Darren Linton Coaching

What if you didn’t have to choose between online coaching and having a PT? 👀

That’s the whole idea behind hybrid coaching.

You get the structure and flexibility of online coaching, while still having face to face sessions when they matter most.

So, what does that actually look like?

💻 You still get a programme built around you.

Your training is planned around your goals, experience, lifestyle and the time you actually have available to train.

🏋️ Face to face coaching

We can work on your technique, exercise ex*****on and intensity in person. It also gives me a much better idea of how you move and where we need to improve.

📲 Support outside the gym

You’re not just left to get on with it until your next session. We stay in contact, review how things are going and make changes when needed. Exactly the type of accountability that’s included with online coaching.

📈 Your progress is actually tracked

We look at your training, performance and progress over time. If something isn’t working, we adjust it.

🧠 You learn how to train for yourself

This is a big one.

Good coaching shouldn’t make you feel like you need a PT beside you every time you walk into the gym.

You should understand what you’re doing, why you’re doing it and become more confident training on your own.

That’s what I like about hybrid coaching.

You still get the personal side of 1 to 1 coaching, but you also have the freedom to train independently with a proper plan behind you.

For a lot of people, that’s all they actually need.

If you’re curious about hybrid coaching and want to know how it works, drop me a message with “HYBRID”

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Calorie tracking can completely change your weight loss journey because most people drastically underestimate how many calories they’re actually eating. 👀

One of the biggest benefits of calorie tracking is the education.

Until you start tracking, it’s difficult to know how many calories are in the foods you eat every day.

Those handfuls of snacks, coffees, sauces, takeaways, and weekend meals all add up much faster than most people realise.

Tracking helps you:

• Learn what a portion size actually looks like.
• Understand which foods keep you fuller for longer.
• Make informed choices instead of guessing.
• Create flexibility without losing progress.

For example, if you know you’ve stayed within your calorie target throughout the week, you can enjoy a meal out or a burger at the weekend without feeling guilty or thinking you’ve “ruined” your diet.

You’re making an informed decision because you understand your overall intake.

The goal isn’t to track forever.

The goal is to educate yourself so you build habits that last long after you’ve stopped logging every meal.

So by having more knowledge it creates more freedom. And by having more freedom it creates more consistency. 💪

💬 Have you ever tracked your calories? If so, what surprised you the most?

A few days off before the final wedding countdown !

Big bowls of pasta Sugo Pasta , wedding shopping in Glasgow with Nicole, and ticking seeing Metallica off the list for Neil’s 40th.

A good few days to recharge before the final couple of weeks until the big day 😬

Budapest for the stag do 🍻🇭🇺

Unreal weekend away with the boys, highly recommend if you’ve never been!

Even having to be dressed up as Mr Motivator, Rod Stewart AND Nicole… it didn’t ruin any of it 😂.
The boots will be getting worn again.

Thankfully I will choose my own outfit for the wedding 😮‍💨

What’s your excuse?

Neil works shifts.
He has a full-time job.
He has 2 kids.

But in the last 10 weeks he still managed to lose 8.4kg.

You read that correctly. 8.4kg in 10 weeks.

Not because he found the perfect diet.
Not because life suddenly got easier.

Because he followed the plan, stayed accountable, and kept showing up.

Consistency beats perfection every time.

Imagine where you could be in 10 weeks if you stopped waiting for the perfect time to start.

DM “FATLOSS” to find out how.

🏆 10-Week Physique Transformation Challenge!

What an incredible 10 weeks it’s been! The effort, consistency, and determination shown by everyone who took part in this challenge has been excellent.

Here are just a few of the outstanding results that came in on the final day, making it extremely tough to choose our overall winners.

After a very close decision, we crowned Josh and Laura as this year’s overall champions! 🏆

Their dedication, discipline, and transformation truly stood out, though every participant should be proud of what they achieved.

It’s been great to work alongside such committed individuals, and we’ve loved supporting each of you throughout this journey. We can’t wait to do it all again next year and see even more amazing transformations!

Shoutout to the coaching team

Well done to everyone involved, you smashed it! 💪

Most fitness content is made for engagement, not results. More interested in how many views or likes they get on a post 🙃

Different reels, different faces with the Same old recycled, conflicting points.

“Eat every 2 hours. Actually Don’t eat after 18:33 because then that turns to fat. Have 3 big meal, or maybe have small meals but more often. Also try fasting, that’s good too” 🤯

No wonder people are Confused.

You’re probably trying to build a plan from about 200 strangers who don’t know you, don’t coach you, and don’t care if it works for you.

Fitness isn’t complicated, it never has been.
It’s the content around it making it complicated.

Lift. Eat enough protein. Sleep. Repeat for months.

But that doesn’t get views.

So you get alot of noise instead of clarity.

I now see people worrying about “rear delt detail” when they haven’t even learned how to row properly yet.

Obsessing over preacher curls before they can control a basic lat pull down 🤷🏼‍♂️

People in the gym just copying the latest isolation exercise trend from reels instead of building any real strength.

You don’t need more exercises.

You need to master the boring ones.

If you feel lost, it’s not because fitness is hard.
It’s because you’re listening to too many people.

3 years of Training Time. 13 years this year as a PT. 🤯

I’ll always remember going self-employed, literally the same week we’d just taken on our first mortgage together. So the timing probably wasn’t the “sensible” option… but if you know anything about Nic and I, you’ll understand 😂

Long hours, second-guessing everything, and constantly wondering if it would all actually work out.….but tbh, we took off way quicker than expected.

If someone had told me back then the position I’d be in now, I genuinely would’ve laughed at them. But here we are.

It’s been graft, plenty of learning curves, a fair bit of stress, and definitely a lack of sleep… which probably explains why I look about 10 years older 👴🏻 But the one thing that’s never dipped is the motivation. If anything, it’s higher now than it’s ever been.

Having the right support makes all the difference, and I’m lucky to have Nicole and Katie alongside me. Proof that with good people in your corner, anything is possible.

l done through honest graft and none of this renting Lamborghinis, posing in front of a penthouse in Dubai, and firing out the big “Are you trying to lose weight? Buy my £2,500 12-week programme” pish 😂

What started as an idea for us has turned into something We’re incredibly proud of, and it honestly feels like we’re only just getting started. There’s a real buzz about what’s coming next.

I’m pretty sure in the not-too-distant future there’s going to be some more news coming your way 👀💪🏻🎾

Here’s to the next 3 years of Training Time… and whatever comes with it 🍻

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