22/08/2026
ITāS NOT JUST A WORKOUT
You might have seen me describe myself as a NASM Qualified Personal Trainer and wondered what that actually means.
And honestly, I donāt expect you to know or even really care. š
NASM stands for the National Academy of Sports Medicine. Itās an internationally recognised fitness qualification that teaches trainers how to assess clients, understand how the body moves, build personalised programmes and progressively develop someoneās fitness, strength, mobility and confidence.
NASM puts a huge emphasis on understanding the person in front of you before simply throwing a workout at them.
That means looking at where someone is starting from, their movement, their ability, their confidence and their goals and then building from there.
And thatās particularly important when youāre completely new to fitness.
Because if youāve never trained before, the answer shouldnāt be:
āRight, hereās your programme. Good luck.ā
You shouldnāt be expected to know how to squat.
You shouldnāt feel embarrassed because you donāt know what an exercise is called.
And you definitely shouldnāt be made to feel like you have to destroy yourself every session to make progress.
Instead, we start where YOU are.
We learn the movements.
We build confidence.
We gradually increase the challenge as your body becomes stronger and youāre ready for it and we adapt things when something doesnāt feel right.
Thatās how I approach both my 1-1 Personal Training and my Small Group Personal Training.
My small groups are deliberately limited to six people maximum, because I want everyone to still receive proper coaching and attention, rather than feeling like theyāve been thrown into a class and left to figure it out.
Because fitness isnāt about seeing how much punishment you can tolerate.
Itās about finding the right starting point, building from it and eventually looking back and realising:
āI canāt believe how far Iāve come.ā
Luke
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16/08/2026