How has your trainer accommodated your goals, your fitness level and your expectations?

Really well – we have been working towards my duathlon and triathlon races which are upcoming, and focussing on my areas of weakness. Mark has been great at accommodating small niggling injuries I have had and ensuring that I still have tough, motivating sessions, but which don’t compromise any injury areas.

Has there been any part of your training you’ve found particularly rewarding, tough or surprising?

Focussing on strengthening my glutes has really impacted positively on my running, especially my speed and strength on hills.

Did you (or anyone else) notice any changes in your body?

Yes, everyone says how fit and strong I look.

Could you describe elements of our service that you have liked? (ie: bookings, flexibility, customer care etc)

Mark has been very flexible in terms of timing of sessions if they need to accommodate my changing schedule, and again, as above, great at helping me through periods of injury.

Mainly because it was outdoor focused, with good reviews and trainers in my area.

How did your trainer accommodate your goals, your fitness level and your expectations?

Katie was absolutely brilliant. She totally focused on my goals, pushed me just the right amount and exceeded all expectations.

Has there been any part of your training you’ve found particularly rewarding, tough or surprising?

Rewarding how quickly strength and fitness improves with so few sessions.

Did you (or anyone else) notice any changes in your body?

I have noticed a major change in posture especially. Though now need a ‘top-up’!

Could you describe elements of our service that you have liked? (ie: bookings, flexibility, customer care etc)

Very easy booking and good after care.

Would you recommend our service to others and if so for what reasons?

Yes – absolutely. Great trainer and good service

I wanted to lower my body fat and increase my strength and flexibility. Gyms don’t promote the functional fitness I was after and Muddy Plimsolls seemed to.

Tell us about your first session

Jason was great throughout my sessions, always changing what we were working on and varying the exercises each session to keep it interesting and challenging.

How would you describe the training you received?

Great, I have gained so much knowledge from my trainer and his experience as well as the physical gains.

Has there been any part of your training you’ve found particularly rewarding, tough or surprising?

I was surprised I would be looking forward to each session but I truly felt each session left me with a “Job well done” feeling.

Did you (or anyone else) notice any changes in your body?

I have lost body fat and increased my muscle mass.

Could you describe elements of our service that you have liked? (ie: bookings, flexibility, customer care etc)

Simple and easy booking process, clean and clear website and packages.

Would you recommend our service to others and if so for what reasons?

Yes, I feel I have gained what I was looking for from it.

I choose to have my training in Regent’s Park, because each time is totally different – a seemingly infinite resource of exercises to stretch, tone, strengthen and exercise my body.

My trainer is very inventive, using portable equipment together with nature and other ‘props’ like a jungle gym in the park, to provide variations to exercises in order to challenge me. This flexibility of routine means that I am never bored doing the usual mundane or routine reps that one associates with training – and dare I say, it’s actually fun (well sort of)!

He knows anatomy and the workings of the human body, which ensures that I exercise safely and correctly whilst maximising results. He tailors every session according to my needs: depending on my progress and any medical conditions or injuries. He also devises programs for me to meet certain goals (eg: running a marathon), covering my diet as well as fitness.

I have trained with Jason for over 2 years and have found him very personable and easy to get on with. I would definitely recommend him to anyone looking to improve their health and fitness (and indeed have done so).

After two children and three stone, I decided it was time to get back in to shape. I found Jason through a friend and was incredibly impressed by his website, so decided to give him a go.

The team at Muddy Plimsolls have been amazing through my journey to become fit again. Jason is incredibly passionate about what he does and this comes across in our training sessions. I’ve learned so much, not only about getting in shape, but also about how the different muscles connect and work. I feel confident I have the tools to continue exercising on my own and the knowledge I gained will benefit both me and my family for the rest of our lives.

No one session is the same which means I never get bored and the exercise certainly doesn’t feel like hard work, although it must be, because the results after just 3 months are amazing! I have muscles in my arms that I haven’t had since I was 18.

Fiona does the admin side of the business and is such a pleasure to speak to. She’s been really lovely about working with me and my incredibly restrictive schedule.”

He is knowledgeable about all aspect of fitness and gave me some excellent advice regarding nutrition. He inspired me to change my mentality about food and I’ve now got into a more natural and healthier habit.

I’ve always been active but not an an athlete – but this doesn’t matter, as [in my training with Muddy Plimsolls] I am treated like one.

I must say: I found a professional trainer with the winning combination. Most definitely worthwhile – plus training at Primrose Hill … priceless.”

The training has helped the mobility in my back and I’ve enjoyed the interval training he throws in, too. It has really increased my fitness.

Efficient, online payment and service. It’s great.”

The want for outdoor training that I could fit into my day.

Tell us about your first session

Excellent first session where we covered goals and got started straight away with a plan!

How would you describe the training you received?

Rewarding in the fact that Mark has pushed me out of my comfort zone whilst ensuring I am doing everything correctly.

Has there been any part of your training you’ve found particularly rewarding, tough or surprising?

The use of a lot of equipment and exercises I’ve never come across before has been great. Also getting a realistic perspective as to what I can achieve based on realistic goals.

Did you (or anyone else) notice any changes in your body?

Yes. Definitely toned up and lost weight back towards my optimum weight.

Could you describe elements of our service that you have liked? (ie: bookings, flexibility, customer care etc)

Good follow up on sessions and impressed with mark as a trainer. Lots of flexibility given as i was about to become a dad for the first time when I started my first 8 sessions!

Would you recommend our service to others and if so for what reasons?

Yes if they want outdoor training and a realistic set of goals to achieve.

Can you describe any results you’ve achieved, or challenges you’ve overcome since training with us?
Feel more fit and more concentrated at work.

What’s your experience of our London personal training service, i.e.: bookings, flexibility, payments, customer care?

V good

My trainer has been a breath of fresh air and has transformed my body in a very unique way. He really stuck with me and made me feel he was as committed as I was to getting me where I wanted to be. He is personable and the consummate professional – although a lovely bloke he will never let you slack off!

I certainly have noticed a massive difference in muscle tone around my legs, hips and stomach – all areas that were previously a little soft. The training results have spurred me on to keep to my diet and as a consequence, I am now the lightest and tightest I have been since I was 16!

What’s your experience of our London personal training service, i.e.: bookings, flexibility, payments, customer care?
Fiona has been fantastic and looking after me has not been easy for her. In week 2 of my training, I had a cycling accident and fractured my foot. They were sympathetic and kind, rescheduling my training sessions to suit the recovery. In addition, my trainer reworked my programme and still managed to train me whilst I was on crutches – as I was determined to carry on and he ensured I did this in a safe and productive manner.

From the outset we worked back from the wedding, and the timings of dress fittings / key dates. We worked through a series of exercises that worked on body areas that I would have no idea how to impact with ‘normal’ exercise, but make a big difference when you’re in your wedding dress (and of course, beyond). To tone up, lose some weight, and to look and feel healthy.

I’d never worked with a personal trainer before and was slightly nervous about how the experience would be. I find my trainer encouraging, knowledgeable, informative, and importantly non-patronising. He checks in on your goals, how you’re feeling, whether you’re seeing a difference, and key areas that you still feel need more work. If there’s key aspects to work on or focus on, he’ll alter the programme accordingly. He also gave me a programme that I could do in my time between sessions which helped with momentum.

I feel great. Everyone has commented on how different I look, but in a good way! I am definitely slimmer but most importantly more toned, and certainly more confident about how I will look at my wedding and on honeymoon. By talking through the nutritional aspects and coupling this with other exercise, I feel like we’ve designed the right programme for me as an individual over the past couple of months. And I feel like I’ve achieved a lot in the time. Most importantly I feel and look healthy.

Easy, good customer service, flexible on timings and bookings. Payments really straight forward.

Kick start getting back into shape

How did your trainer accommodate your goals, your fitness level and your expectations?

Camilla was great ! Loved her programme, she always actively sought feedback and get me motivated!

How would you describe the training you received?

Excellent and varied. Always kept me on my toes.

Has there been any part of your training you’ve found particularly rewarding, tough or surprising?

Found all of it tough but enjoyable. Although varied some of the exercise were repeated regularly and it was great to see the progress on these throughout the 3 weeks

Did you (or anyone else) notice any changes in your body? In muscle tone, or waist-line or your posture, perhaps?

I lost 5 pounds !

Could you describe elements of our service that you have liked? (ie: bookings, flexibility, customer care etc)

Excellent – from the speed Jason got in touch, to the friendliness of Camilla and her motivational texts 🙂

Would you recommend our service to others and if so for what reasons?

Yes !

My trainer is extremely experienced and knows what he is doing. Having used personal trainers before, he is not just another fit guy sharing his experience. I had personal trainers like that before and they are pretty much the same as reading a men’s health magazine. He knows how to adapt to your fitness level and also ramp you up, in a safe way, while making sure you achieve your goals. I think the best example of my perception of Jason as a trainer, is that I would definitely recommend him to guide the training of – let’s say – my older parents, or the post natal training of my wife. He is also fun to have around.

This was a great experience. I really enjoyed myself and my trainer was the key support I needed to achieve my fitness goals. I will definitely recommend this service if I have the chance.

What’s your experience of our provision of service, ie: bookings, flexibility, payments, customer care?
Good: easy to book, fast replies, flexible scheduling

Can you describe any results you’ve achieved, or challenges you’ve overcome by training with us?
Definitely stronger – I am working on being able to do pull ups and I am certainly making progress. My general fitness is improving too–my uphill running is a lot better and I can feel my legs are stronger doing it.

What’s your experience of our provision of service, ie: bookings, flexibility, payments, customer care?
My experience with these has been very good. I have been easily able to adjust the training schedule for school holidays, and the odd random child sick day.

Do you have any suggestions that you think would improve our personal training London service?
No, I am pretty happy so far.

I also wanted to have someone giving me exercises appropriate for my condition. It is proving to be very good. I have trained on a regular basis with Jason for more about 20 months now and it is an enjoyable experience.

Jason’s training style is concentrated on a variety of exercises with small sequences. It allows a good work out without feeling completely exhausted at the end of the session. Jason also explains what the different techniques are achieving so it makes it more interesting. First achievement is that I exercise on a regular basis as I can not find excuses not to go out, secondly definitely improvement in strength. I guess it plays a big role that Jason has interesting conversation which contributes to make the whole experience more pleasant. As a non native English speaker, I particularly value that there is also some linguistic benefits for me!

What’s your experience of your Muddy Plimsolls trainer? What’s his approach & attitude towards your training?
He is a great trainer. Sessions are never boring – he always has new exercises. He’s encouraging and seems to pitch the volume of activity at exactly the right level pushing me much harder than I would do myself, but without going too far. Exercise also feels very safe – no injuries in 18 months.

How do you feel about any results you’ve achieved, or challenges you’ve overcome by training with us?
Great. I feel fitter and in general more energetic and more mobile.

If there were certain things we did well, what were they?
Variety, a good level of intensity.

What’s your experience of our London personal training service, ie: bookings, flexibility, payments, customer care?
Very good. Very flexible and willing to adjust around my busy, moving schedule.

I have lost weight and gained in fitness and I intend to continue with both.

Definitely highly recommended!”

After a few signs from my body such as an elbow fracture, a double hernia and other annoying things, I was at the same time invited to go and hike a portion of the Pacific Crest Trail between South Lake Tahoe and Tuolumne Meadows, California. In the meantime, my osteopath recommended I look into having a personal trainer a few months ahead of this 13 day autonomous wilderness adventure and I found Muddy Plimsolls! The aim was to spend a little more than 3 months to get in shape to carry a 40lbs+ rucksack and go backpacking… safely on all fronts…

In addition, the mental attitude developed during the training to better manage stamina for long periods has clearly increase a lot between before engaging with Jason and after. On top of loosing a few excess pounds, my energy levels are consistently much better now than they have been for a long time.

As a trainer, I found Jason’s sense of enquiry and commitment to be consistently mindful of any niggles to be extremely supportive of my first goal. I also found his approach and attitude towards my training to be perfectly in tune with my expectations. I do not use this word lightly and I would say: perfect!

The provision of service by Muddy Plimsolls is also excellent. From the first enquiry that was promptly and attentively answered, to regular flexibility to adapt to my… sorry… often changing availability, to regular customer care, eg. recommendations to support the work done in between sessions to be more than satisfactory. Thank you both!

So, thank you very much and … keep at it!

I was feeling out of shape after two years of postgraduate study and wanted to tone up and improve my flexibility.

Tell us about your first session

Matt [my trainer] has been brilliant from our first session. He is so friendly and was very understanding about how unfit I was at first! He made sure to get a good idea of my fitness and mobility before writing me a plan.

How would you describe the training you received?

Really varied from session to session, with a good mixture of strength training, cardio and boxing. Very inventive use of park benches…

Has there been any part of your training you’ve found particularly rewarding, tough or surprising?

My upper body strength is terrible, and I find press ups really tough. It was really great to be able to do a full on arms workout in my last session and see how much I’d improved.

Did you (or anyone else) notice any changes in your body?

Definitely see more definition in my waist and arms, and my balance has improved hugely (I have very ‘wobbly feet’, which Matt has been really patient about)

Could you describe elements of our service that you have liked? (ie: bookings, flexibility, customer care etc)

I think the customer service and level of interaction from Jason is excellent, and booking directly with Matt has been completely straightforward.

Would you recommend our service to others and if so for what reasons?

Yes – for the excellent, professional product and service and the quality of the training. Also how accommodating the trainers will be re: where and when to meet you.

[My trainer] comes with a new list of workouts everyday that we train together which keeps it fresh and new. She challenges me everyday to do something new that I haven’t done before, and is super encouraging. I feel stronger, am able to walk up steps without getting out of breath and feel better all around.

I see definition in my shoulders for the first time in my life. My legs are toned and defined and I’ve definitely lost an inch or two around my stomach. The next challenge is losing those evil love handles! But my energy has increased ten fold, and exercising has made me realise how much I actually wanted to stop drinking. So overall, it’s been a huge lifestyle change.

Bookings are super easy, the flexibility in moving one session into the next has been great and love the follow up.

Would you recommend our service to others and if so for what reasons?
Definitely. Customer service and quality of trainers are top.

This was a great experience. I highly recommend.

I would describe Jason as tough but fair. He takes into consideration how you are feeling on the day and pushes you to within those limits. I’m amazed at how energised I feel after a training session, even if I was tired to begin with, and the fact I don’t feel totally wiped out but yet, I still ache slightly from exercise the next day. He also explains what it is you are doing and what it’s for and why it works, which is also good. It’s good to get the positive encouragement also, not only for exercise but a nutrition check on a weekly basis, as a reminder to eat well.

It’s still early days but after my first four weeks, I can do my belt buckle up one more notch, which is amazing. I’m waiting to see what changes the next four weeks bring! I also feel a lot more awake and energetic, which was one of my main aims.

What’s your experience of our London personal training service, ie: bookings, flexibility, payments, customer care?
Fiona has been lovely and very encouraging. Always nice to talk to her when I call. Excellent customer care.”

I was quite nervous about training. I have been undergoing medical treatment for six months, followed by some major surgery. On top of that I am a middle age-ish lady, never completely fit to start with. What I have really appreciated about Jason is that he pushes me, but not so that I feel frustrated. He is encouraging but not patronising. I like that he has his own ideas about what works in terms of training and is happy to suggest a range of different exercises. He also explains really clearly why we are doing what we are doing.

I’ve been training with Jason for about eight weeks. We have one session a week. I feel like I am gradually getting stronger and able to do a bit more each time. I suspect it feels like slow progress to him (although he never says that) but I feel like I am fitter and better able to cope with my long-term recovery. I recently completed the Nightrider Bike ride, 55 miles around London at night.

Excellent service. Very flexible.

Jason is a consummate professional and yet he is both relaxed and approachable. He is the first trainer I have worked with that really knows both the physical and mental elements of training. His intelligent and flexible approach allows him to respond to how I am on the day, eg adapting exercise around a sore hip or around two glasses of red wine the night before. Jason is not your average trainer! Every week our conversations range from the erudite to the absurd. All this means that, for me, training really has been ‘better than therapy’!!

Service is excellent! It’s all good.”

It would be impossible to say: “we did this on Monday and that on Friday,” [as] Jason adapts our sessions, ensuring [each] session is fulfilling, regardless of the weather or what type of day I have had. He is different and if you give him 100%, he gives you 100%. The results are amazing.

Muddy Plimsolls provide a first class service.

[They] are really lovely people and so easy to deal with. They are very professional and flexible. It’s been absolutely great training with them.

Can you describe any results you’ve achieved, or challenges you’ve overcome since training with us?
In a month, I could see the difference in my stability, strength and muscle tone. I have a fear of pushing/bending knees due to an injury and we worked on these to give me more strength and confidence.

What’s your experience of our London personal training service, ie: bookings, flexibility, payments, customer care?
Super and easy.