Success Stories

"Chemotherapy is a cocktail of drugs with horrible side effects. Exercising during the treatment was essential to my recovery mentally and physically as it really boosted me

Topsy's bootcamps are always different, rewarding and hard work and you train with enthusastic, supportive people that really helped me

My cardiologist commented whilst checking my heart that he could see that I had been regularly exercising."

"Wow what can I say, the photos prove a lot. I first met Topsy when we worked together in the Royal Navy I can remember how much fun his fitness classes were. So after recently giving birth I decided that it was time to get fit again and loose some unwanted pounds. I had heard the Topsy had left the Navy and was personal training in the area so I gave him a call and got the ball rolling.

Motivation was a key issue with me but with Topsy coaching and guiding me every step, I soon started to enjoy and dare I say look forward to each session. The program was easy to follow and with a good diet the pounds started to fall off. My weight loss over the 3 month period was 6.2kg and I lost 17 inches in total from around my body!

I now feel so energised and have the motivation to go out running myself. I thoroughly recommend Topsy who is professional to the end and is an very excellent motivator."

"I started training with Topsy after attending a couple of the Boot Camps. I had begun running in preparation for a trip to Mount Kilimanjaro but had hit a wall.

Topsy has taught me how to run for longer distances without having to stop with exhaustion. My physical fitness has improved through a combination of running & exercises. He has always managed to vary my regime to avoid staleness & everytime I start to become complacent he stretches me further. My weight has come down & I feel that I have made more progress in his sessions than ever before in the gym.

Topsy is superb at motivating people at whatever level is appropriate to them. He does this with good humour and enthusiasm and bases his instruction on sound scientific principles & experience."

"I started training with Topsy when I was the heaviest I had ever been. I lacked confidence and didn't know where to start to get back to the level of fitness I wanted. I knew that I needed a goal to work towards, so I signed up for the Great South Run but I didn't have the motivation to try to lose weight and get fit on my own. I decided that a personal trainer would give me the direction I needed.

On our first session I couldn't run 200m without stopping. Through a series of regular sessions, structured towards achieving my own personal goals, I saw my fitness improve and my weight drop. Topsy provided support and a wealth of experience that ensured my training was varied, never boring and always conducted safely. He encouraged me to push just a little bit further each session and kept me motivated and focussed on my goals.

In a matter of months I lost 2 stone, gained significantly in strength and completed my first 10k race. I achieved my weight loss goal and I am now well on my way to achieving my ambition of running the Great South Run. I don't believe I could have done it without Topsy's help. His knowledge, positive attitude and genuine enthusiasm for helping people achieve their goals gave me the motivation I needed and I would thoroughly recommend him as a trainer to anybody who is serious about getting fit and losing weight."

"I met Topsy at the end of 2010 when he visited the breakfast networking group I go to and his go for it attitude really shone through that morning, one of my fellow networkers Ruth was had already started attending the boot camps and in the new year of 2011 I went along to my first session.

Having eaten the wrong food and not had enough water before the session my first one was a bit hazy due to nearly keeling over with the effort of actually putting my body through some exercies but I persevered and booked a block of 12 sessions right there and then

Eight months later and having gone from no exercise and an "ok" diet to a least 2 boot camps and other forms of exercise each week (jogging, zumba etc) I have now gone from 22.5 stone at Christmas to under 17 stone in October.

Still plenty more to go but the advice, inspiration and motivation that Topsy have given me first as a member of his sessions and now as a friend has inspired me to keep the changes I've made in my life on track

I really cannot recommend the boot camps enough and in all that time no two sessions have ever been the same!"