Coaching

Phil -I've enjoyed many sporting pursuits and challenges over the years, starting in my twenties with boxing and kickboxing, squash in my forties, moving on to half marathons in my fifties. In between times life took over or my enthusiasm would wane. In my later fifties I got into weight-lifting with my son. To start with I progressed well, then lockdown came when we went back to the gym I found that I just couldn't get my form consistent and effective especially when doing deadlifts. It was frustrating. I looked at videos on YouTube, videoed myself and tried to work out how to correct my form. Nothing clicked. At the same time, I became aware of powerlifting as a sporting discipline, I like to have a goal and I thought competing in a powerlifting competition would be an interesting aspiration. The question was how to bridge the gap between my current performance and my objective as nothing I was doing seemed to work.I looked on the internet for a "proper old school gym" with a good powerlifting coach an found Primal Performance and Ant. At the age of 60 I needed someone who understood how much he could push me physically, but not hold back because of it.

18 months later and my form is fixed, I have already won the Masters for my class (age and weight category) and came 1st in the qualifiers , in November I will compete in the British Powerlifting Finals.

This has been accomplished with a personal lesson once a week, followed up with a training program which I follow in my local gym for he rest of the week. I send Ant videos of some of my training so that he can coach me remotely, this arrangement suits me well as it keeps me motivated and accountable.

If you have strength related fitness goals and a "can- do" attitude, then I enthusiastically recommend Ant and Primal Performance.

SamSam - Having to lead a team in a competitive grappling sport and and as a martial arts it was adherent that myself and the team wanted to perform for competitions and the time we endue on the mats. It wasn't this point I also understood the aspect of strength training being incorporated with our sport so we can perform at the highest standards.

Coach Anthony has already presented his experience of teaching an training athletes and it was the right move to make for the betterment of our physical conditioning and performance. We have been at an upscale since we've been wit coach Anthony and appreciate the work he has done so far.

Orelius - Working with coach Anthony for the last few weeks has been amazing. I am truly surprised at how much my fitness has improved from where I started. What I have really noticed, is how well it has translated into my performance on the mats at BJJ. The speed of my heart rate recovery and my ability to keep up a sustained pace has been really noticeable. Coach Anthony has great knowledge S&C and runs his training sessions with meticulous professionalism, always tracking and monitoring the performance of the athletes, whilst keeping each session interesting with a variety of exercises. Couldn't recommend this gym more!

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Anthony has been my trainer for a numerous number of years now. I came to Primal fitness thinking I was strong little did I know I had a lot to learn!
I remember telling Anthony how much I could leg press and he said
"That's good but how much can you squat"
at that time I could only squat 90kg.
After working with Ant my PB is now 170kg.

Anthony is full of knowledge that he happily shares with all his client and gym members. I have had 4 personal trainers in my life and Anthony is by far the most experienced. Anthony does not take on clients for the money which shows through his prices, he has a passion for fitness development, and this is something that every personal trainer needs.

Even though the gym members are predominantly males I feel very comfortable within the environment Anthony has created and all gym members are very approachable and helpful.
You will not be disappointed if you choose to invest in Anthony as his prices, attitude and dedication is unmatched!
Tamara
Primal Performance Gym Dudley