Nick completed his BSc honours Double Major in Sports Science and Leisure Management at Brunel University in 1997. Before going to university Nick had a gap year during which he worked for York City Football Club and completed various courses including several FA accreditation’s. After university, Nick moved to America where he worked as a football coach for New England Revolution in the MLS and also as a personal trainer in Connecticut. In addition to this, Nick worked as a coach at Brentford Football Club throughout his degree and still acts as a disabilities sport consultant for BFC. Through this experience, Nick has become a leading authority on schools fitness provision, helping to improve the health of children today. Nick has recently become a school governor for Kew Riverside Primary School where he has redesigned the way in which school PE is taught.

Nick’s thesis involved comparing leisure facilities in Europe, the United States and Australia and he has since gained vast experience of leisure management around the world. This has enabled him to progress into the area of sports facility design and management.

Since establishing Motive8 in 1998, Nick has gained a reputation as a superlative personal trainer working with people of all ages and levels of fitness – many of whom have been referred by GP’s. He also specialises in training pre and post-natal women & has just celebrated his 14th birth!

In 1996 Jon completed a BSc in Sports Science at Brunel University, specialising in the fields of Biomechanics and Physiology. Since then he has provided health and fitness solutions in a variety of fields. He and Nick went into business together in 1998 when Motive8 was born. It has since become one of the largest health and fitness companies in London, providing solutions from GP referrals, through to the design and management of dedicated facilities. In this time, Jon has worked with over 50 clients, including celebrities, as an exercise coach.

In addition to this, Jon has also worked with many elite athletes, including his work as fitness coach to Brentford F.C, where he became accredited with the Football Association, an SAQ practitioner (Speed, Agility and Quickness), and gained recognition in the research and use of Heart Rate Monitors.

In the last year, Jon has made groundbreaking advances in introducing specific Sports Science solutions to professional arenas previously untouched. In particular, advances in the health and fitness of jockeys and golfers has required dedicated research to achieve unique successes.

Sarah started her career as a rehabilitation based Fitness Advisor prescribing specific exercise programmes catering for both novice and experienced clients. This was followed by working in a leading Musculoskeletal Healthcare Clinic in the West End as a Rehabilitation Therapist alongside a multi-disciplinary team of allied health professionals including physiotherapists, osteopaths and podiatrists. She was responsible for the implementation of both hydrotherapy and rehabilitation classes in addition to individual treatments and training for both the NHS and private sector.

During her career Sarah has developed a keen interest in muscle imbalance and core stability particularly the sphere of lumbo-pelvic dysfunction .Subsequently she has trained with the APPI (Australian Physiotherapy & Pilates Institute) in Matwork, Ball and Theraband repertoires which now play a large part in her approach to injury rehabilitation.

Sarah now has vast experience of fitness and corrective exercise programming - she currently works alongside GP’s and physiotherapists to provide progressive rehabilitation and continued referral to personal trainers.
She has also developed her interest in elite sport with professional jockey’s, educating them in the benefits of injury screening and functional training.

After completing her schooling, Alex studied for a Bsc Honours Degree at Exeter University in Exercise and Sport Sciences. Her interests lie heavily in the physiological side of sport sciences, and after graduating from Exeter, she enrolled in a post-graduate course at St.Mary’s College, Strawberry Hill, in Sports Rehabilitation. On completion of this course, she became a fully qualified Sports Rehabilitator, a member of BASRaT and a trained ITEC Aromatherapist.

Alex has been working in the field of sport for a number of years, with a variety of age groups and she spent a considerable period of time at a regional rehabilitation centre for the armed services and assisting the physio at a professional football club.

Since working with Motive8, Alex has been working with clients for injury rehabilitation, massage and personal training, as well as taking children’s activity classes and running a primary school PE programme.

Being an energetic, keen sportsman from an early age has enabled Matt to become the fitness professional he is today. Matt graduated from St Mary’s College University with a BSc Sports Science Degree. He has dedicated his last three years to learning in depth aspects of sport health and fitness such as exercise physiology, psychology and biomechanics.

Matt also completed a diploma in fitness instructing and personal training where many of his degree course aspects were covered and put into practice within a health club and private personal training.

Matt is also qualified to teach aerobics and spin and has trained a wide variety of people in terms of age, goals and ability. From weight loss to muscle gain, general fitness to sport specific, Matt has enjoyed much success with developing clients’ goals into realities offering fun, personally tailored programmes and continuous feedback to ensure goals are being met.

Matt gets great satisfaction from his job as every client is different and no two programmes are the same.

James Sadler completed his Batchelor of Science Honours degree in Food and Human Nutrition last year at the prestigious University of Newcastle-upon-Tyne with 2:1 classification. He has also trained at the highly respected Medical Research Centre’s Human Nutrition Research Centre in Cambridge. Prior to James nutritional training, he trained as chef at a highly regarded restaurant in North Yorkshire. Food and nutrition are most definitely his passion in life.

The role of a nutritionist is to plan food and nutrition programs and supervise the preparation and serving of meals. They help to prevent and treat illnesses by promoting healthy eating habits and recommending dietary modifications, such as the use of less salt for those with high blood pressure or the reduction of fat and sugar intake for those who are overweight

James Sadler motivates, inspires, and encourages as he assists you in achieving a healthier lifestyle. His humour guides and sometimes even pushes a little. He blends years of cooking and nutritional know-how to help you gain life's high ground: healthier eating habits and a better-balanced lifestyle.