Team - RDS Fitness

About Richard

Welcome to RDS Fitness, my name is Richard. I have been helping people achieve their fitness goals for over 9 years from losing weight, gaining muscle and improving sports performance.

Having worked with people from the age of 11-67 I have gained a wealth of knowledge and experience which I personalise to each client’s individual’s needs, lifestyle and goal.

I am a level 4 personal trainer and have a background in cricket, rugby and jujitsu achieving my 2nd dan black belt. In January 2020 I became Body Tempering certified under Donnie Thompson (the first person to total 3000lbs in powerlifting) becoming one of the first people outside of America to be certified.

Get in contact and let’s get to work.

CYQ Level 4 diploma in Personal Training
CYQ Level 2 certificate in Fitness Instructing
WSBB Personal Training and Athletic Coaching Certificate
Body Tempering Certified
Second Dan black belt in Kaisho Ju-Jitsu Ryu
Black belt in kickboxing
CRB checked
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About Cheryl

From an early age , I have felt a specific passion toward sport . I grew up being inspired by netball , then found myself motivated to do long distance running with my sister alongside me , then I took this on as a priority rather than just a hobby !

I’m 48 a mother of 4 , and adore encouraging my children to participate in fitness activities too. I’m an energetic , bubbly and a friendly character always open to helping those around me.

About Fred

As someone who escaped feeling trapped in an overweight and unfit body, Fred embodies the life changing effect of fitness, which goes way beyond how a person looks.

After spending his childhood and teens in a state of self-loathing with which so many people will be familiar, he committed to taking ownership and making a change.

This was in 2002 when there was very little information available about exactly what to do, so he made a lot of mistakes before figuring out what worked. His mission now is to pass on this knowledge and save others from the frustration of putting in all the effort only to come up short of their goal, a fate that so often causes people to quit.

Nothing makes Fred happier than witnessing people breaking free of that negative cycle and changing from “I can’t” and “this is just the way I am” to “I can do this!”

It’s this belief that with enough training anything is possible which has pushed Fred to attempt a range of different events in both strength and endurance sports, including strongman contests, triathlons, mud races, climbing the 3 peaks and military-based challenges. At nearly 40, Fred believes he is in better shape than 10 years ago, and his goal now is to still be able to say this in another 10 years.