Ryan Blezard, 24
I joined Fitness First November 2010 and as part of the sign up packaged I received 2 free personal trainer (PT) sessions. I was allocated Stephen Mottram, on first meeting Stephen instantly but any doubts about joining the gym at ease talking about his own experiences as well as those of people he had previously worked with.
As a PE teacher I already had a good knowledge of health and exercise, Stephen took this into consideration and as a result conversations were at a high and knowledgeable level. Initially he set realistic and workable targets around my overall aim which was to improve my all round muscular strength and endurance as well as maintaining my cardiovascular fitness. After setting aims he then looked into my lifestyle and diet suggesting ways in which these could be changed to benefit me in the gym ensuring that I get maximum benefit from my sessions. Once the initial meeting was over Stephen then gave me an induction session showing me the most effective and safest way to use equipment and the type of exercises that I should be doing to achieve my aim.
Stephen was never pushy nor did he insist that I sign up for more sessions, I chose to as I was confident that his knowledge would assist me in achieving my aim. He initially wrote me a training programme focusing on hypertrophy training method he guided me through this programme helping me with technique and tracking my progress carefully, they was some exercises that were not suited for me and he quickly adapted these in order for me to get maximum benefit. After 7 weeks he changed the programme onto a strength training method reducing the reps but making the weights heavier and increasing the recovery phases. Again he explained the reasons for this and guided me through the programme and tracked my progress carefully. At this stage I had gained 1.5 inch diameter in each bicep and 0.5 inch is chest. The programme then changed to a muscular endurance method with interval training to build up all round strength and endurance and to prevent tedium.
Throughout all the programmes I have had sessions with Stephen he is extremely motivational and ensures that I give maximum amount of effort. He frequently applies his knowledge to the sessions to assist me when training in the gym alone. In addition to this I have also had a handful of TRX sessions with him, again a different format of training that Stephen’s delivers well and with motivation.
I have gone from 10st 5lb to 11st 13lb since I started my fitness training .I am very pleased with the results so far and I would not have achieved them without Stephen’s help.
Overall Stephen is a true professional who is extremely knowledgeable and has the welfare and interest of his clients at heart. I would recommend his services to anybody my results speak for themselves.
