Home | Training | Articles | Diet | Alan - TESTIMONIALS | Exercise | Links What Alan's clients say about him I have known and worked with Mr Alan Gordon for the past four years in the clinical management of patients with orthopaedic and sports related injuries. I believe him to be of excellent character. He is highly knowledgeable and skilled in many aspects of training – including rehabilitation after injury, nutrition and bio-mechanics. Patients have always found Alan’s close attention to detail and depth of knowledge and caring and encouraging attitude reassuring. He has helped many people with complex injuries and problems regain confidence and their maximum function. Professor Sallie Lamb, D Phil (Oxon), MSc, MCSP, SRP School of Health and Social Sciences, Coventry University "Committed, motivated, dedicated, professional, intelligent, knowledgeable, trustworthy and friendly. Alan has trained me for some months now. He has managed to expand my level of fitness and given me bags more confidence. I have become much more disciplined in my approach to exercise and diet. I know that my programmes are evidence based, and guided by science, not fads. He always explains ‘why’ as well as ‘what’, rather than ‘just do it’. He teaches the underlying theory along with the exercise practice, so I am more aware of how the body/muscle etc works. He’s very adaptable and understanding. Alan is very professional and helpful, and I would never have got so far without him. I have and always will, recommend him to my friends." June Solomon "We have been working with Alan on a regular weekly basis for more than two years and in that time have noticed the positive changes in our body shape. However, we consider that more importantly we seem to have the ability, should we sustain an injury during our everyday life, that due to the programme we have followed, recovery always seems to be swift. Skilful, and often with touches of ingenuity, Alan has the ability to turn your home into an instant gym using furniture and everyday items both indoors and outside. He is fully up-to-date with all current and future trends within the industry and has this information readily available on request. In our experience, Alan’s knowledge of the biomechanics and physiology of the human body is second to none. He has a proven track record in providing excellent exercise programmes to suit all individual needs and can adapt the schedule according to the requirements of a person on the given day. He leads by example, giving clear and concise instruction e.g. correct body positions and breathing techniques in order that you receive maximum benefits without fear of injury." Jenny Mayling and Chris Caunt "Alan Gordon has been my trainer for 7 months. Before moving to Oxford from London I had 4 different trainers over a period of two and a half years, so I have a very good idea of the quality of what is on offer in this area, and consider myself an informed and very demanding customer. Apart from his superior qualifications, his knowledge of human mechanics, nutrition and exercise methods are also really outstanding, and my results under his guidance and expertise have been excellent. I can honestly say despite all being qualified, my past trainers were not in the same league as him. I would recommend anyone who is looking for a real, true-life definition of the all round expert personal trainer, to retain his services." S. Nagle "Alan Gordon was one of my mother’s best suggestions. He now appears on my doorstep twice a week for my torture sessions, where I wear my ‘effort face’ most of the time. Despite my resistance and sometimes abuse, he is none the less enthusiastic about my regime and progress. His immense knowledge and experience within the fields of biomechanics, physiotherapy and personal training has assisted me to reduce the effects of current medical problems and ease a recurring back injury, while still combating my rather ample body shape. His keenness cannot be faulted, and I am now starting to look forward to his arrival. My shape is starting to look more svelte and my poor mindset towards exercise is starting to change. I have tried all ways of losing weight and gaining a healthy lifestyle, however, I always find a hurdle that I cannot climb. Alan’s professional yet personal approach is showing results and I am confident I can actually look and feel the way I have always wanted to, with his help." Kate Gardner "When I was asked if I would recommend Alan Gordon to anyone, I was only too pleased to do so as he has helped me immensely by improving my quality of life through exercise and nutrition. I was a very nervous exerciser, partly due to very bad experiences with past trainers in Cambridge, and suffered from lower back problems as a result. When I was advised by a friend to hire Alan, I was very wary, and my husband had to drive me to the consultation appointment, or I would not have attended. I’m pleased to say I no longer have a back problem, exercise regularly, sleep better and hardly suffer at all with the stress that often laid me low for quite some time on many occasions in the past. I also have a brand new shape, something which I am very pleased with! Alan’s expert know-how of physiology and body movement analysed the physical reasons as to why I had suffered with my back during attempts to exercise in the past. The actual movements causing it when in the gymnasium were so small that they were completely missed by my physiotherapist and trainers in Cambridge. It’s high time even more people were aware of Alan’s knowledge and skills. Although I’m now living in London and use another trainer here, despite carefully searching the marketplace for a suitable person, to this day, Alan is still the highest qualified and most accomplished that I have seen and experienced." Kate Brummer I started training in the gym two years ago, and was lucky enough to be introduced to Alan Gordon. There are many people, everywhere, offering what they term personal training, but I truly doubt there are many who even approach his knowledge and skills, and who’s abilities in the business are as complete as his. I’d had previous tuition on gym apparatus, but it wasn’t until Alan instructed me, that I realised how seriously important personal biomechanics really are, and how I’d never previously received the correct attention for me as a unique individual. Under his guidance I was shown how, for example the angle of the knee, or the toes pulled back towards the shins can turn an injury threatening experience into an effective and beneficial exercise technique. At my age (56), my aim is not to create a beautiful body, but a supple one, with good ranges of movement that will take me into my sixties and beyond with sound health and flexibility whilst warding off the perceived problems of later years Alan’s fully comprehensive understanding of exercise physiology, physiotherapy, food science and training techniques are most certainly achieving results, and helping me to realise my personal health ambitions in the gym He is a pleasant, good-humoured tutor and training companion, who instils confidence and enthusiasm from the very beginning. You cannot buy good health, but money spent on Alan Gordon is a very shrewd investment indeed. John Caunt I have had the pleasure of knowing, and of having Alan Gordon involved in my training for over 7 years. My whole attitude towards nutrition and exercise has completely changed, along with my body shape and fitness levels. This has all come about directly from Alan’s expertise. He seems to have an inexhaustible and vast range of knowledge and enthusiasm. You are never ‘preached’ to and ‘tech talk’ is conveyed in layman’s terms, making sure you not only understand fully, what you are doing, but the reasons why you are doing it. Alan makes sure he is always available for any questions or queries you may have. Indeed, he positively encourages it. Mr Carmine Ruggiero. I have been working with Alan Gordon for just on one year now, and despite having a very long background in sport I have learnt a great deal from Alan’s techniques and expertise. His precision ability in human biomechanics, and all that underlies scientific fitness training is impressively detailed, and his knowledge and methods easily surpass anything that I have previously experienced. It is a shame I am not younger and still playing sport competitively! Additionally, Alan has passed on innumerable specialised facts on nutrition and diet that have helped me immensely in my sport and health generally. Once again his knowledge in this area of nutritional science is expertly comprehensive His work with my wife Julie has produced even more impressive results. In six months Julie has progressed from a self confessed couch potato to the confident owner of a ‘new body’. Here Alan’s status as an expert has spoken for itself and his methodology in terms of which exercises to use, and which order, to achieve the desired results, has been very impressive. We would recommend him to anyone seeking a state of the art consultant to improve their physical and dietary fitness . . . . but beware his stop watch - the ‘last five seconds’ are very discretionary! Neil and Julie Biggs Oxford You can contact Alan by telephone on  07833 110364