About.
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My core belief and emphasis is on sustainable fitness, 6-24 weeks to a long term view of more than 5 years.
I have been involved in fitness and sport my whole working life from joining the British Army in the early 1980s. My role during these years in Germany was as an outdoor instructor in alpine and Nordic skiing during winter and in the summer as a canoeing and hill walking instructor. I led groups on many expeditions canoeing on alpine rivers and in the mountains during this time. On returning to the UK in the 90s I became a physical training instructor responsible for designing and organisingfitness sessions for soldiers.
On leaving the army I joined the Fire Service in which I was able to continue a healthy lifestyle based around fitness. I continued hill walking and completed long distance events in the mountains. I moved into sea kayaking and led multi-day trips around the Scottish Islands and Norway.
My first love of skiing and in particular cross country skiing still burns, I compete in a 90 kilometre race in Sweden every year. In the last 10 years I have been more involved and compete in triathlon covering sprint, Olympic and Ironman distance events.
When I started triathlon racing I achieved some good successes in Ironman, however, during one summer I started to go backwards and suffered from recurring illness and injury which led to quite a serious period of illness. I had to change my way of thinking to one of mindful training, of reducing the volume of training/intensity and most importantly to have good quality sleep and nutrition.
I learnt the benefits of simply going for a walk, of yoga and pilatesand of reducing stress and inflammation from the body. This maintained health and kept a good level of fitness in place too.
I place such importance on this aspect that I believe we all need a ‘quiet mind’ before any training can be successful. A stressed body and mind simply cannot perform as well as a calm one.
My ambition is to help people like you wishing to enhance their health, fitness and physique. For those who want to optimise their fitness I’m excited to join and work with you.
“I value Rob’s coaching in my fitness journey, which I believe is just the start of great things to come with Rob’s coaching and support.”
— Lisa Ashton, Equine Science Coach and runner