Our Staff

Jon Price

Jon established Core Strength Training at Halton in 2002 to promote greater efficiency, improved stability and strength leading to greater athletic performance in any given sport. Jon did this so that he could focus on working with people at a one-to-one level to achieve higher standards of fitness and sports performance. He has over 12 years experience of working in a gym environment and promoting a healthy lifestyle.

Jon is a Register of Exercise Professionals (REPS) Level 3 Trainer and holds several professional qualifications. He continues to further his professional development by working towards further coaching awards, attending conferences and keeping up to date with the latest research, to ensure that he is providing you with the most up to date, evidence-based training practices.

Jon encourages each client to become a ‘smart keep fitter’ by helping them to recognise their own potential. He aims to help clients understand the higher level they can work at by motivating individuals to push themselves a little further than their normal pace and out of their comfort zone. He likes to think outside the box and create innovative ways to exercise, have fun and achieve results. He is keen for each client to set and accomplish goals through hard work and a committed training regime.

Camilla Hayward

Camilla is an administrator at Core Strength Health & Fitness Centre and Halton Tennis Club and is also the Club's Press Officer.

Having taught at a local Pre-School for 12 years, she is now involved in the Mini Tennis Programme at Halton as a Level 2 Coach and Mini Tennis Club Manager.

Please call Camilla with regards to any general enquiries at Core Strength Health and Fitness Centre. She will be happy to answer your questions and provide information about gym memberships, personal training, classes and treatments.

Dominic King

Dom is a highly motivated and knowledgeable trainer with many years' experience, who recognises that each person is different and works with you to find the right key to unlock the door to your goals. Whether you are looking to improve sports performance or to achieve a general health and fitness goal, Dom believes in the interdependent principles of effective nutrition & lifestyle management, physical training and mental skills training.

Dom is a Register of Exercise Professionals (REPS) Level 3 Trainer and holds several professional qualifications. He continues to further his professional development by working towards further coaching awards, attending conferences and keeping up to date with the latest research, to ensure that he is providing you with the most up to date, evidence-based training practices.

“Everything you do either moves you towards your goals or away from your goals. A key is recognising that it is a choice and you have power over that choice&rdquo.

Helen Mulhall

Helen is a Register of Exercise Professionals (REPS) Level 3 Advanced Personal Trainer, having trained with Premier International Limited. She is particularly interested in functional training allowing you to make the most out of your sport or lifestyle. However her main aim is that you should enjoy your training! Helen's own personal sport is distance running, having now completed 8 marathons and various ultramarathons and she runs with local club, Bearbrook Joggers. She is a recognised UK Athletics Leader in Running Fitness as well as a registered Boxercise Instructor.

Stefen King

Stef has been involved in sport and fitness most of his life, starting out primarily as a footballer and lawn tennis player. He then discovered real tennis in which he became a professional player and coach. Becoming increasingly interested in the fitness and conditioning aspects of sport, Stef gained his industry qualification from the prestigious National Academy of Sports Medicine. As a result, Stef uses an integrated approach to training with three distinct building blocks – Stabilization, Strength and Power. In his spare time, Stef is a keen runner and cyclist. He has completed four marathons and was part of a 12 person team that broke the 48 hour treadmill world record. He has also cycled the length of the country to raise money for charity, and taken part in L'Etape – a stage of the Tour de France.

Lee Eldridge

Lee is an accredited strength and conditioning coach from the UK Strength and Conditioning Association.

He has both a BSc and MSc in Sport and Exercise Science and has worked in a number of professional team and individual settings, including a Premiership football club and a rugby club. He is currently working with a tennis player who is ranked in the top 200 in the world. Lee's qualifications and experience of working with elite athletes has given him the knowledge to produce a unique method of training the body, as well as developing an athletes ability to perform at the highest level.

Roland has a diverse depth of knowledge of the fitness industry, with over 11 years experience. He has a specialist interest in Conditioning Training for all sports. Roland is a enthusiastic member of Everyball Tennis Fitness Conditioning training team working with a number of squads. His personal interests include endurance sports, having competed in many adventure races and triathlons as well as a full Ironman in 2011.

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Tom Wood

Tom is a Level 2 APPI Pilates Instructor who teaches the Classical Pilates method. He has been instructing for the past 4 years and specialises in mat work, swiss ball, pilates ring and foam roller work-outs to develop body uniformity, increase flexibility and reduce the risk of injury. To book a one on one session, please call on 07729 561884.

Elaine McWhirter

Elaine MacWhirter has been working as a Chartered Physiotherapist for 13 years both in the NHS and Private Sector having worked with consultants and GPs in fracture and soft tissue injury clinics. Elaine has developed extensive skills in the management of acute and chronic conditions and sports injuries.

Elaine is also a qualified Pilates Instructor (APPI) and has previously led classes for all levels of ability. At Core Strength Gym she is involved with leading beginners, intermediate and rehabilitation classes in addition to individual treatment programmes. She is committed to on-going development having attended various courses including biomechanics and muscle energy techniques.

Cat Booker

Cat Booker is a Fitness Professional & UK Fitness Presenter in SPINNING® indoor cycle and Peak Pilates®. As a trainer Cat is active in road cycling, duathlons/triathlons, and coaching, personal training and nutrition. Cat is passionate about inspiring and motivating people to be the best they can be and grow fitness in the community. Cat enjoys training clients and taking classes as part of her business within Bucks where she lives, and commutes to London to work with a specialist Peak Pilates® studio on the MVe® chair (based on the original Joesph Pilates Wunda Chair) in Chelsea, and at H2 Bike Run in SOHO. Cat has a worked abroad, in London and based in Bucks, with 15 years in instructing, and working alongside presenters and master trainers as a coach and previously group fitness manager for sizeable fitness clubs in London. Awarded Bronze for The Health Club of The Year Award 2011, Nuffield Health, City, London. - Classes for Cat as follows for 2012 • Monday 9-10am Pilates Ball • Tuesday 1-2pm Pilates Flow • Thursdays 9.15-10.15pm Pilates Roller • Thursdays 7.30-8.30pm (pending) - Class Description Pilates Roller • 'The stability roll, or foam roller, where traditional Pilates exercises are done with the roller to alter the intensity or focus for the body to improve flexibility, quality of movement, balance, muscle endurance and tone, soft muscle tissue elasticity, joint movement, toxin release, stress on joints, rehabilitation from injury' Pilates Ball • 'The ball is used to challenge the core and work at all levels to increase abdominal and torso tone and strength for a leaner looking middle''

David Hudson

David graduated as a Chartered Physiotherapist in 1995 and has over 13 years clinical expertise. Having worked in both the NHS and for the MoD he has a wide and extensive range of experience and postgraduate education in the assessment and management of musculoskeletal injuries sustained in sport, training and everyday life.

He integrates a variety of different recognised approaches to musculoskeletal injury, to ensure each clients condition is managed according to its presentation or individual need.

Combining a range of skills; including joint manipulation, stretching, education and exercise therapy; he rehabilitates the ‘whole’ individual to ensure clients recover and feel empowered to prevent a recurrence.

Paul Johnson

BTEC Dip. Level 5 (Oxford), Clinical Sport and Remedial Massage Therapy Member of Institute of Sport & Remedial Massage (ISRM) Member of the Complementary & Natural Healthcare Council (CNHC), I have always been a sporty person, and have been involved in sport at a high level. Sadly injuries took their toll on my body which resulted in me retiring in my early 20's. It is because of my injuries that I decided to retrain so that I could help others enjoy a long and active life doing the sports they enjoy. As a husband and Dad of two beautiful girls Amy aged 6 and Katie aged 4, life is pretty full on, and i'm kept very much on my toes. When i do get time to myself i like to get out for a run, or cycle. I also enjoy swimming. I completed a BTEC Level 5 Professional Diploma in Clinical Sports and Remedial Massage at the Oxford School of Sports Massage (OSSM) in 2010. The OSSM is one of only five schools in the UK to be accredited by both the Institute of Sport & Remedial Massage (ISRM) and the Sports Massage Association (SMA). The Level 5 qualification is the highest in the UK, and is internationally recognised, and has become the benchmark for quality training, teaching the skills necessary for treating a wide variety of musculoskeletal problems, from common postural dysfunction to sports-related injuries. I am a full member of both the ISRM (Institute of sports and remedial massage) Complementary & Natural Healthcare Council (CNHC), Both of these bodies require a stringent level of continuous professional development to ensure therapists are kept up to date with the latest developments in the profession. I also hold full professional liability insurance for Sports Massage Practitioners.

Toby Freeman

MARTIAL ARTS TRAINER Toby has been training for 15 years and teaching for five years. He is qualified to a level 3 in WAKO (world associations kickboxing organisation). After competing at an internationl level for six years for Great Britain and winning the World Championship and European Championship, he decided to further his teaching career as a martial arts trainer. His objective is to bring out the best in his pupils, to further their kickboxing careers and to ke