Jack Bradley Fitness

One year ago today, I left a well-paid corporate job to go out on my own as a personal trainer in a gym I’d never even visited.

It’s been a year of ups and downs, exactly what you’d expect from going self-employed, but I honestly wouldn’t change a thing.

In that time I’ve:

Delivered around 1,000 1-to-1 sessions.

Watched somewhere between 10–15,000 reps of squats, presses and deadlifts and everything else.

Learned more than I thought possible.

And met a huge number of genuinely great people.

I actually completed my Level 2 Fitness Instruction qualification over 15 years ago at - the same gym my late brother boxed out of. From there I’ve pretty obsessively consumed fitness content and education over the years, learning from people like , in the early days and many others along the way.

Back then, I didn’t do anything with the qualification. It took losing my brother, and later becoming a dad, to really gain perspective on what mattered to me.

I got my level 3 done a few years ago and continue to invest in education and my own coaches and mentors. Becoming a better coach means so much more to me than being a better marketer and learning new things keeps my passion ticking over.

Helping people get stronger, fitter and more confident genuinely gives me a huge amount back.

I want to say a massive thank you to everyone who’s trained with me this year, left a review, recommended me to someone else, or even just liked or shared content - it all helps more than you probably realise.

A special thank you to my family - especially my (very risk-averse) wife, who somehow stayed cool with me going out on my own despite the obvious financial risk. She has helped me build my dream job, taking on more child care and supporting wherever she can - you’re the best ❤️

Thanks to my coach for being a constant and helping me so much in my own training.

And to all my clients and everyone else who’s supported me along the way - thank you!

Here’s to year two 💪

7 Weeks. 12lbs Down. Same top but it fits way better.

This is my client Ciara and we are a couple of months into her gym journey.

Like many people she works shifts and her social life is pretty full on as well 😆 she came to me originally to get a bit stronger and fitter and knew that if she hired a PT she’d stick to it...

So we started as most beginners do with the main compound lifts, some assistance work and no fluff exercises and she has hit some pretty impressive numbers. She was getting stronger and her body composition was improving as a result of building some muscle.

A couple of months in she decided she wanted to improve her body composition a bit more so we made some tweaks to her nutrition.

This is basically 7 weeks after that conversation, one of which she was down south at home with family catching up with friends and eating more flexibly.

We haven’t gone crazy with dieting or restriction.

We’ve still put the main focus into lifting well, progressing strength and fuelling sessions properly and I think the results are clear how even a little bit of muscle gain can have such an impact on your body composition.

She trains hard, doesn’t miss sessions, eats sensibly and continues to make amazing progress even though we spend way too much time chatting in between sets and she’s actually down 20lbs now in total since we began.

🎁 Personal Training Gift Vouchers are now available.

Perfect for someone who wants to:
✔ Get stronger
✔ Move better
✔ Feel fitter in the new year
✔ Build confidence in the gym

You can choose:
• 1:1 PT sessions - monthly blocks.
• Technique sessions (squat, deadlift, etc.)
• Online coaching
• 4–6 week starter packages

Digital or printed vouchers available.

Message me to sort one. 🎄💪

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