Leon Maclean Fitness

Leon Maclean Fitness Level 3 personal trainer
Training Programmes
1-2-1 or group training
Online training/programmes
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NORTH’S STRONGEST MAN 2026, Mens Juniors. First place for Billy. 🥇 Fifteen weeks of prep, every session logged, every he...
19/09/2026

NORTH’S STRONGEST MAN 2026, Mens Juniors. First place for Billy. 🥇

Fifteen weeks of prep, every session logged, every heavy single earned. He turned up on the day and executed it exactly how we planned. Top of the podium, and he’s not finished yet.

Proud of you lad.

17/09/2026

Let me introduce myself!

I’m Leon. If you’re new to Thrive or you’ve just landed on my page, here’s the short version of how I got here.

I started in the pool. Swimming was my first sport and I took it seriously. By 15 I was competing at national level, training to a standard that meant early mornings, hard sessions and no real off season. That’s also when I first stepped into a gym, and I haven’t really left since.

After swimming I spent 10 years in bodybuilding and competed at amateur level. Cutting, prepping, dieting, posing, I’ve been through the whole process.

What I kept noticing was that I was strong. Stronger than the sport needed me to be. So I made the switch to strongman, and I now compete at national level in that too.
Every one of those switches meant starting again as the worst person in the room. New sport, new skills, ego on the floor. I’ve done it three times now and I’d do it again, because that’s exactly what I’m asking you to do when you walk into a gym for the first time.

Who I actually work with:

-Women and men who want to lose weight and keep it off.

-People chasing real strength, whether that’s a first pull up, a first 100kg deadlift or a first competition.

-Women training through perimenopause and menopause, where the rules change and the old advice stops working.

-Complete beginners who’ve never touched a barbell.
Competitors prepping for a platform or a strongman floor.

Different goals, same approach. Train hard, train smart, stay consistent, and eat in a way you can actually sustain. Nutrition isn’t an add on with me, it’s half the result, and I coach it alongside your training rather than handing you a meal plan and wishing you luck.

I’ve had brilliant results with clients across all of it. Not because of one magic programme, but because the plan gets built around you, and then we adjust it as you change.

You don’t need to be fit before you start. You don’t need to know what you’re doing. That’s my job.

If you’re at Thrive, come and say hello. If you’re ready to start properly, drop me a DM with “COACH”.

Most people train hard for months and end the year lifting the same weights they started with. Not because they’re lazy....
12/09/2026

Most people train hard for months and end the year lifting the same weights they started with. Not because they’re lazy. Because there’s no progression, no plan and just random sessions strung together.

That’s what these fix. Swipe for the breakdown 👉

8 WEEKS — one goal, one deadline, no filler
12 WEEKS — the sweet spot: real strength and visible change
16 WEEKS — full rebuild, technique to habits

Every one is built around your days, your equipment and your starting point.

Beginner or ten years in if you want to know exactly what you’re doing and why, this is it.

1-2-1 and online coaching also available

Most of these photos I look like I know exactly what I’m doing. The other one, I absolutely didn’t.Strongman I understan...
08/09/2026

Most of these photos I look like I know exactly what I’m doing. The other one, I absolutely didn’t.

Strongman I understand like the back of my hand. HYROX gave me none of that 🤣 just countless stations, a running clock, and the slow realisation that being strong doesn’t mean being fit.

That’s exactly why I signed up.

I ask my clients to be uncomfortable every week. To try the lift they’ve been avoiding. To add the weight. To turn up on the day they don’t fancy it. It wouldn’t sit right with me to ask that and then only ever compete where I’m already good.

Growth doesn’t happen in the bit you’re already confident in. It happens in the bit that scares you a little.

So whatever your version of that is maybe a first class, a first comp, or just walking into the gym on your own for the first time, do it scared. You’ll be better on the other side.

New to the gym? Or need a hand structuring your programmes and sessions? Message me for more information!

The women I coach who are going through menopause usually turn up saying the same thing. “I’m doing everything I did bef...
06/09/2026

The women I coach who are going through menopause usually turn up saying the same thing. “I’m doing everything I did before and it’s not working anymore.”

They’re right. It isn’t. And that’s not a willpower problem.

When oestrogen drops, you lose muscle and bone faster than you used to. Recovery takes longer. Sleep gets worse, which makes everything else harder. Add hot flushes and joint aches on top and most women do the opposite of what would actually help. They cut food further and do more cardio.

Lifting heavy is the thing that pushes back on it. Not machines you can hold a conversation on. Proper squats, presses, deadlifts, rows. Loaded enough that it takes something out of you.

I’ve got women in their 50s at Thrive who are stronger now than they were at 35. Not because they found some secret. Because they trained for the body they’ve got now instead of the one they had 20 years ago.

It’s not too late. Start where you are and get strong.

DM me “COACH” if you want a hand with it.

02/09/2026

Don’t hold your breath!!

There’s a lot more to lifting weight than you think, if you don’t breathe and brace properly, you’ll end up like this poor fella!

Coaching spots available DM me for more details 💪❤️

“I don’t want to get bulky”I’ve heard it in nearly every consultation I’ve ever done with a woman, and it’s the single m...
01/09/2026

“I don’t want to get bulky”

I’ve heard it in nearly every consultation I’ve ever done with a woman, and it’s the single most expensive myth in fitness because it keeps people on the treadmill and away from the thing that actually changes their body.

Here’s what actually happens when a woman starts lifting properly:

She builds shape she can’t diet into existence. Her bones get loaded, which matters more every year that passes. Shopping bags and car seats and stairs stop being a strain. Fat loss gets easier to hold onto, because she’s built something worth feeding. And somewhere around the point she squats her bodyweight, she starts carrying herself differently.

The women in these photos range from their 20s to their 70s. Different goals, different starting points, same barbell.

If you’ve been circling the weights section waiting to feel ready then you’re ready. That’s what I’m for.

DM me COACH and I’ll tell you where to start.

31/08/2026

Who else is guilty??

31/08/2026

270kg 3x3

Feeling light and speedy

29/08/2026

Consistency is a decision you make once, then stop renegotiating . The real power with all training.
A great week of training won’t beat months of showing up when you’re tired, feeling rubbish, no motivation.
Stop making excuses and expecting results.

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