Karl Gibson
Karl is an experienced Personal Trainer and former professional rugby player for Ealing Trailfinders. He has been with West London Fitness since 2009 coming straight from the prestigious St Mary’s University where he obtained a First Class Honours degree in Sports Science. This allows him to draw upon an extensive knowledge base when developing fitness programmes for all of his clients.
“Karl’s extensive technical knowledge and practical experience (he’s a professional sportsman) mean you get varied and fun training sessions that deliver results”
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“My understanding of health and fitness is grounded in my professional sporting background. Experience has taught me how important it is to keep your body physically active and your mind mentally strong.
The body consists of a series of interconnected muscle chains; every movement performed has an effect on the entire body. The training tools and movements that I use maximize effectiveness by considering the body as a whole, in every plane of motion, whilst always keeping workouts fresh and fun!”
Using his experience as a professional rugby player, Karl has developed an exceptional blend of work ethic and team skills, which are essential for his work as a Personal Trainer. He has become very well known as a Trainerwho always gets results irrespective of his clients’ goals.
Karl has a strong interest in functional sport specific training and is also very successful in helping people to achieve muscle gain, body tone and weight loss & management by adapting workouts to suit targets and fit in with clients’ lifestyles. He is committed to his clients’ goals as if they are his own and takes responsibility beyond the sessions in the gym, always ensuring that his clients are staying on the right path.
Karl has been able to utilize his sports science knowledge and professional rugby background to create and implement sport specific rehabilitation and improvement programmes for his clients which incorporate fitness testing, nutrition advice and sport profiling. Karl’s knowledge of pre and post-natal exercise has been invaluable to some of his clients, helping them to maintain their fitness levels during and post- pregnancy. Karl has also helped clients achieve a variety of goals from weight loss and toning for a wedding to completing the challenging ‘Tough Mudder’ in a competitive time.
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Georgia Wilmot
Georgia strives to encourage personal development, because of her own fitness journey she is able to really understand the process of building a health and fitness routine into your life.
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“I started out as a client at West London Fitness and over the past few years I have completely transformed how I feel about health, fitness and living a positive lifestyle by building these in to my daily routine. I look to support and encourage positive lifestyle
changes that are achievable and maintainable, its all about getting you to where you want to be and further, whilst building and developing a knowledge base to support a long term lifestyle change”
Jay Oxley
Jay’s focus is the individual, ensuring that his clients develop quality of movement through a variety of exercises. Jay’s background in strength and conditioning allows him to create a bespoke, creative and fun training environment for his clients. Jay is a great guy to be around and is highly motivated to help everybody he trains.
“Personal trainer Jay Oxley will help you to achieve your fitness goals! Every session is filled with positive attitude which empowers you to work out even harder.”
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“I am a firm believer that maintaining an active lifestyle supplemented with good nutrition, is a crucial element of continued physical and mental health. By building movement into your day to day life and making physical activity a part of your lifestyle you can affect positive change. I like to vary workouts to support continued development and progression towards client goals.”
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Carol Redman
Carol has been a client of West London Fitness for 10 years before deciding to join the team (after working in the corporate world for 30 years) so understands what it’s like to start from scratch as a new client. Her focus is on bringing her experience in coaching people ( ICF Certificate in Manager as Coach) to support you in making meaningful changes to maintain long term well-being.
Georgia Mahony
Georgia works collaboratively with each individual to create a training programme that mixes exercise, nutrition and a positive attitude to gain results that last.
“Georgia is great fun to be around and always mixes up our sessions. They are tailored for my needs and the hour with her flies by”
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“I believe that knowledge is power in all aspects of life, so learning and applying good exercise and nutrition habits is key. Understanding what your body needs, not just to survive, but to really be the best and strongest it can be. Everyone can be amazed by their own abilities and what can be achieved with commitment and support. Try to learn something new everyday, never compare yourself to others…they will never have what you have! It is my mission to guide my clients into looking and feeling the way they deserve.”
Georgia has always been surrounded by health and nutrition through a Mother who is a practicing nutrition expert. This exposure from an early age helped to create Georgia’s passion for understanding the benefits of good nutrition. Her love for fitness was born out of a mix of hobbies during school and college, including Tennis, Dance and Netball. Georgia found seeing results in her performance, through training programmes and nutrition, addictive and highly satisfying and this lead her into Personal Training as a career.
Georgia understands that personal attitude is a key aspect to seeing results. She encourages her clients by showing how effort and determination in their Personal Training sessions will have real, quantifiable and sustainable results on their health and fitness targets and beyond.
Whilst training clients Georgia focuses on correct technique and encourages them to listen to their bodies, providing appropriate guidance in response to client feedback. Georgia provides nutrition advice including the best way for individual clients to fuel their bodies and meet their nutritional requirements. Georgia likes to show that it is quality and only quality that breeds results.
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Indy Kaur Dhanjal
Indy uses her own personal weight loss journey to guide her clients to enable them to achieve their goals and ensure they maintain them.
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“I believe that ones health is wealth and that fitness is a lifestyle change. An individuals own mindset and willpower can help move them towards achieving their goals whether it be weight loss, improving endurance or improving flexibility. My main focus is to provide a backbone for one to build on, so that they are motivated to build on their strengths and achieve their goals from using my own experience over the past 10 years. My main goal is to provide a food and fitness program that is maintainable and realistic to each individual. I strive to make fitness fun and food creative.”
Over the past 10 years, Indy has maintained a 6 stone weight loss which has taught her how to not only find the right balance between fitness and health but has also allowed her to help others on their weight loss journey in order to help them achieve and maintain their goals.
Her philosophy is that everybody has the potential to lose weight but the key is maintaining the weight loss which comes through dedication, reprogramming your mind, and trusting in the process.
She uses personalised nutritional plans in conjunction with a tailored fitness plan to provide her clients with a long-term programme that is not only sustainable but also realistic to each individual’s lifestyle.
She has a wide range of knowledge in the field of fitness and teaches her clients how to get stronger physically and mentally day by day and grow in confidence.
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Elaine Blanchett
Elaine has more than a decade-long personal fitness journey. Having navigated various life stages, including the transformative experience of motherhood she has a commitment to life-long health and fitness.
After qualifying as a personal trainer, Elaine has focused her continuous development on pre & post-natal athleticism with an aim to support mothers and expectant mothers through this stage of life. Elaine is caring by nature and works to understand the needs of clients, so she can tailor her support as required.
Jamie Lea
West London Fitness owner Jamie Lea prides himself on driving his clients to achieve their goals. He has a real passion for enabling everyone to exercise and maintain a healthy lifestyle that is sustainable for the long term and not just a quick fix. Having been a Personal Trainer since 1998 he brings a wealth of experience to his profession, using his Psychology Degree to get the very best out of the wide variety of people he works with. Being a Level 4 medical referral and lower back pain specialist he is qualified to help with a range of conditions that many people encounter through their lifespan. Jamie also has a passion for sharing his knowledge and helping new fitness professionals in the industry which he is able to do as a tutor and assessor for Premier Training International.
“Jamie isn’t just a personal trainer he cares about what you eat, how your work life is and your general well being”
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Philosophy
“I believe that exercise is a necessity for all and not an option. We all need to keep our bodies moving in order for them to function properly. The choice of exercise is up to you but you must keep active as much as you can, regardless of your age or the physical condition that you are in. Keep it fun, varied and endeavor to understand what works best for your body. That’s where I come in!”
Over the past 15 years Jamie has helped people lose weight, maintain fitness and health during pregnancy, get into great shape for a wedding, special event or a summer/winter holiday and rehabilitate an injury.
He has been the strength and conditioning coach for Ealing Rugby Club and trained professional tennis players and football referees. He has developed a successful Golf Fitness Programme as well as a Posture Correction and Alignment Course.
In order to better understand exercise motivation Jamie recently completed a psychology degree through the Open University. This allowed him to explore the drive behind committing to and maintaining a fitness programme. He undertook an in-depth study focusing on the journey through weight loss, concentrating on barriers and breakthrough moments, as well as recurring themes of motivation and incentives.
Jamie’s thirst for knowledge and understanding of the human body, combined with the empathy he has for his clients’ needs enable him to achieve consistently effective results, which his clients describe as ‘remarkable’ and ‘life-changing’. Jamie empowers his clients to accomplish their goals and to realise positive, long-term changes beyond what they thought possible.
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