Meet your Trainers

Andy Cross is a personal trainer, acupuncturist, Thai yoga practitioner, and sports massage therapist at Total Fitness MK.

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Andy has a background in Martial Arts, where he gained a position in the England team in Karate. He then spent many years as a Bodybuilding and now is a high-level Road Cyclist, earning a World Record in April 2018, cycling as part of a four-person relay team from John O’Groats to Land’s End in 43hr, 46min, and 49secs. 

 

Andy is a Metabolic Nutrition Consultant and trainer, and he uses his skills to plan classes for Total Fitness MK members to get maximum results during sessions. Andy is also a Pilates Instructor, Level 4 Sports Massage, Advanced Thai Yoga Massage Therapist and Acupuncturist with his studio in Towcester.

We are proud to have Michelle Carmon join us at TF as a Personal Trainer, fitness instructor and Sports Massage Therapist.

 

Michelle has a huge passion for Health fitness and the benefits of regular exercise, including strength resistance training and healthy eating. 

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She has good knowledge & understanding of the Menopause cycle and its effects on the body from her own personal experience. She firmly believes that exercise has eased her transition through this stage of her life, balancing her body & mind. She is also keen to show you how to achieve results during this time.

 

Michelle spends most of her free time researching new fitness trends and incorporating them into the classes she instructs making them fun & challenging.

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When Michelle isn’t studying, she enjoys clay pigeon shooting, taking part in athletics 100m and Javelin, and spending time with her family and friends. 

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Michelle is keen to encourage and support others through their fitness journey.

 

• Level 2 Fitness Instructor

• Level 2 Health & Nutrition

• Level 3 Personal Trainer

• Level 3 Sports Massage Therapist

• Mental Health First Aider

Paul has participated in  competitive sport his whole life playing rugby, football and basketball. He has experienced a range of training techniques and practices along the way and enjoys adapting and developing within different disciplines.

His mantra: ‘What doesn’t challenge you, won’t change you!’ 

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Following a major leg break in 2012 Paul had to hang up his rugby boots and in doing so had to adapt his training. Fitness, sport and activity is essential for physical and mental health and he wasn’t about to stop.

 

Running and functional body building became his passion, influenced and inspired by elite training methods within CrossFit (athletes such as Marcus Filly and Matt Fraser) whilst always maintaining 200+ kilometres a month of running including weekly Sunday muddy half marathon trails with his best friend Ziggy (pet dog).

 

More recently Paul discovered HYROX, a discipline involving strong man strength and muscular endurance. We is participating in the Pro event in Birmingham October 2024 where he is hoping to qualify for the world championships within his age category. Hybrid training is his speciality now, high intensity workouts combining hypertrophic functional bodybuilding to support mobility, self confidence and positive mental health. 

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“I want to out run the lifters and out lift the runners!” If you do aswell, come and check out one of his classes and prepare for the ‘burn’.