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Paul has been working in the fitness industry in several capacities since 1988. His journey started as a Kung Fu Instructor in South London shortly after he had been crowned World Champion in the martial art called Sam’Tu-Dang. He then progressed to teaching a range of Exercise to Music classes throughout London and Surrey. Paul first started personal training in 1990 and has worked with a number of actors and sports professionals in several Health Clubs and outdoors. He also has extensive experience running pre-season fitness training camps for semi-professional football clubs and has worked for several years with junior athletes based at a club in South London. In an attempt to find other ways to help the general public and in particular, those with a strong sporting background, Paul qualified as a Sports Therapist and Sports Masseur in the mid-90s and has helped a vast number of athletes prepare for competition and overcome their injuries. Further success in the martial arts came with Paul being part of the Kyokushin Karate National Team Champions and he continues to train in the martial arts. As an educator Paul has worked in several centres of learning over the last 20 years and continues to enjoy being a part of the fitness industry, training four times a week and helping others on their journey.
Most Pilates instructors learn the same thing, and that’s avoid flexion for anyone with low bone density. That usually means no Roll Down, Roll Up or Rolling Like a Ball. The rule is often presented as fact. Its main source is a 1984 study of 59 women. Only nine were…
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A client books a 7pm Tuesday session. She comes twice, cancels the next four and stops replying. Hmmmmm…something is up. The story we may tell ourselves is that she lost interest. Another possible reason is that the gym at seven o’clock on a Tuesday evening is unbearable. The music, the…
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5.4 million people in the UK have osteoarthritis in at least one knee. That figure comes from Arthritis UK, the charity formerly known as Versus Arthritis, in its State of Musculoskeletal Health 2025. The same report puts the median age at which symptoms begin at around fifty-five. Not eighty-five. Fifty-five,…
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A great group exercise class delivers far more than a workout. There is the exercise itself, of course. But there is also the energy of the room, the instructor who knows your name, the people you expect to see each week, the shared effort of getting through the difficult part…
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Few beliefs in fitness are held as firmly as the idea that a tight muscle is a short muscle. It follows so neatly. The muscle is short, so you pull on it, and over time it gets longer. Every hamstring stretch anybody has ever been given rests on that one…
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