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Gateshead Thunder were put through their paces at South Shields beach at 6.30am - with thanks to Target Health and Fitness

Terry McDougall from Target Health and Fitness provided Thunder with their "Mobile Gym" which allowed Club Conditioner Alan Dickinson to put the players through their paces.

The "Mobile Gym" contains a full weights set up, core stablity balls, tyres, ropes, logs, cones and agility poles.

The players did a full weights session - exactly the same as if they were at Gateshead International Stadium - and then competed in an special designed conditioning course.

Club Conditioner Alan Dickinson commented:

"Today has been fantastic for all the players and has really allowed us to put some variation in our training."

"None of this would have been possible without Terry and Target Health & Fitness.  He brought eveything to us here at the beach and stayed to help set up and put away."

"We'd have no hesitation in working with Target Health & Fitness again - in fact, we have aleady spoken about geting together for another session like this."

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Neil Robbins.  MMA Fighter

"I used Target Health & Fitness leading up to my last fight.  The fight prior to this, i trained and ate according to what anybody told me.  I weighed in under the weight category, had no energy, gassed straight away and  I lost the fight.  I wasn't gonna make the same mistake again so i used Terry at Target Health and Fitness.  He created a 6 week nutrition plan leading up to my fight & immediately highlighted where i'd previously went wrong. The nutrition plan was unique to me,  he took my job into consideration, type of training i was doing, and even what types of foods i liked to eat.  I was expecting a strict diet but it wasn't like that at all. My energy levels went through the roof, i bounced out of bed every morning, and i actually wanted to train even more than i already was but was advised not to by Terry for fear of overtraining too near to the fight.  I weighed in on the night at exactly 90.0kg!!  The upper limit of the weight category and i won the fight by knock out in the first round.  Terry was always available for help or advice when i needed him.  I'd recommend using Target Health & Fitness to anyone!"

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'Nikko Liadopoulos' Washington, Tyne and Wear.

Being a male, my first intial thoughts on the idea of getting a personal trainer where that of ego and me thinking, well i can just do it all myself.  However having tried for months, working out with very little result, i decided to put my male ego to bed and try a personal trainer. 

Terry is an excellant coach who understands your needs and advises you on not just the workout you undertake on any given session but also the things in your lifestyle that could be affecting how well you reach your fitness goals.  All the equipment Terry has is top notch, he even turned up in a big van covered in his company branding.  Just seemed pretty professional to me from the start...you know what they say...first impressions are everything.

To sum it all up...Target Health and fitness has really motivated me into getting myself back into shape.  Looking forward to my next workout session.

Thanks Terry!