MEET THE TEAM
STU GATHERUM
Founder
Stu is the founder of T2. In 2008, after 7 years experience as a personal trainer, he decided to branch into the education side of the industry and in 2011, T2 Fitness Education was born.
Alongside running T2 Fitness Education and training elite athlete clients, Stu is also the syllabus creator for Edufit, which is the awarding body used for our Level 2 Fitness Instructor course and Level 3 Personal Trainer course.
Stu has a degree in Sport and Exercise Science, a Post-Graduate qualification in Strength & Conditioning and international experience working in Ireland, St Lucia, Canada and America. When he isn't busy working on business ventures, he enjoys being in the classroom and teaching T2 students.
TERRI CLARKE
Lead Internal Verifier
Terri has been with T2 since it was created in 2011. She is our lead internal verifier and focuses on ensuring that our courses are being delivered to standards expected from T2 and the awarding bodies. To do this, she visits our workshops to assess our instructors, making sure they are delivering our courses how they should be.
Prior to this work, Terri qualified as a Personal Trainer and Sports Massage therapist in 2005 and worked freelance until 2016 when she focused on Verification instead.
LISA BENSON
ETM Instructor
Lisa is our Level 2 Exercise to Music instructor. She joined the T2 Team in 2014 after being in the fitness industry since 2006.
When she isn't teaching aspiring T2 ETM students, Lisa is a Les Mills instructor for Body Pump & Body Attack and she also teaches spin and free-style classes. She is also a qualified Personal Trainer and Sports Massage Therapist, making her a well-rounded instructor for our students.
She loves weight training and reading widely about changes and trends in industry, everything from workouts to nutrition.
REBECCA GAULTON
First Aid Instructor
Rebecca joined T2 in 2016 and has been in the fitness industry for 23 years. She first began as a Fitness Instructor and progressed her way to become a General Manager of a 4,000 member London health club.
In 2002, Becky re-trained and qualified with a NEBOSH General Certificate in 2003 , enabling her to offer H&S support and First Aid training for the leisure industry.
More recently, she's re-qualified as a Fitness Instructor with T2, and has gone on to become a Les Mills Body Vive instructor.
PAUL EDMONSON
Level 3 Exercise Referral, Level 4 Low Back Pain and Diploma Instructor
Paul has been with T2 since 2012. He was a full time PT and class instructor for his first 7 years in the fitness industry.
He now spends most of his time teaching and presenting across the UK and abroad. His areas of expertise are movement assessment, anatomy and training for optimal movement quality.
His work has taken him to the USA, Moscow, Dubai, South Africa, Thailand, Singapore, Poland, and Amsterdam and he is extremely passionate about teaching students and seeing them progress.
DANNY DAY
Level 2 Fitness Instructor &
Level 3 Personal Trainer Tutor
Danny started his T2 journey in 2014 as a student taking his Personal Trainer qualifications.
Since qualifying, he's transitioned from being a full-time mechanic to a full-time personal trainer for David Lloyd and has gone from strength to strength during his time there.
Using this fresh perspective, after regular mentoring from T2 founder Stu, in 2018 Danny took the decision to become a Fitness Education tutor and now assists T2 with our Level 2 Fitness Instructor & Level 3 Personal trainer courses.
Introducing Edufit
T2 OFFICIAL PARTNERS
We're proud to partner with the following companies. Some are where we are the chosen education provider, others are suppliers we've chosen to partner with to deliver our courses.