Take Shape Personal Health & Fitness was set-up by Ollie Martin at Brewerstreet Dairy in 2002. It provides safe, effective and enjoyable health and fitness training and education. Its clients include people of all ages, sexes and shapes who want to achieve better health. Take Shape prides itself on its high quality and personal service.
Ollie Martin BSc (Hons), ACSM, CHEK Exercise Coach, CHEK HLC1, CMTA1
Ollie is a Health & Performance Coach with over 15 years experience in the health & fitness industry. He has been fitness advisor to The London Triathlon, Priory Health Club, Surrey Mirror Duathlon Team. He has written on health & fitness topics for the Surrey Mirror and other local publications and has been a regular ‘fitness’ guest on Southern Counties FM. Ollie was a semi-professional rugby player for Newcastle and Rosslyn Park and now enjoys many other sports including skiing and mountain-biking.
He has a BSc (Hons.) Sport Science (2:1) from the Uni. of Northumbria, is also a certified personal trainer through the American College of Sports Medicine (ACSM), is a CHEK Exercise Coach, CHEK Holistic & Lifestyle Coach (HLC1) and Certfied Metabolic Typing Advisor (CMTA1). Other qualifications include boxercise, kickboxing, posture, flexibility and back care.
Ollie can help anyone with a desire to achieve optimal health, fitness and wellbeing.
Jon Rayner BSc (Hons)
Jon is a Sport Science graduate who is well established as a Personal Trainer with nearly 10 years experience in the local area dealing with a wide range of clients of all ages and abilities. His career has involved working with full-time professional athletes from a wide range of disciplines to those who are absolute beginners and have never set foot in a gym before. Although primarily focused on individuals he has lectured on many aspects of fitness from injury prevention and conditioning to pre-event nutrition to sports clubs and colleges.
This wide variety of experiences means he is capable of designing and implementing an all encompassing program that is entirely specific to meeting his clients specific personal fitness needs.
His clients are offered guidance on nutrition, lifestyle, sports injuries and their rehabilitation. Throughout his career he has worked closely alongside many different clinical practitioners establishing close links and forming reciprocal referrals with them for injury rehabilitation.
With a background in running and team field sports he has the enthusiasm and dedication to helping clients reach and maintain their fitness goals, whatever they may be. His enthusiasm leads to varying and enjoyable sessions which will by no means be purely gym based, also taking in his love of running, cycling and the outdoors!
Martin McFadden BSc (Hons), OCR Pilates
Martin is a highly qualified personal trainer and pilates instructor. He has a sports science degree and advanced personal training and pilates qualifications from The Training Room.
Martin Started his career in the industry as a professional footballer for AFC Bournemouth. He then went to the University of Portsmouth and obtained a BSc (Hons) Sports Science (2:1). This experience qualifications give him a firm understanding of the biomechanical and physiological demands placed on the body during motion.
Further study with the Training Room led to him becoming an advanced Level 3 Personal Trainer and a member of the Register of Exercise Professionals. Martin also gained certified status as an OCR level 3 Pilates Instructor, OCR level 2 Exercise to Music Instructor and is a qualified Spinning instructor. He is also fully first-aid trained, an FA level 1 Football coach and is fully insured.
Martin looks forward to welcoming you at Take Shape and helping you achieve your goals.
Juliet Nicolson DipPT
Following a long interest in health and fitness - which led her to participate in such diverse activities as compete in a body building competition, climb Cotopaxi the world’s highest active volcano and participate in a 6 woman 12 hour overnight relay race in Saudi Arabia - Juliet decided to turn a passion into a career.
She is a Level 3 Personal Trainer having trained with the European Institute of Fitness, graduating with a Diploma in Personal Training, Certificate in Weight Management, Certificate in Rehabilitation and Exercise Referral, Certificate in Strength and Sports Conditioning and First Aid. Juliet is fully insured and a member of REPs and the National Register of Personal Trainers.
Juliet works with all ages and abilities but has a particular interest in those people who, for whatever reason, have not been exercising regularly but now want to take charge of their health and fitness and regain their energy and vitality.
