RICHARD DUNSBY

FITNESS MANAGER & HEAD OF GOLF

Richard is our PGA Golf & Fitness Professional. He offers a unique holistic coaching system designed to empower your life in golf.

Specialist in optimizing players Golf Swings through a strength and conditioning approach, designed to prevent injury and provides the perfect learning environment for you to ‘self – discover’ your most ‘functional and optimal way’ of using the ground in your golf swing.

Dan Massey

PERSONAL TRAINER & head of pt

All about weight – lifting it and losing it.
Perfect for those looking to progress and achieve specific goals., Dan is a huge proponent of weights training and an exacting teacher of proper form and technique. More than just weight loss and muscle gain, he aims to unleash your hidden potential and will track your progress to demonstrate impact and continually set new and motivating goals.​

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​Paul Salmon

PERSONAL TRAINER 

Flexible customised programmes for those who hate the gym.
Paul wants everyone to find the joy of fitness and offers alternatives to standard gym work to ensure his clients want to work out regularly, even those who swear they hate the gym. His wide experience of PT, group exercise and sport helps him tailor the perfect programme.

Greg Robson

PERSONAL TRAINER

Focussed on functional strength and building client confidence.
Greg likes to put the personal back into personal training, working closely with individual clients to ensure they get stronger, move better and feel healthier.  

Joe Marshall

PERSONAL TRAINER & PERFORMANCE COACH

Serious about making changes and making training fun.
Come to Joe if you are ready to make lasting and substantial changes to your fitness, life and health, and he will make sure you thoroughly enjoy doing it. 

LIAM WALSH

PERSONAL TRAINER

Setting and getting goals.
Liam likes to challenge his clients; setting goals and then pushing hard to achieve them through a mixture of weight training and nutrition. He is a proponent of boxing training for cardio and strength, and enjoys sharing the excitement of new exercises and achievements with Optimal’s young clients. 

SHONA FORBES

PERSONAL TRAINER

Finding the right fit for any client.
Passionate about free weights, kettlebells and CrossFit, Shona uses a diverse range of exercise experience to design a programme that is just the right fit, and pushes each individual just the right amount to reach their best.  

FARAH KHORSHID

PERSONAL TRAINER

Joining you on your journey
Farah found exercise to be a life changing experience, and wants to share her joyful journey with others who are new to the fitness world, or simply not confident about exercising in a gym. She offers empathy, encouragement and example and helps break down cultural barriers to bring about fitness transformations.

​Stefano phillipou

PERSONAL TRAINER, health coach, running enthusiast

Functional whole-body movement with minimal use of fixed resistance machines
Stef believes the body should move naturally and freely, both inside the gym and outside in the real world. Training flexibility, mobility, stability, strength and then power, as well as nutrition and lifestyle coaching, in a true holistic system. Stef’s precision and consistent attention to detail as a corrective exercise specialist and holistic health practitioner means you are always on track to achieving your goals in a fun, meaningful and sustainable way! 

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​NICK LAUGHLIN

PERSONAL TRAINING

Move to improve!
Nick gained his role within the Optimal family after impressing on a three month internship. Now settled, focussed and driven to see clients achieve their goals, Nick has some very attractive concepts and packages for you, at entry level. He will encourage and transform you with his newly applied skills.

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​NASREEN ABDULLA

PERSONAL TRAINER

Nasreen Abdulla’s journey from being a couch potato to a client of Optimal to becoming a personal trainer has been fueled by her passion for fitness.

Born and raised in Dubai, Nasreen was anything but fit until her friends dragged her to a gym. Since then, she has run a 10K, finished the Tough Mudder and qualified as a Level 3 PT.

Certified to train group sessions, older adults and pre and post natal clients, Nasreen helps clients improve their overall fitness by focusing on cardio as well as strength training.