Team T2 - Meet the Team and Partners

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 many of our courses which are accredited by various industry bodies.

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.

Stu Gatherum T2 Fitness Education founder Online Personal Trainer courses

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.

Paul Edmonson Movement Specialist Tutor T2 Fitness Education

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.

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.

AP are T2 Fitness’ performance equipment partner. They offer incredibly high standards of bespoke Strength & Conditioning equipment and education to match from T2 tutors.

We write educational content to actively up-skill trainers on Technogym floors. We enjoy a reputation among Technogym’s key figures as a company that creates bespoke education at an industry-leading level.

T2 Fitness works closely with the employees at Blunsdon House Hotel to develop their skills and qualifications. Blunsdon Fitness also facilitates many of our T2 Fitness Education courses.

The University of Warwick has undergone a huge transformation and has a state of the art fitness facility. T2 Fitness played a key role in staff development and enjoys a fantastic relationship with the centre for delivery of all of its fitness education.

We're proud to offer ANKORR, the undisputed king of the conditioning world. T2 Fitness offers your introduction to ANKORR training with a CPD qualification, enabling you to offer varied and sport-specific training for your clients.

St. Lucia is the stunning home to one of the world's leading sport, activity, health and wellness retreats. Body Holiday offers it all and T2 Fitness is proud to train their employees and offer education from this incredible location.

Absolute Performance

Technogym

Blunsdon Fitness

University of Warwick

ANKORR

Body Holiday - St Lucia