Qualifications

OCR level 2 certificate in teaching exercise and fitness

Gym

Circuits

VIIST Diploma in Sport Therapy

About - Richard Patman

Sports Massage Therapist and Strength & Conditioning Coach

Experience

After a few years of messing around with different sports including tennis, discus and weight training in a friends shed I started to get more interested in various martial arts:

I first focused on Thai-Boxing and with some regular training became regional champion.

I then started paying more attention to weights and began Olympic lifting. In late 2002 I switched to powerlifting and by 2003 I won the British Championships & World Championships in power lifting/ bench press.

I organised the first two “Cambridge strongest man”competitions. It was a really good way of getting everyone in the local gyms to have something to train for and raising funds for charity.

Coaching Approach

I’ve been a personal trainer and sports massage therapist since 2003 and although I still train I’ve stopped competing. This allows me more time to focus on training others and helping people achieve their goals. I’m constantly creating different training protocols (which normally get tested on me before I prescribe them to clients!) which keeps training interesting.

In the past I have helped clients get the results they want:

Improving lifting techniques, losing weight, gaining muscle, getting stronger while remaining in a certain weight class, or just getting healthier.

Not everyone is a full time athlete so the routines and any dietary advice vary as much as the individuals I train. We work around your lifestyle and ability which is key to getting realistic results.

Much of my spare time is now taken up by my extremely lazy dog Monty who is proving to be much harder to train and motivate than any client I have come across! Besides sport I also have a huge interest in painting, particularly Victorian art and enjoy portrait painting whenever Monty gives me the time.