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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  • This is not a case of 3rd time lucky. No, this was my 5th attempt at finding a suitable, knowledgeable, simply able personal trainer! Well, 12 months on, I am at last able to confirm that Dean from the Fitness Club London is it! Yes, this guy definitely belongs in the Saville Row of Personal Trainers – he tailors his programme to suit each individual, rather than put-downs and criticisms. He understands all age groups and their needs, he deals neatly, delicately and creatively with aches, pains and even disability, sans fuss, in a very business like but curiously personal fashion. Handy with diet and nutritional advice, Dean from the Fitness Club is a seriously talented and caring human being. One year on, minus 22 kg, with a metabolic age 13 years below my (real?) age, and with a “pristine” (my Doctor!) set of blood test results, I’m on a mission – at mission control is Dean

    Ronald Hofbauer (Age over 55) May 2011
    13th February, 2015

  • 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

  • I joined Fitness Club London in order to lose weight and improve fitness for some upcoming sporting events and for general health in my early 40s.

    Dean has tailored both nutrition and exercise regimes to help me head towards these goals steadily. In nine months, I have worked off 17kg, which is over 80% of the way to my weight goal ahead of a sporting tour for Great Britain in March-April 2017. Skiing was completely liberated from muscle aches and fatigue.

    Dean’s style of personal attention, and the avoidance of other distraction around the gym, make it possible to focus on improvements in technique and achievement. This helps me to recognise progress with each training session, which sustains my interest and motivation.

    Derek L (Age 43) January 2017
    14th February, 2017

  • I first trained with Dean 5 years ago and he helped my lose a great amount of weight and get fit. I kept the weight off for a few years but last year it crept up again. I decided I had to do something about it and I instantly knew who to get in touch with. A personal trainer is no substitute for hard work and discipline, but Dean pushes you beyond your comfort zone so you can get fitter and leaner, something which I couldn't have done by myself. I started training with Dean in january at 99 kilos and 32% body fat and I am now (in june) 80 kilos and 18% body fat.

    Panos G Age 35 (June 2015)
    11th February, 2017

  • (Dean)

    I sent a newish client of mine an email asking him, how is back was after he came in complaining of back pains after bending over and lifting a few things. This is the response I got and thought  I would share it with you all. 

    (Client) 

    Thanks for asking. My back has recovered a bit today, your work on it clearly helped and i am grateful,

    My wife and I were only just commenting before your email how much better we both feel generally and how grateful we are to you. It’s certainly one of the best things (if not the best) that has happened to us for a long time

    Leslie S (June 16)
    7th February, 2017