Paul Salmon

PERSONAL TRAINER & PT MANAGER

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.

Dan Massey

PERSONAL TRAINER

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

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.

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.

JESSICA DE LA TORRE

PERSONAL TRAINER AND LIFE COACH

Helping clients build their bodies and their confidence
Offering exercise, nutrition and life coaching in English, Spanish and French, Jessica believes in taking a wholly holistic approach, in order to help her clients build confidence and become the best version of themselves, physically and psychologically.