Glyn Edwards
I feel so much fitter and in better shape, I could not recommend Paul highly enough as a personal trainer. He has the ability to quickly work out what his clients need and how best to motivate and guide them...
Paul Laslett took over as my personal trainer in October 2006. At that stage I was a 47 year old lawyer with a 45 inch waist, a 47 inch chest and my weight was 118.5 kg. Whilst I had done some training before I needed someone to move me on, to encourage me to lose weight and to build up my power and aerobic fitness so that training actually benefited me.
Because I had a problem also with my low back, I had been advised not to do too much leg work which restricted Paul’s range of options in the exercises he could put me through. Over that 2 year period he has carefully improved everything about my performance from technique to effort. At the time of his leaving the gym, my waist is 43.2 inches, chest 44.75 inches and my weight is 108.5 kg. On top of this he has got my Concept 2 rowing times down dramatically so that by this year (being 49 – or nearly 50 as I remind him) my times have improved as follows:
- 2 km row – from 8 mins 22 secs to 7 mins 42 secs
- 1 km row – from 4 mins 24 secs to 3 mins 29.5 secs
- 500 m row – from 1 min 59 secs to 1 min 34.7 secs
Leaving aside the fact that I feel fitter and generally in much better shape, I could not recommend Paul highly enough as a personal trainer. I am not someone with a high motivation level when it comes to keeping fit. His personality and his lightness of touch in dealing with all his clients has made him extremely popular because everyone knows that they will have a really enjoyable time in the gym whilst making great strides forwards because he has the knack of making all his clients laugh with him while never losing intensity in the training session itself.
He always knows exactly how far and how hard to push people. I can say this not only from my experience but also from knowing many of the others he has trained who are all diverse characters and who came into the gym with different capabilities and different aims. He has the ability to quickly work out what his clients need and how to best motivate and guide them. He is a terrific character who is able to communicate a love of fitness and his own deep technical knowledge in an easy-going manner. He has built up a clientele with a very profound sense of loyalty to him and I cannot imagine that any of them won’t miss him. It will be someone else’s gain.
I would be happy to provide any further details that anyone might want.
David Ardley
I have utilised brightsidept’s expertise since they approached our Triathlon club (Southampton). I have had a long term injury that required me to significantly improve my core strength aid my running. I have been seeing them weekly and have yet to have a training session that has not contained some unique exercises. This has made the training interesting - and tough! I have noticed improvements and my running is getting better. brightside has the benefit of a strong running background and has been able to apply the coaching he has recieved clearly and with enthusiasm. I would recommend brightside to anyone looking to improve their running technique and core strength.
Matt Turner
Brightside has worked with me on my fitness goals off and on over three years. The motivation is amazing, and I still use their training programmes today. As well as getting me into the joys and benefits of running (which I previously hated), they even developed a specific plan to improve my strength and conditioning for my main hobby - surfing. It made such a difference - and quickly. Brightside are also well up on nutrition and general healthy lifestyle tips, too. There you go - can't recommend them enough.
Jeremey Over
Since hiring brightside as my personal trainer, my attitude and mindset towards health and fitness has completely changed. This is all down to the knowledge and motivation of the staff, it is clear that they love what they do. The programs are varied, and the e mail support is second to none.
Patricia
When I first started with Paul I was unable to run for more than 5 minutes due to poor lack of style and confidence. Paul was very patient in teaching me from the very beginning on how to run properly and he knew exactly what I need in order to become a good runner. We worked on intensive training sessions over 3 weeks which meant that within less than a month I was able to not only get around the block but complete a proper run with good style. I was really impressed with his teaching that I would recommend his intensive courses to anyone as my results were superb. I am now able to have more goals which will include a half marathon and even a triathlon. I couldn't believe that I could learn to run in such a short amount of time.