Sorry Folks. Been a mega busy and chaotic year and sadly my blog space has taken a bit of a back seater. Well great news. It means Ive got a lot of photos to upload from our New Sunday Morning Bootcamps in Ironbridge and Apley Park, Telford. As you can see we also have a new Home training Studio at our home. So now there is no need for sweating all over your own furniture when Home training. You can do it at ours instead ha ha!

Gotta say Im looking forward to my second Christmas with my new love of my life Roz and the little man Harris and the new crazy Pooch Zanna. Im excited about the new year ahead as its the BEST time of the year to start a new fitness regime. Lets hope Through Bootcamp and PT we can make people realise Fitness can be fun, non intimidating and a great Group atmosphere where everyone is there for the same reason. As Fitness First has proven by shutting down 10 of its gyms, Commercial gyms are exactly what they are….Profit! Profit! Profit! and nothing to do with genuine Health issues. Too much emphasis is placed on image. This will one day ( and its already started )be the downfall of Commercial gyms. The day a Gym has nothing but highly qualified level 3 Instructors who are GP refferal trained is the day a new breed of Gyms will be born where there will be no need for the SELL SELL SELL!! approach because word of mouth will bring people in their swarms instead of them filling up Doctors waiting rooms waiting for a tablet that will simply mask the symptoms and not fix the Cause. Let me tell you!, If I win the lottery I will build start a chain of state of the Art Gyms that wont have a weight any heaver than 20k  ( to keep the steroid knuckleheads out..ahem! ) and it will be full of high tech Functional kit to get people using their bodies properly again. But hey ho! Lets win it forst huh ha ha!.

Well Its Saturday night and Im off to train now and get the kit ready for another Brilliant Sunday Morning Bootcamp. Troops at the ready!!!!

Watch this space

Please see the pics below to see all the fun of the day.

A big wave of thanks to all the Personal training clients and friends alike who came on the Cader Idris walk in Wales on Sunday 12 June as part of one of the regular organised Bootcamp Days out.  A grand height of 2914 ft was climbed. It was a great day out in the blazing sun and was good to see people who before couldn’t even walk up a flight of stairs without being out of breath, walk up this magnificent mountain with ease. Its great to see all the training paying off!

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• BOOTCAMP   WEEKEND   JULY  31^ST – 2^ND AUGUST 2009

What can I say about the second weekend Residential Bootcamp , ……Absolutely brilliant!   Even though the weather started with heavy rain, the Recruits showed true British grit and ploughed through a weekend of fitness exercise and fun adrenalin fuelled activities. The highlight was definitely the  WAR GAMES using state of the art LASER TAG rifles in the forests of Much Wenlock. Both teams ALPHA and BRAVO had significant ‘ war tactics’ training  and then were let loose on each other for 2 hours of smoke bombs, thunderflashes and laser fire.  If any poor unsuspecting walker had decided to take their dog for a walk through the forests, I think they would have been pretty impressed at what they saw…….or absolutely terrified he he! Either way the troops loved it. Alongside, team building exercises, Quad biking and Go Karting, it was a great weekend. Thanks guys for making my job so enjoyable

( THE SARGE ! )

And lastly but not least, A HUGE thanks to Becky for organising the food to feed the troops. You’re a star!!!  A big thanks to the very Generous Chris Hill from Ride the edge Activity centre  who runs the Bootcamps with me, lets me use his Beautiful land and Forestry.

BREAKING NEWS !!!

In conjunction with the exceptional team at RIDE THE EDGE ACTIVITY CENTRE and STOKES BARNS  in Much Wenlock, we are planning to build the only Bootcamp purpose Built ASSAULT COURSE  in Shropshire. I have constantly been asked by my Personal Training Clients and people who have done the Bootcamp Weekends if we are going to build an Assault course as they all said “ that would be brill!!! “ And so plans have been drawn and discussed and its all looking good to have a new ( and we ain’t talking small here! ) Assault course in the amazing forests of Much Wenlock. Watch this space!!

• PERSONAL TRAINING FOR JULY   2009

Its great to see all of my clients pushing their training hard and getting the results they want. It makes my job very rewarding when clients tell me that their wives/ husbands/ work colleagues etc tell them they are changing shape / looking good etc.  I hear other Personal Trainers say such things as “ my client is so lazy” or “ they just wont do as I say “. I can honestly say I have got one hell of a good bunch of Clients. Even the ones that have come and gone or had to stop for personal reasons have all been great people and challenging people too, i.e. injuries, specific goals etc. And so I say a big thanks to you all for working it hard and reaping the rewards. Especially the two mad ones from Billingsley who are making the Neighbours think they have turned into the Military by hanging out combat clothing from Bootcamps on a regular basis ( you know who you are!! )

Id like to send out a big Thanks to RICH B from MEC -COM for all your help and advice when it comes to business matters. And yet I still seem to torture you ha ha.  Good job you love the challenge. And to all the new Clients I have recently taken on board, Stay committed and focused and you’re gonna get there, I absolutely promise.

Remember, Don’t just do PT. Change your life and get outside and challenge yourself daily. You’ve only got one life. LIVE IT!!!

Keep scrolling down…there more!!!!

13 MILE KILLER BIKE RIDE ON THE MARIN TRAIL IN WALES  31/09/09

What an amazing day out! A big thanks to all those that dared to join me on a gruelling ( especially if youre unfit!…but luckily everyone WAS fit ) bike ride through the amazing forests near  Betws-y-coed.

One thing I like to do for Personal Training Clients who are finding a whole new level of energy from their Training is set them goals and Targets to let them enjoy their new found fitness and get them out in the fresh air .  This Ride was one such Challenge.  Approximately 5 hours in a saddle and in Heavy rain towards the end made for some slippery and scary downhill fast rides but spirits were never dampened and the most common comment was  “ I would have never ever been able to do that a few months ago” as well as “ there was no way I would have done that if Id seen the route before !!!…..but Im really buzzing that I did it…another tick in the box of things to do that I would have never normally done before I started PT”.  So all in all an amazing challenge and some sore legs at the end of it  WELL DONE EVERYONE!!!

SNOWDON WALK   11/10/09

A great day was had by a mad small bunch of us by venturing up MOUNT SNOWDON in Wales in the lovely British rain and wind.  A big thanks to those that came and made it to the top to the new Cafe. And still managed to do some leg burning “bunny hops” down Snowdon as well as run down certain sections that were safe to do so. Another day for a great sense of achievement. Its great to see people realise there is a whole new healthier way to live out there that’s full of big personal challenges that you’d never find just sitting at home watching TV.  I like to help my Clients see there are amazing things out there right on your Doorstep just waiting to be done. You have one life. GO FOR IT 100 % AND LIVE IT!!!.  As much as I love my job as a Personal Trainer I have to say the amazing people I have met on Bootcamps and organised days out make it a truly enjoyable Hobby more than a job. Thanks to everyone for all the sweat, and hard work you put in and thanks for listening to my advice when its very easy to believe what a skinny celebrity says in a magazine instead. I’m proud to know you all.

THE SARGE!