a passionate and enthusiastic trainer who is dedicated to helping his clients achieve their goals. Rob's wholehearted commitment is supported by a wealth of training qualifications including a National Diploma in Sports Development and Fitness, plus more specialist areas including Performance Enhancement, Core training, Circuits, Keiser Cycling and Boxing.

In 2008, Rob begins a Strength and Conditioning Science degree at St Mary’s University, Twickenham, leading him closer to an ambition of becoming the Strength and Conditioning coach at a Premier League Football Club. He also hopes to continue to develop his skills in martial arts - particularly Muay Thai (Thai Boxing).

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Ray Stevens

Wimbledon   Wimbledon  

Ray is famed in the athletics world for winning his 1992 Olympic judo silver medal in spite of a completely torn anterior cruciate ligament.

He was Commonwealth Games Champion in 1986 and 1990, four times British Open Champion, 1983 European silver medallist and British Masters Champion in 1986 He is the youngest person in the UK to hold the grade of 6th Dan.

Since retiring from competition, Ray has moved on to coach champions of the future. He is currently training Olympic hopefuls for 2012 and runs the Ray Stevens Fitness Club in Wimbledon.

As well as setting up his own judo academies. Ray is personal fitness and judo instructor to clients including Guy Ritchie, William Hague, Lord Coe, and Simon and Yasmin Le Bon.

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Belinda Eastwood

Dorking   Wimbledon   Wimbledon  

Belinda has been involved in the fitness industry for 28 years and for the last 20 years she has worked locally in the Wimbledon area. Her enthusiastic, motivational and professional approach has ensured that she has developed a loyal following of enthusiasts wherever she has trained.

Belinda originally trained as a dancer at the Academy of Ballet in Edinburgh and the Royal Academy of Dance in London. After taking a teacher training diploma course at the London College of Dance and Drama, she worked as a professional dancer in Japan.

Since that time, Belinda has gained a wealth of diverse fitness experience teaching in many different fitness centres, gyms and schools. It was whilst working in central London that she learnt to combine her dance skills with fitness knowledge gained from gym work, and developed her infamous 'Belinda's Class' which still draws an enthusiastic following today. She has studied both Pilates and Yoga and has a keen interest in nutrition.

Belinda fitness work includes a BUPA health with Steve Cram; appearances on a local cable TV channel as 'Mrs Motivator' and running a popular annual 5 day fitness holiday to Club La Santa in Lanzarote.

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Luke Arwynck

Wimbledon   Wimbledon  

Ex-Marine Luke has a wide range of training and fitness qualifications gained across a number of disciplines. Already a University rugby player, Athletics competitor, qualified diver (and Law graduate) before joining the Marines, Luke's army experience included instruction fitness training and organization of troops.

Following completion of a Diploma in Personal Training and Sports Therapy with Premier Global, Luke worked as an independent Personal Trainer. In 2003, he joined Esporta Health and Fitness as a fitness instructor and sports massage therapist. Whilst working for Esporta, he applied to Unitec New Zealand to study Osteopathy. The following three years were spent obtaining a BSc in Human Biology. During his time in New Zealand, Luke worked extensively with rehabilitation clients and also qualified as a Pilates instructor.

On returning to the UK, Luke has been training at David Lloyd Health and Fitness and has enrolled at St George's University (University of London) for the Graduate Entry MBBS course.

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Stuart Lewington

Henley-on-Thames   Marlow   Henley-on-Thames   Windsor  

Stuart has been a personal trainer for 7 years and has over 15 years experience in fitness and dance. He has worked alongside the British Olympic 100m & 400m sprint team in South Africa and also runs his own company alongside his bootcamp commitments.

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Kieron Vorster

Reed's School, Cobham  

Kieron Vorster, a former professional tennis player and trainer to Tim Henman, has joined forces with Kate Staples and Adventure Fitness. Kieron has worked with elite athletes for the last 18 years including former World no.1 Yvgeny Kafelnikov and World no.6 Wayne Ferriera. He was also Davis Cup coach for the South African Team from 1997 to 2001 and is pleased to bring his expertise and experience to Adventure Fitness to grow it into the UK market leader in boot camps.

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Emily Lewis

Teddington/Bushy Park  

Emily’s passion for health and fitness stems from her participation in sports at an early age and she is still involved, as can be seen from her recent appearance on the Soccer Am programme on Sky TV. From the age of 5 she danced for local clubs as well as competing in Gymnastics until she was 14. Track Athletics was also a big part of Emily’s life and she reached district level in Relay and 100m sprint.

Emily is a qualified personal trainer and gym instructor as well as holding qualifications in nutrition, functional training and sports massage. She continues to study to further her knowledge - plus, she is constantly looking for new ways of developing her skills and ideas in order to benefit her clients. Her positive and enthusiastic attitude is reflected in her sessions and she will spend time with you ensuring that your training is progressive, enjoyable and, most importantly, effective.

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Jason Sheard

Chichester  

Jason has been involved in the health and fitness industry since 1995. After growing up exploring his native New Zealand, he has expanded his horizons to Australia, the UK and Europe and has trained other industry professionals within London and Melbourne's top gyms.

Jason has trained many clients to successfully complete adventures such as a Vietnam Charity Cycle, 'Around the Bays' cycle in Melbourne, the Kokoda Trail and participated in the London and New York marathons.
Jason is a lecturer in Evolutionary Fitness and a firm believer in healing and wellness through interacting with nature.

As well as having a Bachelor degree in Physical Education and other industry qualifications (Kettlebell, Advanced Aerobic Conditioning and Sports Nutrition to name a few) Jason is also working his way towards acquiring his Rescue Diver accreditation.

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Katie Gallagher

Farnborough   Farnham  

Katie began working within the fitness industry in 2002 after completing a diploma in Personal Training and Sports Massage Therapy with Premier. As soon as she graduated Katie was employed by the prestigious health club chain Holmes Place which was later acquired by Virgin Active. During her time at the health club Katie completed a number of courses and regularly taught classes such as Rpm, Bodypump, Kettlebells and Circuits to name a few and has also completed a number of courses with the National Academy of Sports Medicine (NASM).

After several years Katie decide to become a freelance Personal Trainer working with a lot of clients in their homes or places of work. She recently became a qualified Pilates instructor a teaches a number of classes a week.

Katie has great enthusiasm and passion for health and fitness and she aims to motivate and encourage as many people as possible to live a happy and healthy life.

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Nick Michell

Bath  

Nick has been involved in the health and fitness business for over ten years. He holds a Master Trainer award from the European Institute of Fitness as well as being a member of the Register of Exercise Professionals.

Before moving to Bath Nick built a highly successful personal training business in London with a client base which included numerous music and television personalities.

Nick is passionate about his teaching and views health in an organic manner using training methods which reflect these ideals, by looking at the body as a whole emphasising emotional as well as physical well being.

With his love of nature Nick embraces all manner of outdoor pursuits and sights surfing as a major passion as it allows a true connection with the natural environment.
Yoga also holds a deep interest to Nick as it actively encourages the link between mind and body.

Through his personal experience of the benefits of good health Nick believes that everyone should be entitled to feel the life enhancing gains that exercise can bring. He is passionate about helping others achieve their health and fitness goals

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Alysha Frampton

Richmond   Reed's School, Cobham   Egham   Reigate   Painshill  

Alysha has a great love for all sport and fitness and enjoys involving and encouraging others in her passion. Originally from Canada, she gained a degree in Athletic Training (known here as Athletic Physiotherapy) from Salem International University in West Virginia, which she attended on a full football scholarship. Alysha is experienced in training athletes for their specific sport, and also in assessing, testing and rehabilitating all athletic-related injuries through work in the training room and weight room.

A football player for 22 years, Alysha moved to the UK in 2006 to play at the highest level with Fulham Ladies. She is currently club captain at Tooting and Mitcham. For the last 3 years Alysha has been working as a PE teacher and sports coach at Notre Dame Prep School, Cobham. With her sporting knowledge and coaching skills Alysha has developed the school sports program to compete at a national level. She is also currently the girls’ football coach at ACS Egham.

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Stephen Thomas

Tenterden  

Steve has been involved in the health and fitness industry for 5 years. Since completing a Diploma in Personal Training he has gained considerable experience as a freelance personal trainer, sports leader and tutor. He believes physical fitness is key to achieving well being, and he is continually trying to share the benefits of good health and fitness with as many people as possible.

As a trainer Steve feels great satisfaction from guiding people to achieve their fitness goals.
Good overall fitness is achieved by finding the right level of intensity and variety in cardiovascular and muscular strength, and endurance training. It’s this that Steve always strives to achieve with his clients.

Steve has worked with a wide range of clients at the gym, in their own homes or the great outdoors. He’s an experienced and enthusiastic sportsman having played competitive Rugby Union for many years, and also enjoying running, weight training and cycling. A keen cyclist, he has organised cross country cycling trips around many of the best venues in the UK. Steve is also an FA qualified football coach, and currently runs a local under 10’s teams.

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Sally Bolton

Horwich  

Sally holds a range of health and fitness qualifications backed up by extensive experience with private health clubs, multidisciplinary clinics and sports clubs. Her degree in Leisure Studies (from Leeds Metropolitan University) included modules on Psychology in Sport and Contemporary Health Issues. Further training included gym instructor and personal trainer qualifications from the Australian Institute of Fitness in Adelaide.

Sally is very excited about combining all her knowledge and experience to offer her clients a personalised, progressive and enjoyable programme. She specialises in exercise correction to provide a safe foundation on which to build an effective programme.

Additional training in Remedial Massage and Sports Therapy helped her work with an amateur rugby union team where she worked closely with the coaching staff and team. Sally assisted in developing training systems, advised on exercise correction and injury prevention, as well as treatment and rehabilitation of injuries.

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Stefan Bingham

Farnham  

Stefan is a professional, enthusiastic trainer with over ten years experience in the health and fitness industry. He has a Bsc (Hons) from the University of Surrey in Science and Management of Exercise and Health as well as a Diploma in Sports and Remedial Massage.

Having worked for a number of health clubs and gyms as well as being a freelance Personal Trainer, Stefan has gained invaluable experience working with a diverse range of clients. His experience ranges from post injury rehabilitation, recreational exercisers, weight loss body fat reduction, muscular strength and conditioning and semi professional athletes in preparation for competition.

Above all Stefan is passionate about new developments and training methods and strives to create fun, motivating programmes that will never be dull or fail to get results.

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Dan Donovan

Dan has represented Great Britain in athletics at 400m / 4x400m relay and has won numerous titles over a 14 year period. Ranked in the British All-Time Top 100 at 100m (10.47) and 60m (6.73), Dan has trained with many top international sports people including Olympic Gold Medallists, sports doctors, physiotherapist’s, nutritionists and coaches.

As an average sports person at school Dan has sought and applied knowledge from as many sources as possible and worked extremely hard to achieve his goals, his passion is helping others to do the same.

Educated to Degree standard in Sports Science and Advanced Personal Training qualifications, Dan has a huge reputation as a highly enthusiastic, fun and motivating trainer.

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