About Me - Personal Trainer Rob Dale BSc (Hons)


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» Qualifications
2005 Passed Physical Training Instructors course Level 2 with superior assessment
2001-2004 BSc (Hons) Sports Science Degree from the University of Kingston Upon Thames (Aug-Dec 2002 University of Missouri, Kansas City, USA)
2003 Passed Royal Marines Reserve Commando tests to earn coveted green beret
2001-2008 Joined Royal Marines Reserve City of London
1999 Passed NCFE Sports Coaching Award

Security checked by the Ministry of Defence

First Aid Qualified

Level 3 Advanced Instructor on the Register of Exercise Professionals (REPs) Membership Number R0022591 www.exerciseregister.co.uk

As a member of REPs I am committed to Continuing Professional Development (CPD)

I hold public liability insurance to the amount of £5m. Full details are available on request.

» Background

Personal Statement: I was a Physical Training Instructor (PTI) in the Royal Marines Reserve (RMR) and specialised in improving recruits endurance, strength and circuit training abilities so that they could pass the arduous Commando tests. I also performed regular training and physical selection tests for the trained ranks to ensure that they were up to the standards required for operational deployments.

I now enjoy the challenge of helping people from all walks of life to improve their health and reach their full potential.

I worked as a freelance Personal Trainer at Fitness First Portsmouth for 10 months in 2005, carrying out inductions, fitness assessments, taking part in exercise classes and training people of all ages on the cardiovascular and resistance machines, weights and one to one circuits and kickboxing exercise. Due to my commitments within the RMR and the limited time that Fitness First allowed me for time off I decided to leave and concentrate more on house calls and outdoor training.

I was born and raised in Portsmouth and now live in Guildford with my wife Claire. I will be back in Portsmouth every now and again catching up with my friends and family and training my flexible long term Portsmouth clients when I am down there.

Specialities: Circuit training, fitness assessment and training programmes, exercise for specific populations, exercise physiology and nutrition, applied sports psychology, boxing / kickboxing exercise, outdoor running, walking, cycling and circuits.

Experience: My Sports Science background and time spent training with the RMR has developed my awareness and skills of how to train people to go that ‘extra mile'. Also my time spent working at Fitness First with many different clients and other personal trainers has increased my all-round knowledge of fitness training.

Interests: Sport, physical training, travelling, photography, music and cinema.

Places I have travelled to so far: Edinburgh, Dublin, Paris, New York, Los Angeles, St Louis, Kansas City Missouri (5 months University Exchange), Las Vegas, Sydney, Brisbane, Cairns, Perth, Singapore, Bangkok, Koh Samui, Phuket, Koh Phi Phi, Railey Krabi, Rome, Florence, Pisa, Venice, Norway, Ibiza, Borovets Bulgaria, Muscat Oman, Dar es Salaam Tanzania, Borneo, Spain, Cairo and Sharm el Sheikh, Banff Canada.

View photos of me training at the bottom of my 'Testimonials' page.