For a sports & fitness retreat in the summer, treat yourself to one of Europe’s best: Pine Cliffs Resort, Algarve, Portugal, with its luxury Ocean Suites. Located just 30 minutes’ drive from Faro International Airport, this sprawling oasis in Praia da Falesia (‘praia’ is Portugese for ‘beach’) is set on a red sandstone clifftop among […]
Switzerland is famous for its wellness retreats and clinics, and Ultima Gstaad is one of the most exclusive, nestled in the Alpine village of Gstaad. From Geneva’s Cointrin International Airport, Gstaad is around 2 hours 30 minutes by road, or a much faster 1 hour 40 minutes by train. Gstaad is located in south-west Switzerland, […]
Location: Ripon, North Yorkshire HG4 3ET As a personal trainer in London, I’m sometimes tasked with finding my clients a holiday destination which will encourage them to continue on their fitness journey rather than gain five kilos of fat. There are many fabulous destinations around the world which cater for health & wellness, but there […]
Finsbury Park Tennis Courts Location: Finsbury Park (southern end of the park), Seven Sisters Road, London N4 2DE 6 hard tennis courts, recently repainted. Public transport: Manor House tube station (Piccadilly Line), Finsbury Park tube & train station (Piccadilly Line, Victoria Line, trains, Overground) Tennis coaches available (LTA Level 3 coaches Gergo Pinter and Kevin […]
Barn Elms Sports Centre Tennis Courts Location: Queen Elizabeth Walk, Barnes, Wandsworth, London SW13 9SA Nearest stations: Putney Bridge tube station (District Line, Wimbledon branch) – 30 minutes walk along the River Thames. Putney train station is roughly the same distance. Barnes Bridge train station is a 20 minute walk. 9 hard tennis courts6 outdoor […]
North West London has an abundance of public tennis courts, well connected to public transport links. Here’s a selection of the best: Parliament Hill Fields Tennis Courts Location: Parliament Hill Fields, Highgate Road, London NW5 1QR Nearest Public Transport: Gospel Oak Overground Station, Kentish Town Tube Station (Northern Line), Bus routes 214, 88. 10 hard […]
As well as being a personal trainer in London, I’m crazy about tennis. Here are some great tennis courts in East London which I recommend you check out: West Ham Park Tennis Courts Location: West Ham Park, Upton Lane, London E7 9PU. 12 hard courts, one of East London’s biggest public courts, run by the […]
In the last few years there’s been a rise in the number of companies offering private health screening. Shortly before I began my career as a personal trainer in London, I took advantage of a special offer from BUPA for a comprehensive health screening at one of their central London clinics. It was a thorough […]
Are you stressed out by the craziness of London life? The demands of work and family and the cost of living crisis can easily get on top of you. As a personal trainer in London, I train a lot of stressed-out clients – lawyers, bankers, company directors – and I get a lot of satisfaction […]