These detailed coaching sessions are about achieving your goals and creating lasting change. They are available to members of RP Fitness as well as non-members.
There are no shortcuts when it comes to results but they can often be reached quicker and often much easier than expected with the right approach.
A coaching session is not a workout (although your usual training session can be reviewed). It is about creating a structured solution to your specific fitness needs and requirements.
Your goals, preferences, lifestyle, medical conditions, behaviours, dietary habits and anything that could contribute to your overall success will be discussed.
To ensure the programme and advice is completely appropriate and relevant, coaching sessions will often include some kind of fitness testing, postural analysis amongst other strength and flexibility assessments chosen based on your unique requirements and not simply your goal.
During the appointment, any exercises can be reviewed and detailed coaching is provided and a huge component of your session in the well equipped Cambridge gym. You will leave the session confident in your ability and understand how to do the exercises perfectly as well as why you are doing those specific movements.
This can make a coaching session a fantastic way for beginners to learn the importance of good foundations and get taught the subtleties that can make all the difference but often get lost somewhere in translation.
Coaching sessions at are not reserved just for beginners. If you are more advanced and want a deeper, more technical and rewarding understanding of what you are doing then coaching is ideal.
If you need something more sport specific or you are a good athlete wanting to become a great athlete then coaching is the only way to make that leap.
All coaching sessions are conducted by Richard Patman, the ‘RP’ of RP Fitness.
“YOU CAN SEE HE IS A PROFESSIONAL”- BORIS SHEIKO
Richard Patman is a highly sought after fitness professional who is a former world champion powerlifter and a qualified IPF Strength Coach, Exercise referral specialist, STOTT Pilates instructor, personal trainer and Sports Therapist. Over the years he has had privileged access to ‘secret training techniques’ some of the best coaches in the world try to guard.
‘My goal is for you to achieve your goal. I am not worried about how much time you can put in, but what you can get out of that time’.
Using his clear, methodical, balanced cross-disciplinary approach, the former British and world Powerlifting champion has trained and coached literally thousands of people in achieving their goals safely and effectively.
Richard works with everyone from complete beginners, people held back by injuries or medical conditions, all the way to elite athletes and sports teams.
Richard first started coaching and treating clients in 2003 but has constantly updated his qualifications ever since. Often travelling around the UK and internationally to ensure the most up to date training and treatment methods are being used and that he is always offering the best client-first-service possible.
Richard is multi-disciplined so if your goals require an injury, mobility problem or postural issue to be addressed first then this can be included in the session. This may take the shape of sports therapy (including, but not limited to massage, spinal manipulation, osteopathic articulation or medical acupuncture). Sometimes sports therapy will take the shape of temporary corrective exercises to help you. These can sometimes be essential to make some exercises pain free or even possible, this, of course, would all be dependant on your needs.
Within five days of your session a considered, balanced and effective programme wil be designed and sent to you. The length of the programme can vary as will the level of detail possible within the programme. Any progressions and targets included will be intended to motivate and encourage, not pressurise or stress you. You will not be given a programme or exercise you are not ready for in any sense of the meaning.
After your coaching session, you will not be left to your own devices. You will have continued support. You will get weekly responses to any emails you send and can freely ask as many questions or request changes to your programme for 28 days after your coaching session as you feel is needed.
Due to very high demand, these sessions have limited availability. This two-hour session once every 4 weeks is a cost-effective way to be coached with ample time to practice technique and correct form. Private areas are of course available for those worried about busy surroundings or distractions during the appointment.
Not everyone can get to Cambridge so frequently. In these instances booking two back to back sessions allowing four hours of world-class coaching and mentoring but less often is quite common and a great compromise.
For larger groups, workshops or coaching sessions in other locations please email Richard directly for pricing and availability.
