TIM SPITTLE
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Cotswold Homes’ fitness and health columnist Tim Spittle has been extremely busy in the last year! When he launched his gym Rapid FX in Draycott, he quickly gained many enthusiastic clients for a wide variety of classes especially the much-feted Boot Camps, which have been a massive success. Despite an overwhelmingly busy schedule, nevertheless Tim has still found enough time for romance, marrying Amy Nicholson after a whirlwind courtship on a fine, sunny day this May, to the cheers of friends and family. Amy has lost no time, either, in matching her husband's entrepreneurial spirit - planning their second gym was an easy decision! We caught up with the newly-weds shortly after they celebrated the launch of Personal Best Fitness Studio In Chipping Campden.
CH In the last article you wrote for the magazine, Tim, you focused on the rise in popularity of Boot Camps. What is it like to run one? TS Boot Camps are ideal opportunities to take all of our training expertise, mix it up and offer the ultimate training experience. It is so much fun and so uplifting watching people achieve their personal goals, overcome their nightmares and excelling in a way they didn’t think possible. On a recent visit to Xabia in Spain, one client surfed, cycled and climbed a mountain, when previously all of those would have left her quaking in her
CH Congratulations on your new gym! How did the launch go? AN We have had a great response in launching our fitness studio. We were really clear what we wanted to achieve - clean fresh styling and a warm friendly atmosphere, a world away from the archetypal sweatbox gym or noisy leisure centre – and it has come together just as we envisaged. The studio has attracted lots of interest from all ages - ranging from children wanting to have fun with exercise right up to senior clients requiring specific attention to health and postural issues, and of course, young men and women who want to stay in shape. CH Is this studio significantly different from your established model? TS Personal Best will take on our proven techniques and training regimes from Rapid FX - quite simply, they work! However many of the clients will be different, so we will be offering a wider spectrum of exciting training mediums. We also have a new layout, some different equipment and therefore the ability to offer more variety, too.
boots. I think this is where we truly come into our own as personal trainers. CH Do you have any plans for Boot Camps in the near future? AN Yes, our Boot Camps really are unbeatable for what we can achieve with our clients - quite simply they get everyone fitter, trimmer and better at exercise so quickly. The camps set the endorphins soaring and leave clients on such a high. Next year we plan to offer Spring and Autumn Beach Camps and wellness weekends, offering sea sport, beach, mountain, cycling, running for all abilities, yoga, tennis, golf and spa days... wow, what a package - I can’t wait! CH The biggest problem for anyone in real need of exercise, ironically, is the thought of revealing a flabby torso to a row of beautifully honed bods! How do you overcome that? TS It is always a problem to convince new people that they need not worry about others who may have worked out for the last ten years. We feel our ability to overcome these fears is part of why we are unique: we offer such support. For all those potential clients who fear they just can't be seen unfit and out of shape in the gym, we quite simply take their hand, focus on their needs and then stand by them all the way!
''On a recent visit to Xabia in Spain, one client surfed, cycled and climbed a mountain, when previously all of those would have left her quaking in her boots. I think this is where we truly come into our own as personal trainers.''
AN This is what we do best - ironically no one ever judges anyone else, everyone (even the fit folk) are too focused on their own exercise regimes. New clients soon find that everyone started at the beginning in the same shoes – our existing clients feel nothing but admiration for those who have the determination and courage to give it a go! So for anyone who is out of shape, don’t worry, just give it a try and we promise, you won’t look back! Personal Best Fitness Studio, Chipping Campden Phone: 01386 840437 Email: info@pbfitnessstudio.com Web: www.pbfitnessstudio.com Address: 2c Cutts Yard, The Cambrook Court, High Street GL55 6AT Chipping Campden Rapid-FX Personal Fitness, Draycott nr. Moreton-in-Marsh Phone: 01386 701231 Email: tim@rapid-fx.com Web: www.rapid-fx.com Address: RapidFX Personal Fitness, Unit 6, Draycott Business Village, Draycott, Moreton-in-Marsh, GL56 9DY www.cotswold-homes.com
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