Trainers
Matt Paine - Personal Trainer & Advanced Fitness Instructor
Experience:
Diploma in Personal Training & Sports Massage
Level 2 Certificate in Gym Instruction
Professionalism including ethics, customer service
and health & safety
Programme design including free weights, resistance machines, flexibility etc.
Concepts and components of fitness
Level 3 Certificate in Personal Training
Health and fitness appraisal, lifestyle analysis and stress management.
Special populations including obesity, diabetes, asthma and orthopaedic conditions.
Fitness testing for power, muscular strength, endurance and flexibility.
Core training, programme design for strength, power, hypertrophy and aerobic fitness.
Nutrition for Physical Activities
Pre- and post- exercise nutrition.
Weight management.
Food diary analyst.
Certificate in Sports Massage Therapy Level 3
Sports massage techniques including palpation, basic strokes, neuromuscular and muscle energy techniques.
Subjective assessment of clients, joint and muscle testing, assessment of posture, profiling and appropriate record keeping.
Soft tissue damage and repair - injury occurrence
and treatment.
Achievements:
Signing professional contract with Colchester United Football Club in June 2006.
Captaining the Colchester United Youth team to the most successful FA youth cup run in the clubs history reaching the quarter final stage in 2004 – 2005 season.
Being voted ‘Players Player of the year’ award for Colchester United Youth team in 2004 – 2005, and the same award for Thurrock Football club in 2007 – 2008.
Being a member of the second fastest relay team in the country at the National age-groups swimming championships in 2002.
Winning numerous school and county swimming events from 1998 - 2004
Previous Work History:
August 2007 - Current - Thurrock Football Club - Semi-professional footballer.
January 2008 – current – Little kickers – Coaching infants ranging from 2yrs – 5yrs basic football drills to aid in co-ordination, balance, awareness.
February 2008 - November 2008 - Clothes Aid collection driver - door to door collection of charity bags.
January 2008 - February 2008 - General building site labourer - keeping building site clear and tidy, assisting the contract workers.
July 2004 - June 2007 - Apprentice and Professional footballer with Colchester United FC.
Volunteer Work:
I have worked with a 10 year old disabled boy for 7 months, in the local community, on a voluntary basis with ‘Out and about’ Ipswich.
My main objective was to take him swimming weekly in order to increase his confidence, his ability and his own personal goals.
