Personal Training

Do you want to feel good about your body?

Meet Personal Trainer Dean Schaffer

If you’re looking for a personal trainer that promises a fast route to dropping weight by banning carbohydrates and exercising until the point of exhaustion, then I’m not your guy! Why? Because to me, fitness is a lifestyle, not a fad and I’m trained to look at the long game, not just the short term gain.

Heavily into martial arts – I’m a black belt in Kung-Fu and weight training since a teenager; I’ve always been passionate about fitness. For me, it’s a big part of my life and as founder of The Fitness Club I want to make it a part of your life too.

Big on communication and trust, my friendly but focused training gets anyone hooked. There’s a lot of copycatting in fitness, but I’m a trainer who’s a little bit different. For one, I listen and secondly, I care. I adapt my techniques to create programs around my clients’ needs according to their abilities and goals.

Working both anaerobically (short and fast exercise) and aerobically, I use core, resistance and circuit training to improve and empower their life through exercise. I like seeing my clients happy, and the right program will undoubtedly raise confidence levels, making you look and feel good. My personal mantra is ‘health is wealth’, and I like to think of myself as the backbone that keeps my clients standing up straight and looking to the future.

Working with all ages from 18 to 83, I’m consistently challenging my clients – whether they’re overweight, stressed city suits or post natal mums, and pushing them towards their next goal. I’m always thinking of new ways they can progress. I understand bad days and whatever problem my client has, I have a solution. Ultimately, my personal training sessions are about you, not me. I get enjoyment from seeing results – and that makes me thrive.

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  • I explained what I wanted to achieve and finally someone understood my goals and the results are fabulous. I am an individual that cannot stand repetitiveness and Dean’s sessions are always exciting as you just don’t know what to expect apart from one thing, RESULTS’ Sophie Bowman, 30, London

    Sophie B (June 2015)
    11th February, 2017

  • I had come out of an angioplasty and was looking for trainers to help me with cardio-vascular fitness and weight reduction. I really consider myself fortunate to have discovered Dean and his facilities. I am 50 and have been training with Dean for about two months now and I am a completely changed person with a whole new attitude to fitness. I have lost about two stone in about 10 weeks, but more importantly, I find myself having a lot more energy and physically much more active. All of this has been largely achieved with Dean's training. The exercises are customised for my physique and they help me work all of my body in a very gradual way. His approach was to understand my body and centre all exercises around the my needs and capabilities - unlike other trainers who roll out standard exercise sets. Dean also brings a huge amount of commitment, empathy and passion to these sessions - and that helps motivate and keep the sessions very engaging. He also has an excellent, spacious, full facility gym for the training sessions and the sessions are only for one person at a time.

    Srini G (jan 2017)
    7th February, 2017

  • Training with Dean has revolutionised my approach to life, fitness and food. He understands your goals and desires and will work tirelessly to help fulfil them. Obviously it's an effort on both parts but it is the half the battle when you have someone as supportive and willing as Dean. In three months my whole body has changed so much so that I am excited for the next three months of transformation under Dean's watchful and attentive eye!

    Mark K (Dec 2015)
    11th February, 2017

  • The best gym after a month of research in Finchley road area. I've joined Fitness Club London two and a half months ago and the main reason was to lose weight! The staff are very friendly and the personal trainer Dean understands your needs. And in two months ... I’ve lost 8kg! They've helped me a lot to understand the type of training I need to do in order to reach my goal. Recommended for everyone!! And I hope to lose 10 kg over the next two months:-)

    Samuele Perrone (jun 12)
    11th February, 2017

  • When I first started training with Dean I was stuck in a bad cycle (diet, drink, no exercise) and needed a change. I thought all I wanted was a quick fix but my tune changed when I saw that within 10 sessions I went from being able to do 50 pushups to over 240 and lost 3kg (and 2% bodyfat). Best of all I finally got my first pull-up! Dean won’t lie to you about how hard you need to work to succeed, unlike other trainers I’ve been with. He is always upfront yet supportive and willing to take you there if you have the drive. Strength aside, aesthetically I’m so happy with the results, I haven’t been this fit since I was 18 and I can’t wait to continue training. Now it time to throw all those baggy clothes out! Julianna 

    Julianna (Sept 2015)
    11th February, 2017