Personal training

Personal training

Our team of fitness professionals are here to help, with a range of services to suit all your health, fitness and sporting needs. We are keen to help you reach your own personal fitness goals, but your health is of the utmost importance to us.

For those with specific fitness goals or regular gym users looking to refresh their exercise routine, personal training offers a motivating, challenging and fun alternative for your workout.

Our team of professional trainers are highly qualified and have many years of experience delivering specialist exercise services, bespoke to the individual client. The team can tailor an exercise plan to meet your fitness goals or offer greater support over a longer time period via our one-to-one block sessions.

After the initial fitness consultation, your personal trainer will devise a programme based on how many times per week you wish to attend the gym. Once the training sessions have been booked, you simply meet the trainer and they will supervise, monitor and manage each session of the programme.

We are also very pleased to be able to offer online personal training sessions at a reduced cost in light of the current restrictions in place. Why not take advantage of all the benefits of having a personal trainer with the added flexibility of training at home.

Services

Prices

Our team of full-time Sports Assistants are here to provide you with the very best experience during your visit to the gym and can offer support and guidance in relation to safe and effective practice.

To get you started, new members are offered a gym induction, which takes you through the basics of how to use the various pieces of equipment in the main gym. Our level 2 gym Instructors are also happy to discuss workouts and basic exercises with you.
A fitness consultation is an information sharing session that can be used to plan your fitness goals, offer fitness advice and help plan your personal exercise routine. The session will look at key areas that will help you reach your goals, we will help you run through some questions and use this information to guide the exercise plan.
- why you are training?
- what motivates you?
- what are your short and long term goals?
- what do you like to do? (run, walk, lift weights, swim etc)
- what don’t you like doing? (stepper, rower, x-trainer etc)
- how committed are you to reach your goals?
- how much time do you have to invest?
- are your goals realistic and are they timed?
Sport specific fitness includes a structured developmental programme that can incorporate muscular endurance, strength, power, speed, aerobic or anaerobic conditioning. It has been shown that transference of the work carried out in the Strength and Conditioning Room into sports performance is high, producing better performances and reducing the incidence of injury.

For more information please visit our Strength and Conditioning pages or contact a member of the Strength and Conditioning Team.
As well as 1 to 1 Personal training sessions we also offer tailored 1 to 1 sessions focusing solely on Pilates or Seasonal Yoga. Our Pilates and Yoga Instructor Laura can offer either in person or virtual sessions.

The sessions follow the same pricing structure as our Personal Training services. If you are interested, please contact Laura directly:

Email: [email protected]

Pilates

Pilates is a movement technique to develop core strength, increase postural control and spinal stability for every day functional movement, exercise and sport.

Exercises are sequenced to incorporate major muscle groups to help or prevent muscular imbalance. A focused concentration on joint alignment and core connection can improve balance and mobility. Movements are also matched to the breath to encourage a mind-body connection.

The benefits of 1 to 1 Pilates are many. These include; individually tailored sessions with personal attention to ensure that the exercises are performed with correct form and execution, resulting in faster progression and results. It also provides an opportunity to focus directly on any specific health or injury issues.

Seasonal Yoga

Seasonal Yoga is a fusion of traditional yoga and T’ai Chi. It is based on living harmoniously with the seasons, the elements, and the cycles of nature. Influenced by the ancient systems of Classical Yoga, Traditional Chinese Medicine and Ayurveda, the concept is thoughtfully balanced to improve overall health, well-being, and vitality.

Individually tailored sessions will include; breath work to improve physical and mental wellbeing and direct the flow of energy, physical yoga postures and T’ai Chi to increase flexibility and strength together with an option to include meditation to reduce stress and encourage a feeling of calm.

1 to 1 sessions allow for a personal approach to your practice. Whether you are a beginner or already have yoga experience, the sessions provide an opportunity to explore and develop your practice. Additionally, there is scope to focus directly on an injury or a specific goal.

How to book

If you are interested in our personal training services please email the Health and Fitness team ([email protected]) or fill out our short questionnaire and one of our team will get back to you shortly.

Personal training	Individual (online)	Buddy
1 session	£44.00 (£40.00)	£56.00
3 sessions	£117.00 (£105.50)	£150.00
5 sessions	£182.00 (£164.00)	£234.00
10 sessions	£340.00 (£306.50)	£439.00
Personal exercise plan
1 plan (online)	£49.50 (£45.00)

Saints Fitness Team

Callum Knox

Health and Fitness Manager

Callum is the Health and Fitness Manager here at Saints Sport and as part of his role is one of the Personal Trainers. Most of Callum’s clients are referrals from Occupational Health, Physiotherapists or GPs; this isn’t to say that he doesn’t train others though. Many of Callum’s current and previous clients have had an interest in building strength and becoming more functional – with a basketball background he enjoys taking an alternative approach to more conventional methods by using resistance bands, BOSU balls, KBs and so on.

Ailsa Gow

Health and Fitness Coordinator

Ailsa assists with the management of the Saints Fitness exercise class timetable, co-ordinating the various class instructors and trainers, she also oversees Personal Training services at the University Sport Centre. Ailsa is very active; her own training background created an excellent base of training methods and ideas to use with her clients. She has helped improve strength for runners, balance and co-ordination in her older clientele and flexibility and fitness with the students she works with.

‌Ross Whittaker

Personal Trainer

Ross is a well-known face around the Sports Centre. He first began his journey in 2013 and since has taken on clients with different exercise history and various training goals. He enjoys a challenge with clients such as Calisthenics, functional movements and due to his British Military background, he has assisted individuals with Fitness test related goals.

Ali Smith

Personal Trainer

Ali is a Level 3 qualified personal trainer with a passion for sport and exercise. He keeps up to date with current exercise trends and weight training methods, constantly expanding his knowledge through CPD and assisting clients, gym users and has previously coached local rugby teams. Ali now has a focus on Strength and Conditioning based techniques, leading our Women’s Basketball team through programming and analyses. You will also see him around the gym and teaching Sunday Strength with a range of clients, from staff members, community and students. He loves a challenge and enjoys seeing his clients progress in their programmes.

‌Mhia Mouat

Personal Trainer

Mhia is a level 3 qualified personal trainer and has graduated from Abertay university with a BSc (Hons) in Strength and Conditioning (S&C).
Mhia’s background in health and fitness training includes her leading various group fitness classes, sport training sessions and individual personal training sessions. With a background in sport and S&C, she enjoys helping people to improve their strength to improve performance and longevity with exercise. Mhia is passionate about coaching people to help achieve their performance goals. She has a very enthusiastic and positive attitude which she feels helps those she coaches to give their best efforts.

‌James Moan

Personal Trainer

The newest face to our Health and Fitness Team. You will have seen him around Saints Sports since August 2022 where he immediately felt at home in the gym and lately in a range of our exercise classes. He has recently qualified as a Level 3 Personal Trainer after making the decision to change career from education to health and fitness. Following 21 years of teaching in the UK and China, he decided to follow what had become a passion for him and made steps to make that happen. After 18 months of learning, he is now a PT, Indoor Cycling Instructor and actively completing studies in Exercise Referral, Exercise for Managing Obesity and Diabetes and Exercise for Managing Lower Back Pain.

‘As an older fitness enthusiast, my ideas are functional-based. With a family including two growing children, I desire to be able to inspire them and those around me to lead healthy and active lifestyles. I make fitness a comfortable and manageable part of my day-to-day living. I know how busy people can be, so I want to help people slot health and fitness into their routine in a purposeful and achievable way – with success.
I run around after my kids and support them from the sidelines or in the audience, as proud as anything. Outside of health and fitness, you’ll catch me on West Sands admiring the view and at any concert that is loud.