Group Fitness Instructors

Bruce coaches Indoor Group Cycling and his favourite track which pushes him on is The Night Train! Bruce’s best piece of advice is: We are all here for different reason and as long as you are turning the pedal you are doing something good for yourself!

Bruce loves cycling and his favourite moment has been when he rode on London 100, it’s the same route that Bradley Wiggins did when he won his gold medal!

James is a qualified Les Mills Body Step instructor. James’s favourite track is Peck 3 so be sure to hear that in his playlist!

James best piece of advice would be “come along give it a try a few times, you’ll really enjoy it, it’s great for your fitness, coordination and mental health!

Debbie is qualified in Level 2 Exercise to Music, Les Mills Body Pump, Body Balance, Body Step and RPM. Debbie’s favourite track comes from Body Step and is: Party Step. If coming along to Debbie’s classes she would say ‘Try a class at least 3 times before deciding it is for you or not”

Debbie’s favourite moments are receiving the Assignment passed emails from Les Mills!

Connor is a Level 3 Personal Trainer and a Les Mills Body Pump Instructor. Connor enjoys a variety of music in his classes, but his favourite is the warm up track Run from Body Pump release 123. His best piece of advice would be “Showing up is half the battle. Start off at light intensity then look to progress at a sensible pace, don’t shoot too high from the beginning as this can put you off very quickly”

Connor best moment so far is when he Smashed out 8 reps of 30 kg dumbbells (dumbbell press) for the first time and doing a 5km run in under 20 minutes for the first time.

Lesley has Level 3 Exercise to Music, Level 3 Gym Instructor, Les Mills Body Pump and RPM qualifications. You can find a mixture of music choices in Lesley’s classes! Lesley’s best piece of advice to you is “Work at your own level and pace and each week just do a little more. Let’s get you moving more and enjoying the class and the rest will follow”

Did you know that Lesley is one of our longest serving instructors having started teaching 20 years ago at the very first Body Pump Class!!

Jo is a Level 3 Personal Trainer, Level 2 Gym instructor and holds Indoor Group Cycling and Metafit. Jo’s favourite track is one of Chris Brown’s – Don’t wake me up. That one’s definitely on the class playlist! Her best piece of advice for you is “Don’t put too much pressure on yourself – Rome wasn’t built in a day”

Jo’s most memorable sporting moment came when she took part in her first weightlifting competition!

Eilidh is qualified in Level 3 Personal Training, Level 2 Gym Instructor Level 2 Exercise to Music, Indoor Group Cycling, Les Mills Body Attack, Core and Aquafit. Eilidh’s favourite track and can always be found in her playlist is Insomnia by Faithless.  Eilidh’s best piece of advice she would give is “Everyone starts out as a beginner. You might love it , you might hate it but if you don’t try it you’ll never know”

Eilidh’s best moment in sport was completing the Cateran Yomp a 54km hike in 16 hours!

Kenny is qualified in Level 2 Exercise to Music, Les Mills Elite Rpm Instructor, Body Combat, Sprint, and a Metafit Instructor. Kenny’s favourite track on his playlists is 1000 Horsepower from RPM 66. Kenny’s best piece of advice would be “Come and have fun.  If you have fun, you are more likely to come back.  Forget everything else.  Your goals will come in time”

Kenny’s most memorable moment in sport has been becoming an elite RPM instructor and completing his first marathon.

Kelsey is a Les Mills Bodypump and Bodycombat Instructor and her favourite track to teach is the Muay Thai track in Bodycombat!

Kelsey’s best piece of advice is just come along! A little bit of nerves is good – it means you are ready to challenge yourself and grow. All classes take a while to get used to, so give yourself time. Plenty of options for everyone.

Kelsey enjoys canoeing and her favourite memory has been canoeing down the river Tummel. Her favourite quote is from Marlon Woods, Les Mills Ltd – “Progress, not perfection, and progress knows no finish line”.

Vero is an experienced instructor and can deliver various programmes. L3 Pilates, L2 Exercise to music, L2 Step exercise to music, L2 gym-based instructor, L2 water based exercise to music, deep water exercise certified. CYS yoga, Les Mills Core, barre pilates, metafit, Advanced kettlercise instructor, powerhoop Kettlercise blast, LM core, stretch & Flex, Legs, bums and tums, step aerobics.

Vero loves any retro tracks from the 70s, 80s and 90s!

Vero’s best piece of advice is come ready to enjoy exercising. You will have fun!

Fiona is qualified in Aqua Aerobics and Zumba and loves any music from the 60’s, 70’s or 80’s! The best advice Fiona could offer in Group Exercise is “Go for It!!”

Did you know Fiona has hit 50 participants in her aerobics class!!

Karen is a level 2 fitness instructor, level 3 personal training and delivers Circuits, Bodyweight Basics and 20/20/20.  Karen’s best sporting memory is training for Hyrox doubles with her husband, who went from a non-runner to him beat her on the track sessions.

Did you know that Karen enjoys a bit of 90’s music with JX There’s nothing I won’t do.

Kathleen is a Level 2 Gym Instructor, Body Pump, Aqua Aerobics and RPM qualified. Her favourite tracks are from RPM – Greyhound, Mufasa, Blade (all mountain tracks!) Kathleen’s advice to you would be, don’t try out a class once, go to at least 6 and see if its for you, relax and have fun!

Did you know that Kathleen is one of our longest serving instructors having started teaching 20 years ago

Brenda can deliver Les Mills Pilates, Les Mills Shapes, Elevate Cardio, Aerobics and Elevate Circuits.  Brenda’s advice for someone who is looking to try a class for the first time would be “ Speak to the instructor beforehand to gain insight into what the class involves, most classes are suitable for everyone with options & alternatives to ensure you work at the right intensity”

Did you know that Brenda has completed the Edinburgh Half Marathon twice.