The Lakeside Fitness Studio

15/10/2025

Leaving do for Ness 💪 fabulous time at .

15/10/2025

17/09/2025

Ignore the word diet – this is one of the best cookery books I’ve ever come across, in terms of what we should eat just day-to-day away from going out. Has anyone else come across this yet? One of my favourite recipes from here is the Coconut Prawn Curry page 133!

03/09/2025

When the lake outside the gym was more birds than it was water 🤷‍♂️

27/08/2025

This is Ellie, she is awesome 💪

In just over a year Ellie has gone from doing personal training -> to doing PT + spin -> Now PT, spin, bootcamp and power yoga per week 💪

I break exercise down into three areas, strength, cardio and core/mobility. By doing what Ellie does, by picking lots of training methodologies that combine more than one of these sections at a time, she is able to hit more than one area of fitness, and be super efficient with her exercise outside of a busy desk job.

Ellie’s real life superpower is the consistency she has shown in this time, and she is SERIOUSLY strong.

Unless Ellie has been away, I don’t recall her ever missing a session and in this time she has progressed her bench press to 50.5kg and her deadlift to 125 kg with the straight bar, and over 140 kg with the hex bar.

Keep up the good work Ellie and remember everyone strong is beautiful 💪

Happy lifting, best wishes Nick.

13/08/2025

31/07/2025

Me waiting and ready for yoga… Feeling young is about feeling strong, fit and pain-free.

Weights help you feel strong, cardio helps you feel fit, and Yoga/Pilates helps you feel mobile and pain-free.

If you want to feel young again, start with those three things 💪 how well are you hitting those three areas per week? 💪

23/07/2025

This is Steve, what an absolute hero.

Steve has trained with me for many years , Steve has always had a great attitude towards fitness and activity. Even back when he used to live and work in the City, he always believed in using the underground as little as possible, and walked as much of every journey as he possibly could…plus he is an all weather cyclist 💪

Since I took on Steve seven years ago, he has also introduced weights into the equation, once a week with me, and another on his own at home…. Plus also being very active at home in the garden, or during the recent extension.

However, due to a genetic issue, Steve faced a significant health challenge around 18 months ago. He survived due to his brilliant fitness foundation, has recovered, and come back with fantastic determination 💪💪

He has returned in the garden, on the bike, lots of travelling, walking, doing weights twice a week, has lost two stone and is looking absolutely fantastic 💪

Steve is a fantastic role model to how we should all approach life, it doesn’t matter how many times you get knocked down, it’s how you get up again 💪

Of course behind every great man there is an even greater woman, however I do believe Sarah deserves her own post in the near future!

Steve you are awesome, keep up the good work 💪💪

18/07/2025

My dodgy driver and I, preparing to descend on the golf course, for my first sight impaired competition 💪

My dodgy driver, looks like a bit of a throwback to my tennis days… However with half a swing, and my slightly odd follow through, it does seem to go 200 ish straight… Say what you like, but that’s all I need for the competition 🤷 ha ha.

(definitely going to work on it this winter though….) ⛳️

16/07/2025

Matt with the new male dead lift record, 177 kg!

05/07/2025

I’m breeding some new security guards under the old unused Astroturf… 🐍 i’ve been told, and I’m certain they are grass snakes… But is anyone any wiser?

28/06/2025

Another set of ducklings at the lakeside fitness studio 🦆 🐥