Full-time Group Fitness instructor & Certified Personal Trainer
Pulse8 Health & Fitness Club
Total years of experience :16 years, 11 Months
Since becoming a certified personal trainer as of February 2012, I been employed full-time at Pulse8 &Nirvana Spa - a prestigious private health club and spa that boasts some of the most impressive and comprehensive facilities in the region.
As an employed group fitness instructor I am responsible for delivering an ever-expanding variety of both small and large group exercise classes including:
TRX suspension training, Fit boxing, Total Gym Gravity bodyweight training, X-bike/Spinning, HIIT-style classes, Vipr, Kettlebells,
Basic and advanced circuit classes.
In addition to instructing these classes I am also responsible for delivering new member inductions, taking a thorough needs-analysis approach to guide individuals on a recommended course of exercise. I also liaise with members on a requested basis to re-evaluate their training regimes and to provide alternative and updated prescribed exercises when necessary.
As a certified personal trainer, I have chosen to specialise my field of interest in the principles of strength and conditioning and advanced exerise nutrition. Through a UK-based CPD organisation I have earned an advanced level 3 certification in S&C programming, and I apply my knowledge on a daily basis to both to club members and my own training regimes. I continually look to expand my knowledge base - formally and informally alike - in all areas of health and fitness, with a particular interest in nutrition and resistance-based exercise.
Pulse8 & Nirvana Spa, UK http://nirvanaspa.co.uk/pulse8
As a new membership sales consultant, my primary responsibilities were to increase the membership numbers at the Guildford site, to promote the health club through social events and outreach initiatives, and to tour and guide prospective members through the joining process.
Although my primary interest in the fitness industry was in coaching and instructing individuals, I found my time in sales to be very enlightening and made me appreciate the business-side of the industry. It allowed me to develop my inter-personal skills, my confidence in pitching business ideas and selling the club to new members.
Virgin Active Health Clubs, UK http://www.virginactive.co.uk
To live and work in the United States has been an ambition of mine since childhood. I discovered Professional-Wrestling for myself when I was eighteen and decided that it would make for an amazing and extraordinary lifestyle. I have had the tremendous fortune and privilege to realise and combine two of my greatest personal goals into one, and work for World Wrestling Entertainment, Inc. (WWE) in America as in-ring performer "DJ Gabriel"
The majority of my time spent in the United States was in the Company's developmental system, where prospective wrestlers gain the necessary experience and abilities needed to join the main roster. Eventually, I achieved my ultimate goal by becoming WWE 'Superstar' "DJ Gabriel in 2009. I have travelled all over the United States and performed in front of live audiences of thousands, and millions more around the world on domestic and global TV networks. Key accomplishments I realised in my wrestling career were:
WWE Superstar “DJ Gabriel”, 2009-2010
WWE Developmental System Tag Team Champion, 2007
British Heavyweight Champion “Steve Sonic”, 2005 - Brian Dixon’s prestigious ‘All Star Wrestling’ Promotion’
Internationally accredited nutrition qualification, ideally suited to individuals looking to improve their health, performance and body composition.
Specialist education for exercise scientists, sports coaches and personal trainers in the U.K. British Weight-lifting federation approved. Level 1 certificate: Strength & Conditioning Level 2 certificate: Strength & Conditioning Level 3 certificate: Advanced Strength & Conditioning (NASM Level 4 equivalent)
Certified personal trainer (CPT) course provider to U.K. national standards (Active IQ). 6-week intensive study course. Active IQ Level 2: Fitness Instructor Active IQ Level 3: Personal Trainer Additional qualifications in group classes: Studio cycling / X-bike cycling, Gym-based boxing, Circuits, Sports-nutrition
Higher National Diploma (HND): Aeronautical Engineering ‘Distinction level’ award (American BS equivalent qualification)
A-Levels: Geography (A), Business St. (B), Physics (C) GCSEs (high school diploma equivalent): 6 (A), 4 (B)