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Dan Ellis Personal Training Personal Trainer offering 1-1, group training, home visits. I can help you loose weight, gain muscle, give special training and nutritional plans.

Fitness over the past few years has majorly turned my life around. I now feel so much stronger physically and mentally. It is now fully part of my lifestyle and I feel so passionate about how it can change lives that I want to help others. I am REPS level 3 qualified and am also a qualified spinning instructor. I have been running my own business since October 2014. Since October I have taken on clients of a wide range of age and fitness levels and have seen fantastic results in all areas of varying goals. I train in all environments, outside, parks and fields, in homes, and do have some access to a fitness studio. I am trained in fitness instruction, personal training and nutrition. I am passionate about all aspects of fitness whether it be training for weight loss, muscle gain, or training for a specific sport.

Happy wedding anniversary to the best wife a man could ask for Danielle Ellis ###xx
29/09/2026

Happy wedding anniversary to the best wife a man could ask for Danielle Ellis ###xx

25/09/2026

“I’m trying to lose body fat, so should I use lighter weights and do more reps?”

Nope. 👇🏼

There isn’t a magical rep range that makes your body burn more fat.

Whether you’re doing 8, 10, 12 or 15 reps, your training should still be challenging enough to give your muscles a reason to adapt.

When you’re losing body fat, your nutrition is what creates the calorie deficit needed for fat loss.

Your strength training has another important job:

Helping you maintain muscle while you lose weight.

That’s why I wouldn’t suddenly change someone’s entire training programme just because they want to lose body fat.

I’d still want them:

🏋🏼 Training hard
📈 Progressing where possible
💪🏼 Maintaining strength
🥩 Eating enough protein
😴 Recovering properly

The goal isn’t just “lose weight.”

It’s to lose body fat while keeping as much muscle as possible.

So don’t fall into the trap of thinking you need to lift tiny weights for endless reps because you’re trying to get leaner.

Keep lifting. Keep challenging yourself. Let your nutrition do the heavy lifting when it comes to fat loss.

22/09/2026

Falling out of routine doesn’t mean you’ve failed.

Sometimes life happens.

You get busy. You go away. You get ill. Work gets hectic. Your priorities change for a while.

The mistake is thinking you need to suddenly do everything to get back on track.

You don’t.

Instead, rebuild your routine gradually.

✅ Get 2 workouts in this week
✅ Get your meals back into a normal rhythm
✅ Start walking again
✅ Get your sleep routine back
✅ Do the basics consistently

Then build from there.

Don’t try to make up for the time you’ve missed.

The goal isn’t to punish yourself for falling out of routine.

It’s to create enough momentum that your routine starts feeling normal again.

So if you’ve fallen off recently, forget about Monday.

Forget about next month.

Forget about doing everything perfectly.

Ask yourself:

“What’s one thing I can do today that moves me back in the right direction?”

Start there.

Then do it again tomorrow.

18/09/2026

You’ve reached the goal… now what?

I’ve had a few clients recently reach goals they’ve been working towards for months.

And whilst achieving that goal is something to celebrate, I think it’s also a great opportunity to sit down and ask yourself:

What do I actually want next?

Your next goal doesn’t have to be bigger.

It doesn’t even have to be fitness-related.

It could be:

🏋🏼 Getting stronger
👖 Feeling confident in certain clothes
🏃🏼 Running your first 5K
💪🏼 Maintaining the progress you’ve made
🧠 Feeling more confident in yourself
🍕 Having a better relationship with food
❤️ Simply feeling healthier and happier

The important thing is that it means something to you.

And if your goal is a big one, don’t make the mistake of only focusing on the finish line.

A goal that’s 6 or 12 months away can feel a long way off.

Break it down.

Set smaller targets along the way.

Give yourself something to work towards over the next month, the next few weeks, even the next week.

Because those smaller wins help keep you focused on the journey rather than constantly waiting for the final result.

Big goals give you direction.
Small goals keep you moving.

So if you’ve recently achieved something you’ve been working towards…

Take a moment to be proud of yourself.

Then ask:

“What would actually make me excited to keep going?”

That’s where I’d start looking for your next goal.

Sometimes the result just doesn’t go your way.Yesterday I ran the Great North Run.My goal was to run it in under 2 hours...
14/09/2026

Sometimes the result just doesn’t go your way.

Yesterday I ran the Great North Run.

My goal was to run it in under 2 hours.

I trained hard. I enjoyed the process. I put the work in.

But I finished in 2:11.

11 minutes outside the goal I’d set myself.

And yeah… I was disappointed.

But I’ve been thinking about it since, and there’s actually a lot I can take from it.

Because sometimes you can do everything you can, put the work in, enjoy the process… and the result still doesn’t go the way you wanted.

That doesn’t mean the process was pointless.

It doesn’t mean you failed.

It means you’ve found another level you need to work towards.

And maybe that’s the point of setting difficult goals in the first place.

If something doesn’t challenge you, it doesn’t change you.

The comfortable option rarely teaches you much.

The difficult days, the disappointment, the moments where things don’t go to plan — they’re often where you learn the most.

And that’s exactly what I tell my clients.

Whether your goal is losing weight, getting stronger, feeling confident in the gym, improving your relationship with food or simply becoming someone who trusts themselves again…

There will be days where it feels hard.

There will be times when the results aren’t as quick as you’d hoped.

That doesn’t mean you stop.

You learn.

You adapt.

You keep going.

I’m genuinely proud of the training I put in for this race, and I loved the process.

The goal just didn’t happen this time.

So now I’ve got 11 minutes to find.

And I’m not finished yet. 💪🏼

11/09/2026

Consistency doesn’t mean doing the same amount every single week.

That’s where I think a lot of people get it wrong.

They create the perfect routine:

🏋️ 4 gym sessions
🚶 10,000 steps every day
🥗 Meal prep every Sunday
😴 Early nights

Then life gets busy.

And suddenly they can’t do it all.

So instead of adapting the routine…

They abandon it completely.

But real consistency looks different.

Some weeks you train four times.

Some weeks you train twice.

Some weeks a 60-minute workout becomes 30 minutes.

Some weeks your meal prep consists of simply making sure you’ve got something nutritious in the fridge.

It all counts.

The goal isn’t to perform perfectly regardless of what’s happening in your life.

The goal is to build habits flexible enough to survive real life.

So when things get busy, don’t quit your routine.

Shrink it.

Do the smaller workout.

Take the shorter walk.

Make the easier healthy meal.

Keep the habit alive.

Because maintaining momentum—even at a slower pace—is far easier than constantly stopping and starting again.




04/09/2026

The all-or-nothing mindset is keeping more people stuck than a lack of motivation ever will.

It sounds like this:

❌ “If I can’t train for an hour, there’s no point going.”

❌ “If I can’t eat perfectly today, I may as well not bother.”

❌ “If I can’t train five times this week, I’ve failed.”

But who decided that anything less than perfect doesn’t count?

A 30-minute workout counts.

Two workouts instead of four counts.

A walk when you don’t have time for the gym counts.

One nutritious meal counts.

Choosing to do something on a difficult day counts.

The problem with the all-or-nothing mindset is that it makes you believe your only two options are:

Do everything perfectly… or do nothing at all.

But real progress happens somewhere in the middle.

It’s about adapting when life gets busy.

Doing what you can with the time you’ve got.

And understanding that a less-than-perfect effort is still an effort worth making.

So instead of asking yourself:

“Can I do this perfectly?”

Try asking:

“What can I realistically do today?”

That small change in mindset could be the difference between constantly starting over…

and finally building consistency.




01/09/2026

Stress eating isn’t always about a lack of willpower.

Sometimes food has simply become your quickest way to cope with stress.

You’ve had a difficult day…

You’re mentally exhausted…

And suddenly the cupboards are calling your name.

The answer isn’t necessarily to become more disciplined.

Try these instead:

1️⃣ Don’t under-eat during the day
Being physically hungry makes evening cravings much harder to manage.

2️⃣ Pause and check in with yourself
Ask: What am I actually feeling right now?

3️⃣ Create other ways to decompress
Walking, reading, a bath, music or simply taking 10 minutes to yourself.

4️⃣ Stop labelling foods as “good” and “bad”
Restriction often makes cravings feel even stronger.

5️⃣ Remove the guilt
One stressful evening doesn’t undo your progress.

The goal isn’t to never emotionally eat.

We all do it sometimes.

The goal is to understand why it’s happening and give yourself more options than relying on food every time life gets stressful.




27/08/2026

Are you actually hungry… or are you emotionally hungry? 👀

Sometimes the urge to eat isn’t coming from your stomach.

It might be coming from:

😫 Stress
🥱 Tiredness
😐 Boredom
😤 Frustration
🎁 Using food as a reward

Physical hunger tends to build gradually and you’re generally happy to eat a variety of foods.

Emotional hunger can appear suddenly and often comes with a very specific craving.

But here’s the important bit:

Emotional eating isn’t something you need to feel guilty about.

We all do it sometimes.

The goal is simply to become better at recognising why you’re eating.

Before you reach for the cupboard tonight, try asking yourself:

“What do I actually need right now?”

And if the answer really is chocolate…

Have the chocolate.

Enjoy it.

Move on.

No guilt. No punishment. No “I’ll start again Monday.”

Just a better understanding of your habits.




24/08/2026

You eat “perfectly” all day…

Then 8pm arrives and suddenly you’re raiding the cupboards.

Sound familiar?

You might think you have a willpower problem.

But often, it’s something else.

You’ve spent the entire day trying to be “good.”

You’ve eaten tiny meals.

You’ve avoided carbs.

You’ve tried not to snack.

And by the evening…

you’re absolutely starving.

Then you add tiredness, stress and a long day into the mix.

Of course food becomes harder to resist.

The answer isn’t necessarily to eat less.

It might be to start eating more sensibly throughout the day.

🍗 Enough protein
🥔 Filling carbs
🥦 Plenty of nutritious foods
🍫 And room for foods you actually enjoy

Because sustainable fat loss isn’t about being “good” all day and then feeling guilty at night.

It’s about creating a way of eating that leaves you satisfied, not constantly fighting hunger.

So before you blame yourself for having no willpower…

look at what happened earlier in the day.

You might not need more discipline.

You might just need a better strategy.




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