My training philosophy is centred around sustainability, safety, and individual needs, working with healthcare professionals to provide a robust and informed service.
I believe fitness should support everyday life, not compete with it. Sessions are designed to build strength, resilience, and confidence while respecting medical considerations, lifestyle demands, and long-term health goals.
By combining clinical understanding with practical coaching, I can help clients move better, feel stronger, and maintain independence at every stage of life.
My end goal is to help people manage conditions better through structured exercise rather than with a reliance on medication and the NHS.
Parkinson's Disease
Having completed the Parkinsons UK approved course in delivering boxing training to those living with Parkinsons, I am one of less than 20 people in the UK, qualified through boxercise as a means of managing the symptoms of Parkinsons.
Alongside boxing, gym-based strength work is used to maintain muscle mass and to encourage confidence with functional day to day tasks.
Many of my current clients are referred to me via a Neurological Physiotherapist with whom I work in tandem, providing regular assessment reports, for the benefit of the client.
I am available to help people living with the aforementioned conditions in a variety of ways from single person face to face, to group session and home visits.
All referred sessions are documented and shared with the relevant healthcare professional.
Exercise Referrals - Conditions Supported
- Hypertension
- Hypercholesterolaemia
- Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease
- Asthma
- Obesity
- Type 1 and Type 2 Diabetes
- Arthritis
- Osteoporosis
- Depression
- Anxiety and Stress
- Non-specific Low Back Pain
Testimonials
I chose Ivan to help me with my fitness levels having witnessed a journey a dear friend embarked upon and successfully improved his health. For me he is simply brilliant and helps me overcome my fears of working out in a gym.
SARA
1-2-1 AND GROUP PT CLIENTI chose Ivan as a Trainer in November 2022 to help me achieve a personal goal. I have learnt and gained so much in the last 14 months. I trusted his process and smashed my personal goal.
Gaining confidence and self esteem is priceless. Your health is you wealth and Ivan keeps everything realistic and achievable with his outstanding support.
CLAIRE
HYROX COMPETITORI have been working with Ivan for over a year now and although it took me a while to ‘get it’…once I did and the penny dropped, I have not looked back.
I now know its not about weight so much as about how I feel about myself.
In fact, the only weight I am concerned about is the weight I can lift!
The confidence Ivan has helped me develop in myself is unmeasurable and has changed me for life.
I would always recommend Ivan at Milestone Fitness because he is so different from other PT’s.
LEISA
PT CLIENTI have trained once a week for 5 months with Ivan and I am so happy to now have a waist, definition, toning and most of all, confidence to wear clothes I haven't in years.
I was totally surprised to see how weight training not only improved my strength, but changed my body shape and boosted my confidence.
I hate gyms but am addicted now and cannot wait to see what else I can achieve over the next 5 months.
JULIE
1-2-1 PT CLIENTOver a year ago I started to take my weight seriously. I lost a stone even though the media was telling me that menopausal women put on weight.
I started to take my exercise more seriously (thank you Ivan). I still have some work to do, but I'm proud of what I've achieved and what I continue to achieve.
If you want to lose weight, get fit and be mentally and physically strong you can do it whatever your age. And you cannot do worse than contact Ivan.
KAREN
1-2-1 AND GROUP TRAINING CLIENTIvan is firm, fair and brutal and yet you smile through the pain and thank him afterwards. His ethos is not to break people but to help them find their limits and then push through them, mostly when you're least expecting it so you may not even notice. His research, qualifications and support have been invaluable in my own fitness journey now that I'm less mobile.
LISA
LIVING WITH PARKINSONS