Why follow a programme that wasn't built for you?
Individual performance coaching built around your goals, your body, your training history and the time you actually have available.
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What's getting in the way?
So, what do you actually need?
I start with what you want to achieve, your training history, any injuries or limitations, the time you have available and what your normal week actually looks like.
From there, I work out what you need and bring the different parts together into one plan.
Areas I Can Manage
That doesn't mean you need all of them. Some clients need strength and running. Others need help managing the whole picture. The coaching is built around what you need help with.
And the plan isn't fixed. Work gets busy. You travel. Something starts hurting. Your goals change. Your training should be able to change with it.
Tell me where you want to get to. I'll work out what you need to do to get there and take care of the planning.
Olympic Silver - Rio 2016
Mark Robertson
I've spent most of my adult life in high-performance sport - first as a professional athlete and then as a strength and conditioning coach.
Since retiring from playing, I've spent nine years working in professional rugby, including roles with the Scotland national team, ASM Clermont Auvergne in the French Top 14 and most recently four years as Head of Athletic Performance at Edinburgh Rugby.
Writing gym programmes is the easy part of the job. The real work was understanding the individual and bringing together strength, running, movement, injury history, nutrition, recovery and the demands of their sport into a plan that worked for them.
That's the same approach I now use with my private clients - just applied to their goals, their body and the demands of their life.
What the people I've coached say
Mark has a unique skill in making you want to work hard for yourself without realising it.
As family and work commitments started to take priority, I was feeling sluggish and niggling injuries were taking their toll when I wanted to play sports with my children.
Having Mark coach me has given me direction and made me accountable. The small details matter - the programmes are unique to fit around my weekly commitments while always pushing you to maximise your potential.
I'm lifting more and hitting more reps, but it's not just about that. I feel more confident in the gym, my understanding of how I need to train has massively improved and my technique has completely changed.
What separates the really good coaches is knowing how and when to apply that knowledge to the person standing in front of them.
Robbo understood me as an athlete, what motivated me and what I actually needed from the work.
He knew when to push me, but he was equally good at recognising when that wasn't what I needed. Sometimes the best session was pushing hard, other times it was getting enough quality work in, recovering and being ready to perform at the weekend. That's where Robbo's experience shows.
More importantly, he understands that coaching isn't just about sets, reps and numbers on a page. It's about understanding the person, earning their trust and knowing what they need at the right time.
The biggest change has been my confidence in my body.
The biggest difference has been how genuinely individual and responsive the coaching has been. This hasn't felt like being handed a generic programme and being expected to follow it regardless of how my body is responding.
Mark has been incredibly willing and able to adapt the plan - sometimes on an almost daily basis - depending on what was happening with my knee.
I'm moving better, tolerating more training and doing things with my knee that I had become reluctant to attempt. Just as importantly, I've been able to train consistently and return to playing rugby.
Robbo was outstanding for me personally.
I'd had trouble with a lot of injuries and he gave me a huge amount of time and effort, with a high level of individualisation.
There was a lot of specific gym work, but he was also monitoring and controlling what I was doing on the field in training and games to reduce the risk of injury - standing up for me at times if I was doing too much.
A major strength of Robbo's is understanding how players feel based on his playing experience, listening to them and combining that with his knowledge.
Mark's attention to detail is second to none.
When I first started with Mark, I was struggling for routine and didn't really have a clear goal when it came to going to the gym. I was a little lost and therefore losing motivation.
He takes time to understand the individual behind the programme and tailors the entire experience to them. Literally everything has improved - I had knee surgery and following that I couldn't sit on my heel, and after working with Mark I can do that again.
His knowledge and experience continually blew me away, and as much as the programme had huge physical benefits, there were massive educational benefits as well.
How it works
We Talk
A conversation about where you are now, what you're trying to achieve, what's getting in the way and what you actually need help with.
I Work Out What You Need
Based on your goals, training history, injuries, schedule and available time, I work out what needs to be included - and what doesn't.
We Get To Work
I build your plan and deliver it through the coaching app, with regular communication, feedback and support from me.
We Review & Adjust
We track how you're progressing and adjust the plan as we go - based on how you're responding and what's going on in your life.
Not sure what you need?
That's fine. You don't need to work that out before getting in touch.
Tell me where you are now, what you're trying to achieve and what's currently getting in the way. We can have a chat and work out if I'm the right person to help.