Whether you’re sprinting round Strathclyde Park, racing along the paths of the Palace Grounds or simply running on the treadmill, personal training with Roddy is never dull.  In fact, when your legs have stopped trembling and the wave of nausea has passed, you will look back on your session and think it was actually quite good fun!

That has certainly been my experience over the past ten weeks as Roddy trained me for the Glasgow Women’s 10K.  A few months ago I could only manage a 2-3km run at a fairly slow speed on the treadmill and I had never run outside before, so a 10K race was a real challenge for me.  

As Roddy put me through my paces, I found him to be professional, encouraging and supportive (although, I often cursed him after what felt like the hundredth press-up, he never loses count!).  No two sessions were the same and I enjoyed the variety of training methods Roddy used.

I couldn’t have completed the 10K without Roddy’s expertise and certainly not in a time of 54 minutes.  I was pretty thrilled with that!  I would thoroughly recommend training with Roddy.  It’s hard work, but when you hear the immortal words, “Happy Days”, you’ll know you’re on track to achieve your goals!

Helen McStay, Bothwell

In April 2008 I started working with Roddy.  The main reason that I chose Roddy was because of his background as a footballer.  As a keen amateur goalkeepers I was thrilled to be able to get the chance to train with Roddy, not only to improve my fitness and health, but also my goalkeeping skills. 

 

In the time that I’ve worked with Roddy my health and fitness has improved beyond my wildest dreams.  He has given me the confidence and support to maintain a base fitness, so much so that I successfully completed the Great Scottish Run in September in under 2 hours.  When I started with Roddy I could hardly run for 5 minutes without really struggling.  To be able to complete a half-marathon for the first time in my life knowing that he had inspired and motivated me to do it made the achievement much more astonishing.  Roddy has also introduced me to other ways of keeping fit such as swimming and cycling, without his backing and ability to motivate me I would never have achieved what I’m doing now and doubt that I would have had the opportunity to do new things.

 

Roddy is someone who I quite literally have trusted with my life; my doctor told me that I’d be on medication for obesity and high-blood pressure for life.  He motivated me to define my own goals and supported me not only to achieve them, but to exceed them in a way that I and others had never thought imaginable.  My lifestyle has improved because of Roddy, he has advised and supported me every step of the way and has made training be it on the football field or outside running so much fun and I every time we train together we do something different.  His ability to make use of something simple such as a tennis ball and turn it into a way of improving fitness is something which I simply never see any other personal trainer doing.  The improvements have been so great that I no longer need the medication.  

 

I called him and it is simply one the best things that I’ve ever done.  You should call him today and take the chance to work with someone who will support and guide you to an altogether better lifestyle.  He will also help to improve your goalkeeping, guaranteed!

John Ryan, Motherwell