About Me

As a qualified Personal Trainer (Premier FTA and level 3 REPs Advanced Instructor), I will work with you to achieve YOUR goals in a way that suits your lifestyle and commitments whatever your current condition or ability.

Whether you want to achieve your ideal weight, tone up, build muscular mass and definition, improve your sports performance, flexibility and coordination or just improve your general fitness, wellbeing and confidence, I will enable you to take control in a way that is safe, effective and sustainable.

I run a fully-equipped private gym in Cottingham, East Yorkshire and find that by continuous monitoring, motivation and adaptation of exercise programs in a friendly environment, this also provides the fun and variety necessary for amazing results! (see my client feedback section) 

My areas of expertise include:

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Qualifications

Simon Farrar, PhD, CPhys

Advanced Instructor, Level 3 (Register of Exercise Professionals)

Fully qualified gym instructor, special populations include: ante/post natal, older adult, sports specific, weight control.

Personal Trainer, FTA (Premier Training International)

Anatomy, physiology, kinesiology, nutrition and weight management, energy systems, health and safety considerations, resistance training program design, functional flexibility, core stability, special populations (fitness related to: smoking, alcohol, hypertension, diabetes, osteoporosis, asthma, obesity and pregnancy), fitness assessment.

First Aider (4-day First Aid at Work course)

In addition to the above qualifications I have almost twenty years of experience in weight training and general health and fitness. I am a member of The National Register of Personal Trainers.