In addition to having full access to the gymnasium, you can book a free one hour personal training session with a fully qualified instructor when staying with us at Blaenfforest Cottages.

Subsequent instruction is charged at £25 per hour per adult and £10 per hour for minor’s from 5 to 15 years of age.

Trainer qualifications

• Nutrition and weight management certified.
• Level 3 sports nutrition.
• Safeguarding & Protecting children certified.
• Enhanced DBS criminal record checked for coaching children and vulnerable adults.
• Level 2 & 3 Advanced gym instructor for resistance/weights and cardiovascular training.
• Level 3 personal trainer.
• Level 1 & 2 England Amateur Boxing instructor.
• Kick and Thai Boxing instructor for 15 years until 2007.
• Full-contact karate instructor for 20 years until 2001.
• Specialist women’s self-defence against certain types of assault including abduction and kidnap defence.
• First aid at work and paediatric first aider.

In addition, we can give individual body analysis including blood pressure, accurate resting heart rate, body fat, visceral fat, BMI, and muscle percentage measurement with a tailored periodised training program to suit the individual’s unique level of fitness.

Competing in various martial arts for decades until injury forced retirement, each student guest is still guaranteed to benefit from a wealth of experience and first-class instruction. No matter if raw beginner in health and fitness, or advanced athlete in a specialist area, the knowledge and care given to each individual is tailored to their ability and most importantly, made enjoyable.

Coaching specialties include advanced strength and conditioning, cardiovascular work and improving VO2-Max using high intensity training (HIT) measuring recovery rates with accurate heart rate monitors. Mixed martial arts and boxing, however please note we do not allow any head sparring at the gym.