Frequently asked questions
- Where do you train your clients?
- Are discounts offered on block bookings of sessions?
- Who have you trained in the past?
- I am a member at another health and fitness centre; will I need membership at one of your training facilities to receive personal training with you?
- My fitness centre already offers gym induction and fitness assessments where I can have a program designed for me. Why shouldn’t I just choose this option?
- The Initial Assessment – what does this entail?
- What times of the day can you train me?
- How long do the sessions last?
- This all sounds fantastic. How, and when, can I begin training with you?
1. Where do you train your clients?
As freelance personal trainers there are two options for our clients:
- HOME-BASED training in the comfort of your own home.
- GYM-BASED training in one of two independent fitness centres in Berkshire as follows:
Waves Health and Fitness Club
The Coppid Beech Hotel
John Nike Way
BRACKNELL
Berkshire
RG12 8TF
Tel: 01344 303333
The Venus Spa
The Swan At Streatley
STREATLEY-ON-THAMES
Berkshire
RG8 9HR
Tel: 01491 878800
2. Are discounts offered on block bookings of sessions?
Yes, we recommend that all clients who begin their training with us book an initial introductory, competitively-priced discounted 10 sessions. For this package you receive a highly specialised and individually-tailored exercise program based on the results of a thorough biomechanical and musculoskeletal assessment that is performed on your first visit [see FAQ: The initial assessment – what does this entail? ].
In our experience 10 coaching sessions enables us to give you a sound foundation and an understanding of body awareness and training principles. We also recommend that you train with us at least twice a week during these sessions. This ensures smooth and continuous improvements in your movement, health and fitness that you can feel from one session to the next. Some clients train up to four times a week.
| Training Package | What is Included | Price | Total Saving |
| HOURLY RATE | 1 hour Personal Training or Strength & Conditioning Training | £50.00 | |
| DISCOUNTED INTRODUCTORY PACKAGE | 10 Personal Training or Strength & Conditioning Training sessions | £450.00 | £50.00 off total price |
What you do after the introductory package depends on whether you want to rapidly move to the next level or simply to maintain your well being from what you have learned.
You may wish to train alone. In this instance we recommend that you revisit us, typically within 6-10 weeks, to ensure that your body does not reach a stagnant level or plateau in its response to your training. You will thus continue your progress at a level that is optimal for you. You may benefit from a further six sessions after 2-3 months, so that we may continue to guide your progress to maintain optimal performance.
Alternatively you may wish to continue to train with us at a frequency of your choosing. Many clients adopt this option, training under tuition anywhere from 2-4 times a week to once a fortnight.
We offer extremely competitive monthly pricing options for our packages after the completion of the introductory package:
| Advanced Discounted Monthly Packages* | What is Included | Price per hour | Monthly Price | Total Saving |
| ONE SESSION A WEEK | 1 Personal Training or Strength & Conditioning Training session per week | £45.00 | £180.00 | Saving £60.00 over three months! |
| TWO SESSIONS A WEEK | 2 Personal Training or Strength & Conditioning Training sessions per week | £42.00 | £336.00 | Saving £192.00 over three months! |
| THREE SESSIONS A WEEK | 3 Personal Training or Strength & Conditioning Training sessions per week | £39.00 | £468.00 | Saving £396.00 over three months! |
| FOUR+ SESSIONS A WEEK | 4+ Personal Training or Strength & Conditioning Training sessions per week | £35.00 | £560.00 | Saving £720.00 over three months! |
[* Package to be bought for a minimum of 3 months; payable by direct debit every 4 weeks]
HOME TRAINING is offered to our clients at no extra charge within a 6 mile radius of Bracknell. Additional fees apply outside of this radius.
We also offer discounted rates for students. Please enquire for details.
3. Who have you trained in the past?
We have extensive experience in working with people right across the spectrum: from elite international athletes to everyday individuals.
Over the past three years we have collaborated with a variety of world-renowned individuals and organisations. Our clients have varied from elite-level athletes to everyday individuals, some with longstanding pain and injury, with age ranges from 19 to 81 years of age! Our athletic clients have included Olympic squad Snowboarders, international track and field athletes, semi-professional racing drivers, rugby players, rowers and endurance athletes.
4. I am a member at another health and fitness centre; will I need membership at one of your training facilities to receive personal training with you?
As we are freelance personal trainers, there is no obligation for you to be a member at one of our facilities whilst you are training solely with us. As we pay a rental fee to these facilities, we cover the costs of your training at our facilities.
Some clients however, do decide to join the same centre that we train them at, to make use of the facilities and spa areas in their own free time, or as a means of relaxing after training with us. If you do decide this, then please call the centre names listed under ‘Where do you train your clients?’ for more information on membership prices.
5. My fitness centre already offers gym induction and fitness assessments where I can have a program designed for me. Why shouldn’t I just choose this option?
We do get asked this question a lot! We do respect that there are many good fitness instructors out there in the market who offer apparently similar services. However, we feel our phenomenally effective results speak for themselves. Our personally supervised expertly prescribed exercise program offers a superior service.
You will become far more aware of your body’s needs and will avoid the faulty habits that we see so frequently and which are easily adopted by people who do not choose the personal training option. You will also appreciate the inevitable long-term repercussions and adverse effects that are likely to develop from faulty training.
You will be pushed to find better qualified, skilled personal trainers and corrective exercise and conditioning specialists in this part of the country, who are offering a similar service to ours, at such a competitive price.
6. The Initial Assessment – what does this entail?
One of the biggest differentiating factors between the personal training majority and us is our provision of a highly specialised and thorough biomechanical and musculoskeletal assessment for every new client. This is always is performed on your first visit to us and lasts up to two hours in duration.
We obtain a great amount of information during this assessment. For instance our biomechanical assessment analyses the way your body moves, determining precisely where your strongest and weakest links are and how we may train (and correct) them safely and efficiently. We will also pick up any postural flaws that may hinder your movement.
The results from this assessment allow us to accurately and objectively design a scientifically-tailored program that is both functional and effective for you as an individual. You can be sure that with us, the exercise program will never be prescribed from guesswork.
7. What times of the day can you train me?
This depends on the opening times of the fitness centre that we are operating in on that particular day. Usually first appointment times begin at 7am, with the last appointment offered at 8pm. We try to be as flexible as possible in fitting our clients in when it is convenient for them. We also train on Saturdays.
8. How long do the sessions last?
With the exception of the initial biomechanical and musculoskeletal assessment (which lasts up to two hours), all training sessions last for one hour. This ensures that we may train your body to its optimum potential, without risking the counter-productive release of excessive stress hormones that inevitably accompanies training periods of longer than one hour. If we keep our sessions to one hour, we find that this ensures your body will adapt to the training stimulus at the optimum level that is appropriate for you. You will thus recover faster and achieve your goals at a much faster rate.
9. This all sounds fantastic. How, and when, can I begin training with you?
If you’re interested in the service that we offer, or you feel you would like some more information, then all you have to do is contact us via the telephone or via email through the contact page. We look forward to hearing from you!
John Shirley, Kinetic Director & Lead Personal Trainer
Tel: 0775 4396997
Email: john@kineticpersonaltraining.com