Gareth Rhodes personal training

28/05/2026

10 spots.
One chance to change your routine before summer fully kicks in.

This Sunday, Emily is opening up an introductory offer for 10 people who are serious about improving their health, fitness, confidence, and routine.

Here’s what you get👇

✔️ Consultation
✔️ 4 Personal Training Sessions
✔️ Functional Fitness Class Pass for June

All for just £199.

This package should be £291… but I wanted to make it easier for people to get started properly instead of waiting for the “perfect time.”

Once the 10 spots are gone, they’re gone.

DM me “START” to secure your place. 🔥

20/05/2026

This isn’t just another workout class.
Functional Fitness is the one that makes you want to show up.

-You’ll lift weights.
-You’ll push through cardio.
-You’ll master your own bodyweight.
-And you’ll walk away every time feeling fitter, stronger, and more alive.

Just a welcoming bunch of people who are here to put the work in and cheer each other on.

📆 Class times:
Thursday – 6am & 8pm

20/04/2026

Easy8 has done it again.

Helen had 8 weeks before the famous wedding of her daughter Belle and Gareth. Perfect timing to commit to our Easy8 challenge

She changed how she approached nutrition, while generally eating well anyway Helen started focusing on higher lean protein meals and tracking her calories/macros

She trained correctly. Upping her strength training sessions in the form of our Functional Fitness classes along side her usual swimming, Pilates & Yoga

Even when she didn’t feel like it, Helen got herself down to classes and stuck to the plan forming a new positive habit

The result?

She hit her goal weight with plenty of time still to go before the wedding.

Helen went from unconfident in the classes to thriving and has now carried on the Functional Fitness classes each week now Easy8 has come to an end

May Easy8 intake is now open.

If you’re ready to stop messing about and get results…
DM me EASY8 or hit the link in my bio.

17/03/2026

Most people are doing this shoulder exercise wrong.

Upright rows look good on paper…
But they can put the shoulder in a rough position for a lot of people.

Try cable lateral raises instead.

You’ll get:
• Better tension
• Cleaner shoulder mechanics
• Less joint stress

Save this for your next upper session.

14/03/2026

11/03/2026

If you look at someone’s daily actions, you can usually predict the outcome.

How often they train.
What they eat most days.
How much they sleep.
How consistent they are week to week.

None of it is a mystery. But you would be surprised how often people ask me some of the s**t above seriously but think that their actions aren’t the reason they’re in the mess they are

The body you see on someone is usually the result of the habits they repeat every day.

There’s no secret exercise that we all do or method or diet. Its basics. We graft our arses off for the results we want. Over and over again. And saying no to the things that are bad for us even though we want them. Such as going for a bev, takeaway, nights out etc.

So often I see an unwillingness to make even basic changes to the way people live. Like not drinking every weekend. Or saying no to that takeaway. People act like you’re being unreasonable or say things like “so I’m just meant to be boring”.

Someone who trains regularly, eats reasonably well, and sticks with it for months will look and feel different to someone who trains occasionally and eats whatever happens to be convenient and has zero discipline

And that’s not criticism, it’s just reality. Your results come from the things you do over and over again. So if you’re unhealthy and out of shape it’s because you have made choices even small ones that have lead you in that direction

The good news is it also means results are in your control.

Change the daily actions…
and over time the outcome changes too.

Get the basics right.

03/03/2026

01/03/2026

Time to shine some light on Chris.
Farmer. Early mornings. Long days. Long weeks. Heavy graft.

And for years a bad back that kept dragging him back to the physio room. He had to keep working through the pain. Until he eventually got convinced to start personal training with us rather than just coming in for treatment

Since starting strength training properly…
He hasn’t been in the physio room for 18 months.

No magic exercises or routine

Just:
✅ Progressive strength work
✅ Consistency every week
✅ Building resilience instead of avoiding load

Lots of people protect niggles and serious issues by avoiding exercise or anything they think might aggravate it. But once again a correct strength training program is showing why everyone should strength training to stay fit and healthy

Strong backs don’t come from rest.
They come from training.

26/02/2026

You think squats, you think barbell back squat. That’s the exercise you associate with squats. But before you rush to the barbell, can you do the following?

- move through full range of motion. (hips in line with knees or better)
- keep your core engaged throughout
- knees track cleanly
- Short pause at bottom of rep

Once you master those 4 points you should advance to the next level.

Starting at the wrong level for you can teach you bad habits and worse injuries.

- You will sacrifice depth for ego lifting
- Knees start to cave in under pressure
- You lean too far forward
- Rush through reps
- Lower back takes a hammering

23/02/2026

After my last post on intensity, this is the next piece most people need to understand. If you haven’t watched go ahead and do so.

More work does not automatically mean more growth. You could do 👇🏼

20 sets for chest.
4 exercises for biceps.
Finish with a burnout finisher.

And still not grow, because volume only works when the sets inside that volume are hard enough to matter.

Muscle growth is driven primarily by mechanical tension. That tension is highest when you train close to failure.

If you’re consistently finishing sets with 3–5 reps left in the tank, you’re accumulating fatigue without maximising stimulus. Whats the point in that? That’s what is call junk volume.

It feels productive.
You’re sweating, knackered and been in the gym 2 hours for not much progress or adaptation

On the flip side…High intensity with sensible volume looks like this:

• 8–12 hard working sets per muscle per week
• Most sets finishing within 0–2 reps of failure
• Controlled reps
• Progressive overload tracked

That’s enough for most men to grow.

Especially men 30+ who are juggling work, family and recovery demands. You don’t want excess fatigue. Make your workouts count