What to Look for in an Exclusive Personal Trainer in London

by Matt Hodges
24 June 2026

Exclusive personal trainer is one of those phrases that gets used, and overused, across London’s fitness scene. After eighteen years running a private training studio in Fitzrovia, I’d argue that very few businesses using the word actually understand what it should mean. Continue reading

 

Why London’s High-Profile Clients Choose Private Personal Training Over Public Gyms

by Matt Hodges
22 June 2026

After eighteen years training some of London’s most recognisable, and most fiercely private clients, I’ve learned that the biggest barrier between a high-profile person and their fitness goals usually isn’t time, motivation, or even money. It’s exposure. Continue reading

 

Personal Training Fitzrovia: The Most Discreet Studio in the West End

by Matt Hodges
17 June 2026

Tucked into the quieter streets of Fitzrovia, just on the edge of London’s West End, The MPH Method has spent eighteen years building one of the city’s most private personal training studios. If you’re searching for personal training in Fitzrovia and discretion matters as much as results, here’s what sets our studio apart. Continue reading

 

The ‘FNL’ – Friday Night Lifter

by Matt Hodges
23 August 2012

Fitness Instructor London, Personal Trainer London

Gym-Blagger [ˈjim-bla-gerɪ] Brit slang, offensive
n pl Gym-blaggers
1. (Social Science / Peoples) a person, mainly male, who has no spatial awareness for his/her or others fitness and health
2. (Social Science / Peoples) (loosely) a person who regards their overall ego more important than their form adj
1. (Social Science / Peoples) People who discount all logic for big biceps
2. (Social Science / Peoples) (loosely) denoting a person who thinks highly of ones self in the gym arena

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