"Follow your enthusiasm" - Steve Vai
Qualifications:
- Adv. Dip Personal Training
- Level 3 Mat Pilates
- Bmus Jazz Performance
- Adv, Dip Contemporary Music Performance
Favourite Exercise:
Shoulder Bridge – an incredible exercise for lower body strength, spinal mobility and pelvic stability – all while opening up the hips and chest!
Originally from Perth, Australia, Gareth came to the fitness industry from a 15-year career as a professional musician. He is a friendly, conscientious and motivated trainer with a true passion for all things Pilates and resistance training.
Gareth studied music formally at the West Australian Academy of Performing Arts (WAAPA). Having shown no aptitude for any sport earlier in life, it was only in his final years of study that Gareth discovered the mental and physical benefits of exercise.
Moving to London in 2012, Gareth continued to cultivate a growing passion for fitness (resistance training in particular) alongside a career in music. It was through an injury in 2016 that Gareth discovered the transformative power of Pilates.
In 2021, Gareth made his professional entry into the fitness industry, qualifying as a personal trainer. In 2023, having seen that so many of his PT clients could also benefit from Pilates, Gareth qualified as a Pilates instructor.
Regardless of age, ability or experience, you can expect a class/PT session with Gareth to be calm, focused and challenging, with an emphasis on form, mind-muscle connection and appropriate intensity.