Lyndon Fernandes, Personal Trainer, Group Fitness Instructor & Gym Attendant

Lyndon Fernandes

Personal Trainer, Group Fitness Instructor & Gym Attendant

One More Rep Sports Academy

Location
United Arab Emirates - Dubai
Education
Diploma, Active IQ Level 3 Diploma in Fitness Instructing and Personal Training
Experience
17 years, 11 Months

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Work Experience

Total years of experience :17 years, 11 Months

Personal Trainer, Group Fitness Instructor & Gym Attendant at One More Rep Sports Academy
  • United Arab Emirates - Dubai
  • June 2016 to June 2018

Working closely with clients to develop personalised health and fitness plans for them. Responsible for
providing advice on nutrition as well as encouraging clients, giving them feedback and keeping track of
their development.

Duties:
• Providing one to one guidance to clients to help them achieve their fitness goals • Selecting the correct set of exercises for a client to achieve maximum results • Devising fitness programmes for weight loss, muscle gain and rehabilitation etc. • Conducting fitness and exercise classes and demonstrating equipment • Welcoming new gym members and giving general inductions to them • Designing and advising on dietary programmes • Responsible for marketing the gym • Providing personal training sessions to private clients at their home or work • Maintaining gym equipment and ensuring it is safe to use • Tracking a client’s progress and accurately updating their record • Explaining to clients the results they can expect from particular exercise regimes.

KEY SKILLS AND COMPETENCIES
• Rapport building and client engagement skills • Strong work ethic and a high level of professionalism
and integrity • Strong organisational skills • High level of proficiency in Microsoft Office & MindBody
Business Management Software • Email marketing & website maintenance • Ability to successfully
motivate and encourage individuals • Experience training various people from all kinds of backgrounds • Experience of working at Princess Tower residential gym in Dubai Marina • Focused on maintaining
personal training certification through continuing education, research and reading.

Web Developer at North55
  • United Arab Emirates - Dubai
  • March 2004 to May 2016

Dabbled in programming and implementation of large to small scale user-friendly applications. I have skills in designing feasible web solutions for our clients. These are thoroughly tested and debugged before launch.

Experienced in website building and content editing using web authoring software like Dreamweaver. For dynamic website development or anything database related, I am skilled in the use of ASP, Java Script and CSS. A lot of the work has been back-end content management and administration for high profile sites. I have also been involved in sending out direct mailers and online viral marketing campaigns on a monthly basis.

Am quite adept in the use of Office Software including Microsoft Word, Excel, and Access 2003.
General computer skills such as maintenance of Windows systems and Mac OS, networking, and installation of antivirus programs. Excellent at researching and adapting to the use of new and unfamiliar software/technology.

Good at technical writing and offering web support like domain registrations / email setup. I interact with clients to best understand their needs and requirements.

Web Developer at eWadi.com
  • United Arab Emirates - Dubai
  • August 2000 to February 2004

Developed site prototypes for several clients and monitored the site areas to ensure information was kept up-to-date. Thereafter I would follow up with clientele for site presentations and to ensure that their ideas were prominent on their sites. I have done digital retouching of all photographic images and graphics for the sites.

Revamped several web sites to make them more appealing and user-friendly.

Tested, debugged and launched new site features working with coding script in web authoring tools, scripting languages, programming tools and databases, and site design concepts.

Education

Diploma, Active IQ Level 3 Diploma in Fitness Instructing and Personal Training
  • at Career Sport Fitness Academy, Dubai
  • July 2015

Active IQ Level 2 Award in Instructing Circuit & Kettlebell Sessions Precision Nutrition Level 1 – Certificate in Exercise Nutrition 3 month internship at InnerFight | www.innerfight.com First Aid Certificate

Diploma, Web Engineering
  • at Business and Technology Education Center
  • December 2000

Certification / Diploma - Web Engineering Underwent classes in Oracle, Java, Visual Basic, MS Access, SQL Server and Active Server Pages

High school or equivalent,
  • at St. Mary's High
  • June 1997

High School GSCE Certificate from London, passed in nine 'o' levels

Specialties & Skills

Microsoft Access
Web Development
Website Building
Web Engineering
PC maintenance and networking
Programming tools like ASP, SQL, HTML, JavaScript, CSS
Technical writing and web support
Microsoft Office software
Design Software like Photoshop, Dreamweaver

Social Profiles

Languages

English
Expert
Arabic
Intermediate
French
Intermediate

Training and Certifications

Active IQ Level 2 Award in Instructing Circuit & Kettlebell Sessions (Training)
Training Institute:
Career Sport Fitness Academy

Hobbies

  • Fitness Challenges
    Competed in Half Marathons, CrossFit Opens, Burpee Mile Challenges, Desert Warrior, Tough Mudder & Spartan Race obstacle courses