Our staff at Friern Barnet

Madalina Caliniuc

Personal Trainer

How can I help you improve your health?

  • Weight Loss. Tailored strategies for effective results.
  • Training Excellence. Personalised 1-2-1 session planning.
  • Nutrition Mastery. Customised plans for holistic health.
  • Goal Achievement. Realise your fitness aspirations.
  • Motivation. Stay inspired and committed. Transform your lifestyle and let's embark on a journey to a healthier, happier you!


Specialities/Focuses:

  • Strength & Conditioning
  • Weight-loss focused
  • Multi-lingual in Romanian & Italian

My qualifications

  • Level 3 Personal Trainer
  • CIMSPA Practitioner
  • Level 3 Physiotherapist
  • Zumba certified

Gyorgy Dragomir

Senior Personal Trainer

How can I help you improve your health?

  • A former national professional ice hockey player and coach with twenty years of experience. I create a personalized, structured and progressive training programme to avoid your fitness plateau. Together we can achieve our goals with faster, enjoyable more efficient workouts. 
  • We need motivation, daily discipline, healthy diet to follow our plans.

My qualifications

  • Level 3 personal training
  • Cimspa registered
  • Exercise referral certified

What my Clients say:

“George is head and shoulders above the other personal trainers I have had. He is to be recommended for his complete professionalism, the degree of planning for each session, his creativity, his level of concern about my overall health and his infectious drive and motivation to help me become a healthier and fitter person - which is the main reason for doing PT in the first place!"

Emma Francioni

Fitness Manager

How can I help you improve your health?

As an ex-accountant, coming from a heavily sedentary job, I understand how it can affect the lifestyle, nutritional intake and overall wellbeing of my clients.

I made the change to work in the fitness industry with a focus to help others achieve their own goals through personalised plans, nutritional guidance and motivation. I have exceptional knowledge and experience having trained myself for years for mainly long endurance and stamina-focused events, such as Open water swimming events, half marathons, marathons and aquathlons, I thrive off of people who want to challenge themselves.

Whether your goals are increasing endurance, building strength or stamina, building confidence or training for a big event, I am here to help you reach your goals with you!

My qualifications

  • Level 3 Personal Trainer
  • Spin Instructor
  • LesMills Body Pump Instructor
  • LesMills Body Combat Instructor

What my Clients say:

"Whether you're new to Personal Training or have had trainers in the past, I can't recommend Emma enough. She takes the time to break down each session whatever is best for you and rather than just telling you what to do, she explains the benefit of the exercise. Her warm, fun and friendly approach to personal training will make any new gym-goer feel comfortable and welcome."

Sema Mouyiassi

Personal Trainer

How can I help you improve your health?

I have many years of experience, I guarantee you a strong rock hard mind and adoration to yourself. I believe that learning great techniques comes with training the mind while working out physically. After training with me, you will have the gift of trusting your own mind, listening to your heartbeat without touching the vein and visualising your muscles without watching the progress. I will guide you to be your own master: in the end you will not need to erase what you were taught in the past but will examine everything and re-teach yourself to gain your life back the way you want to shape it. You will end up living with a beautiful smile. 

You will never crave for confidence while training with me. I will teach you how to love your toned healthy body and grow your mental health, therefore the spark around you will spread glitter to people. I will show you the path as to how I became fearless. Never be humble when it’s come to your hard-worked-healthy body, show off and be proud of it is my best self-taught mantra.

My qualifications

  • Level 3 Personal Trainer
  • CIMSPA Practitioner
  • Women's Health and Wellbeing
  • Injury specific training
  • Plyometrics
  • Hypertrophy, Isometric, Kinetic exercises

Harry Palmer

Rehabilitation Specialist

How can I help you improve your health?

I am reliable, supportive and highly motivated to help you reach your fitness goals through a personalised program. We will build the plan around your likes and dislikes, to ensure our sessions are both enjoyable and challenging

I am a strong advocate of recovery through static, dynamic and PNF stretching techniques. Building good habits into our daily routine is a key aspect of my approach, together we can ensure targets are consistently met and maintained in order to achieve the long or short-term fitness goals you may have. Whether you are starting your fitness journey, want to level up your training routine, or just improve your overall health, we will be able to achieve this as a team. 

My Specialities are:

  • Strength and Hypertrophy training
  • High-Intensity Interval Training (HIIT)
  • Calisthenics
  • Weight Loss
  • Recovery & Stretching

My qualifications

  • Level 3 Personal Trainer
  • CIMSPA Practitioner

Ben Tamayo

Wellbeing Personal Trainer

How can I help you improve your health?

I’ve been involved in sports at a great level from an early age, so I am always hungry to give 100% to my clients who want to change their lifestyles for the better.

Together, with building good habits, I ensure my clients develop their own knowledge of how to train effectively. My passion lies in helping people become fitter, stronger and healthier.

Many people overlook the importance of mental health and being psychologically strong and I aim to help with this so that you can achieve your goals. I am reliable, empathetic, driven and versatile. I guarantee to have you working harder, changing your habits and achieving your goals. Train with me and change your life!


Specialities:

  • Strength and Conditioning
  • Weight Loss
  • Plyometrics
  • Sports-specific training and mobility work

My qualifications

  • Level 3 Personal Trainer

Gareth Wellby

Personal Trainer

How can I help you improve your health?

I can help you improve your general fitness however, my speciality and passion are around strength, muscle mass and muscle endurance.

Together with my enthusiasm and support, coupled with my wide range of knowledge and training techniques, I will create an enjoyable and productive workout built around your abilities and needs to help you reach your health and fitness goals.

And last but not least, if you are suffering from a bad knee or pain in your lower back, I can help you recover from and manage those conditions safely and with confidence

What my Clients say:

“Gareth is an excellent personal trainer, tailoring workouts to my goals to push me to my limits (without going past them!) and giving me a good variety of exercises to keep sessions exciting and interesting. He has a great attitude and good fun to work with too and helps you stay motivated during and between sessions. I’d highly recommend using him if you’re looking at improving your health!!"

About Personal Training

Whatever your fitness level or goals, personal training can help you to become fitter, healthier and reach your personal targets.

A personal focus on you and your health and fitness needs

Sometimes we all need that extra encouragement, support, advice and motivation, whether you've just started out on your fitness journey or you’re aiming to run a marathon.

Building a great working relationship with Nuffield Health fitness staff can be a fun and very rewarding experience. They are there to educate and ensure you remain focused on your fitness goals.

Our dedicated and experienced Personal Trainers will help you:

  • Set realistic but challenging health goals
  • Track your progress
  • Improve your wellbeing
  • Increase your energy levels
  • Change your body composition