TEAM

Coach Jack has been in the fitness industry for over 10yrs. Due to an early interest in sports, and Sylvester Stallone movies, he found himself jumping out of college and straight into the industry he loved, starting his career as a freelance personal trainer in 2008.

Shortly after this an opportunity presented itself and he moved across to Dubai where he has developed a reputation as being one of the top coaches in the city being nominated twice for coach of the year in Fitness Industry Awards.

Jack is a passionate, knowledgeable, and enthusiastic trainer boasting to get the absolute best out of the individuals and teams he coaches. His coaching style is intense, but the support network he offers is very personal. He understands that people can be at different levels, but he can also read between the lines finding ways of motivating you to keep going, keep moving and become the best version of yourself.

Jack has always had a keen interest in nutrition, competitive sports, outdoor adventure, rock climbing and water sports. He also has interests in pizza, wine and videos of animals doing human things.

From a young age Anna was passionate about health and fitness. Her younger sister Sophie suffers from Cystic Fibrosis – a progressive, genetic lung condition, so maintaining fitness and good health in her family has always been an important aspect of her life.

Anna has a BSc Hons degree in Sports Studies studying at Hertfordshire University where she was also an avid cheerleader, a newfound skill she didn’t know she had! From day one she became heavily involved in the squad and soon after took a role as a head coach competing on a National level. Safe to say, lifting people up (literally) became her favourite hobby!

Currently working in the UAE - a country where health and fitness is booming, Anna has hit the ground running. Building a strong reputation as a female athlete, coach and pre and postnatal specialist. She is a fun, driven and motivated coach and demands professional standards to obtain the very best results. Her drive to succeed means she adds a very personal touch to each client pushing them to reach their full potential.

During her time in Dubai, Anna has found herself competing in various bodybuilding shows, putting her mind and body to the test through consistent training and nutrition to become ‘stage ready.’ Despite having a worrying obsession with Tupperware, rice cakes, and peanut butter, she actually nailed it and took home 1st place in 2 categories.

Aside from squats and lifting people over her head, Anna also has interests in cooking, travelling the world and eating donuts – she would also one day love to own a pet monkey!

Coach Brandon started his fitness career 9 years ago after he discovered his passion and talent through competitive athletics from an early age. After years of training, he became national champion in decathlon, the most varied and all round athletic discipline in track and field, as well as being on the sprint team for South Africa at the nationals.

During this time, he studied Human Movement Science in University continuing on to completing an Honours Degree in Sports Science.

Brandon loves learning new methods of training, nutrition strategies, and improving his knowledge in the industry daily, and practices what he preaches. He believes everyone has the potential to be the best version of themselves and works very personally with his clients to find out what really motivates them.

Brandon is a highly active, energetic and motivational trainer who incorporates his passion and experience into changing the lives and fitness of everyone he works with.

A known adrenaline junky, always up for a challenge no matter how big. He still loves challenging himself and is very ‘outdoorsy’ taking on an opportunity for an adventure in a heartbeat. This being said, to really relax he is also a bit of a gamer in his free time, but who doesn’t love a muscle bound geek!

Born and bred in Dubai (although still unable to navigate the road system here), Raiph is an avid sportsman with more than ten years’ experience in coaching, personal training, and competing as an athlete in Rugby, CrossFit, and Powerlifting.

Following his university studies in his home country, Scotland, he returned to the sandpit in 2012 and has been involved in the CrossFit and Rugby circuit ever since. A serious competitive streak means that he’s able to push clients, and himself, to the limits of what they can achieve in order to reach their goals.

Raiph is well versed in biomechanics, kinesiology and injury rehabilitation. Mindful that all of us are prone to injuries, no matter our level of fitness, and having experienced a fair few injuries of his own, Raiph is a fantastic motivator! What’s more, while keen to get in his time in the gym and competitions, He’s also a staunch advocate of down time, whether that be a brunch on the weekend (where his competitive element usually comes out, at the all you can eat buffet) or time spent relaxing with friends.

From the youngest possible age, I was competing in team and individual sports: Football, Rugby, Tennis, Basketball, Golf, Swimming, Athletics & more. Every day of the week my poor parents ferried me around Hampshire multiple times a day. This is where my love for sport & fitness began. At the age of 14 I was known as the pretty boy at Rugby – basically I was the quick one (skinny & weak) with flashy boots, I didn’t do much except kick the ball over the posts every so often and run past a few players. At 16 years old, I made a bold decision to give up my passion and start going to the gym, as I was half the size of my team mates. I came back 2 years later with strength & confidence.

My Uni course was heavily focused on exercise, nutrition & disease prevention which only grew my passion for wanting to improve the populations health as a career path. I then completed the necessary personal training qualifications whilst investing more time, effort & money into completing further courses to improve my learning & application to coaching.

Throughout my failures growing up I’ve developed as a character, the mind set I adopted as a teenager - which sounded something like: “I’ll get this coursework done in 1 hour then I get more time to play footie this afternoon”, has done a full 180 and I’m now trying to come up with excuses to not go out!

My skills as a coach are improving daily. I aim to educate & inspire my clients but also keep the relationship relaxed, informal & enjoyable. I believe these points are key in reinforcing drive & purpose to my clients so they can get the best out of their time working with me.

I spend a lot of time developing my self, I see everyday as a chance to improve, do more & do better. I continue to self-educate through my reliable online sources as I have true drive to make a difference in this industry.