As a personal trainer in London for the last 12 years, I’ve trained clients in their lounge, their garage (a good place for ceiling mounted punch-bags), in their garden, in their apartment gym, and in the basement. The most amazing home-gym I’ve ever trained in was a huge basement conversion gym in Holland Park. A […]
As a personal trainer in London, I’ve used a lot of London gyms. Here’s a list of the best gym equipment and the gyms which boast the best cross-trainers, treadmills, rowing machines, barbells, dumbbells, and resistance machines. PreCor This world-class brand is used by Equinox Gym in Kensington, London W8, which has PreCor cross-trainers, treadmills, […]
Before I became a personal trainer, I used 3 different gyms in London over the years, and another 7 since I qualified as a personal trainer in 2001. Maximum Fitness Gym (Tufnell Park) This was the first London gym I ever joined, a hardcore body-building gym in a large warehouse type space, with the longest […]
You don’t have to restrict your exercise to the gym. The great outdoors free and available to everyone for walking, running, roller-blading, working out in the park, meditating, even outdoor swimming. As a personal trainer in London, I encourage my clients to exercise indoors and out. Walking There are some great walking routes around London, […]
As a personal trainer and nutrition coach in London, I’ve always wondered, who was the first ever personal trainer? And now I’ve found out: it was Jack LaLanne, who opened his personal training gym in Oakland, California in 1936. He called it the Jack LaLanne Physical Culture Studio. “We have become soft, mentally and physically,” […]
One of my personal training clients in Holland Park, London W8, asked me if I’d heard of ‘Facercise’. My client was from the States, and Facercise is an American phenomenon which is yet to catch on in the UK. The creator of Facercise is Carole Maggio, a former beauty and skin-care therapist in Redondo Beach, […]
I’ve been a personal trainer in London for 11 years now, and although I don’t train my clients in commercial gyms (they usually have their own gym room at home), I do my own workouts in various gyms in London. Here’s my personal top 10 list of gym etiquette: 1. Don’t bang weights Unless you’re […]
As a personal trainer in London I get a lot of clients asking me how they can get bigger chest and shoulder muscles. And I always tell them to make sure they guard against rotator cuff injuries. If you try to build the major muscles of the chest and shoulders without strengthening your rotator cuff, […]
The recent spate of cycle deaths on London’s roads has prompted a heated debate about the best way forward. Cycling is a great way for Londoners to get fit, but it must be in a relatively safe environment, and let’s face it, London’s roads are dangerous. Several of my personal training clients in London cycle […]