Simon has been the primary strength
& conditioning Coach for several international level athletes
including members of full Olympic, England and GB squads and has
supported a variety of professional sports people. He has provided
strength & conditioning services to the R.F.U.W., the Talented
Athlete Scholarship Scheme, Brunel University and Middlesex
University as well as various Primary Care Trusts and Healthy
School Schemes. He has also published articles for Men's Fitness
Magazine and various online publications. Simon has worked with
athletes from most sports and has successfully prepared people for
challenges ranging from the Beijing 2008 Olympics to Climbing Mount
Everest.
Simon has extensive experience designing and monitoring
individual periodised training schedules and recovery protocols for
athletes of varied ages both in and out of the competitive season.
He is used to liaising with physiotherapists, physiologists and
sports nutritionists and having to make immediate alterations based
around injuries or peaking for unexpected competition or
matches.
He has a true passion for sports and a contagious enthusiasm for
strength training. He loves seeing his athletes succeed and knowing
that the strength and conditioning they have undertaken has been a
contributing factor to their success.
His sporting interests are not only
restricted to others. He has competed in Ironman triathlon, the
BUSA Mountain biking championships and with the British Army in
Luge at the Calgary Olympic Park in Canada. He has also
participated in cardiac research studies for the CRY Centre for
Sports Cardiology at the Olympic Medical Institute, trying to help
prevent Sudden Cardiac Death in young athletes.
He has worked at various centres across the United Kingdom and
Norway as a trainer, swimming coach and sports nutrition advisor.
He also worked as a Fitness Consultant for Cruise Lines, Fitness
Director for Sports Camps in the U.S.A. and in conjunction with
Sport England and the Inclusive Fitness Initiative, training
special populations. He is also a health consultant for the UK
Stress Management Society.
Simon has been an Advanced Instructor with the British Register
of Exercise Professionals as well as an Associate member of the UK
Strength & Conditioning Association. He has also been a Water
Safety Instructor with the American Red Cross a member of the
British Weight Lifters' Association and a member of the Register of
Nutritional Therapists. He specialises in injury prevention and
sports specific conditioning.
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