about

the story so far...

The drive and passion behind 3D Personal Training are directors Craig Burton and Matt Brereton-Patel.

Craig and Matt first met by chance in London when they shared a house in Tufnell Park, later choosing to live together, with their better halves, in Paddington.

At the time Craig was already well on his way to becoming a great personal trainer, while Matt was still working in pharmaceutical research and development, in a range of disease areas. It was at this stage that Matt, sharing a passion for Craig's principles and ideas, started bugging him about joining forces.

When Craig founded 3D Personal Training in mid 2006, Matt was unofficially on hand as a regular sounding board and advisor, and officially became part of 3D Personal Training at the end of 2007.

Since then they've both been busy setting up their practices in Munich and Manchester, and starting families - one challenge just isn't enough!

about craig & matt

Craig (on the left) has over 10 years experience at the top of the health and fitness profession, while Matt (on the right) has 7 years experience in the clinical research arena, and a life long passion for all things health and fitness.

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Together, we bring unwavering innovation, enthusiasm, experience and commitment to the health and fitness profession, whether it’s training at 5:30am on a rainy winter morning or proof reading our latest digital book at 10pm as our day is finishing.

It’s our personal commitment to you to deliver the best and most effective cutting edge knowledge and technique, whatever, wherever and whoever you are. Our ambition is positive health and fitness for everyone. Our experience is unique.

We believe that happy people are fit and healthy people. Are you ready to join us?

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philosophy

We deliver fast, proven results, by treating you as you: not like the last person, not like the next.

You are our passion - and whether you're just looking for some motivation and new ideas to get you moving in the right direction again, or need a complete holistic makeover, you can rest assured that you'll receive our undivided attention and have at your disposal our full range of services.

Our approach is simple, natural, organic. Our techniques promote a simple, natural, free state of mind and body, releasing the effects and stresses of our modern lifestyles to become who we are fundamentally: organic human beings in harmony with ourselves and our environment, free to express ourselves physically, mentally and emotionally, full of energy and vitality.

No two people are the same, just like our fingerprints, so our philosophy is to understand who you are and where you’re at on every level before you start.

It’s because no two people have the same fingerprints that we understand that your physical fitness program needs to be developed with just you in mind, and that’s just what we do, whether you’re a beginner or seasoned fitness addict.

And it’s because we’ve worked with everyone from elite athletes to those carrying some serious weight, and everyone in between, that we know how to motivate, inspire and challenge on the hard days everyone experiences.

Lastly, we promise to be honest with you. We’ll never patronise or lie to you. Getting fit and healthy can be hard work both physically, nutritionally and for your mind. We do not avoid challenging the people we work with, which is why you’ll always have the support you need from us, whenever you need it.

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what we do

It's a really simple concept - to get real results we need to treat you as a real human, completely individual and different to everyone else. To do that we need to look at the way you move, eat, and think, all at the same time - because as a real human all three affect you at the same time.

So we dedicated ourselves to being experts in human movement and movement dyfunction, massage therapy, nutrition and nutritional therapy, and techniques that optimise the power of our minds and personalities, for instance goal setting, or mental stress relief through meditation.

Weight loss is a huge part of the personal training market, and it's a by product of what we do, because when you're moving right, eating right and are motivated and de-stressed, you're going to lose weight. Lots of it.

The same applies to gaining weight, resolving health issues, achieving flexibility, body shape and tone, injury rehabilitation, and sport specific performance amongst others.

Of course, our approach is individaully tailored to meet your needs and we start from scratch with every single client. No two of our programs are ever built the same, just as no two humans are.

So essentially, that's what you can expect from us.

Our practical, holistic approach unites the 3 essential dimensions that give you fast results:

• effective, functional physical training & fitness
  
• positive nutrition
  
• a happy, positive mind

When we work successfully with our clients to get these right, the results can be astonishing.

In our practice we emphasise function in all three aspects. The easiest way to describe functional movement, nutrition and mental state is to think about dysfuntion:

Our top secret techniques minimise dysfunction while maximising and optimising function at the same time.

Functional is how we were born to be - simple, free, natural, fit.

It’s what we do.

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