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Sky Sports News

Lia Hervey, 'Sky Sports News' & 'Sky News' Olympic Producer joined Richard Tidmarsh & GB Beach Volleyball player Jody Gooding on 2nd January to find out about their quest toward London 2012. 

Richard has been working with Jody and Gregg Weaver for the last 18 months, as the teams Strength & Conditioning Coach, working with them at 'Reach Fitness London' and over at the teams base in Los Angeles. 

The team are gearing up for the new FIVB Beach Volleyball season with 6 tournaments between them and a place in London this summer!

Missed the guys live appearance on Sky Sports? Check out the video of the piece below.

Follow the guys on Twitter: @richtidmarsh & @gbrbeachvolley1

And keep up to date with everything London 2012 with Lia via her Twitter feed: @skynewsolympic

Richard in Men's Fitness Magazine

Our Lead Trainer Richard Tidmarsh is featured in this months issue of top selling international title 'Men's Fitness Magazine'.

On sale November 16th, Richard is part of a six page article titled 'Routine Check-Up' where Richard and other top international trainers Chad Waterbury and Nick Mitchell work to fix 'Men's Fitness' readers fitness programmes.

"Not seeing the gains you want? Perhaps your workouts need some therapy. MF got three leading trainers to kick-start three readers' fitnes plans."

Richard puts together a whole new 'Performance Plan' for Men's Fitness reader Mark Davies who is looking to improve his fitness for rugby but also to lean up and add some muscle.

"The workouts you are doing aren’t rugby specific. You are looking for dual benefits from your time in the gym, with rugby and a lean physique the main goals, but your sessions are devoid of the lower body, power and twisting movements that are important for rugby but will also help you create a chiselled physique."

"You are wasting valuable time in the gym with exercises such as chest flys and machine lateral raises, so it is time to bin those to make time for conditioning at the end of your lifting work in each session. Don’t worry, these changes sound drastic, but you will be rewarded with results." 

Want to train with fitness industry expert Richard? You can at 'Reach Fitness London' in Clapham, SW London. Get in touch about Personal Training or Group Fitness via info@r4reach.com

Reach Gym Launch

We are delighted to announce the opening of our brand new fitness facility: Reach Fitness London.

Located in Clapham, just 400m from the buzzing high street and Clapham North Tube stop, the gym will open it's doors with associated fireworks on November 5th 2011! 

Reach Fitness London: Unlock Your Potential

This will be a unique fitness facility, where members will never train alone, but always as part of a group or with a Personal Trainer to guarantee a great workout every time you exercise!

"It's a hugely exciting time for Reach", said Lead Trainer Richard Tidmarsh. "The gym will allow us to create a great environment for fitness results. Using cutting edge ideas and equipment in a fun and vibrant environment. This space will be for everyone, right from fitness beginners to my elite athlete's such as James Haskell (England Rugby)."

The gym will cater for all abilities and goals, from improved sports performance to weight loss with 4 new exclusive group classes designed by renowned UK Fitness Trainer and Founder of Reach, Richard Tidmarsh, to revolutionise the way people train.

They are: Fuel, Rebel Fit, Weekend Warrior and Pop Yoga. Read all about the classes here.

The gym will also have 4 membership tariffs, ranging from £40 to £96, so there is an option for everyone. 

Launch Special Offers! Save up to £202! 

To celebrate the launch of 'Reach Fitness London' there are a number of great special offers on 6 and 12 month memberships for those who join before 1/12/11. Click here to view and purchase the deals!

Please do not hesitate to contact us with any enquiries regarding 'Reach Fitness London' on 0845 519 3425 or email on info@r4reach.com

Portugal Fitness Results

Lead Trainer Richard Tidmarsh & his team are back from Portugal after their final trip of 2011 to run the September Reach Fitness Holiday.

This trip saw many new developments, with Richard being joined by Sarah Bowen, who is a top class sports therapist (www.sbsportsmassage.co.uk) who was in charge of sports massage, and we had Zara Hannaford joining us from Yoga Haven in London (www.yogahaven.co.uk ) to teach Yoga each day.

The event was a huge success with great results for all of the clients.

Results included a max weight loss of 9llbs. Other clients lost 15cm in body measurments and up to 4% in body fat.

Check out the beach training pictures right here!

Check out the Yoga action images right here!

And the "Caveman" fitness images here!

Another new addition of sorts, was brand new refurbishment of the already impressive gym that Richard uses out in Portugal to create in his words a “fitness playground of dreams!”

You can read the full BLOG report of all the action right here!

Once again a big thank you to....

Vita Coco (www.vitacoco.co.uk) for supplying us with awesome hydration.

Rock Tape (www.rocktape.net) for supplying their power tape to help our clients “go stronger, longer”

And to Maxitone & Maximuscle (www.maxitone.com) for supplying the much needed protein refuel.

The 2012 schedule will be announced soon, email info@r4reach.com to register your interest and receive early bird booking discounts! 

Record Result in Canada

Great news from out in Canada!

The GB Beach Volleyball team of Jody Gooding & Gregg Weaver, who work with Reach Lead Trainer, Richard Tidmarsh as their Strength & Conditioning Coach, have recorded an all time high finish for any GB Men’s team in a World Beach Volleyball Event!

The pair had a great run of results at the FIVB Quebec Jeep Event 2011 taking a 13th place finish, over $4k in prize money and a bag full of London 2012 Olympic qualification points.

In the qualifying rounds for the tournament the guys made short work of GB rivals Lord/Brodzki winning 2-0 (21-14, 21-17) in just 39 minutes.

It was then into the main draw with great wins 3 sets wins over Number 3 seeds from Norway and Number 26 seeds from Switzerland, both teams around 40 places above Jody and Gregg in the world rankings!  Great victories where the guys determination and improved conditioning where clear to see.  

An eventual loss against a highly ranked team from Canada on their home sand saw the run of results come to an end. They are now heading to London to train with Richard, before their next tournaments in Finland and Holland where they hope to continue their journey up the World Rankings!

Haskell hits the gym

England's Rugby World Cup preparations are now in full swing at their base at PennyHill Park.

With the start of the World Cp less than 6 weeks away England began their set of warm up matches on Saturday 6th August against Wales at Twickenham. Reach Founder & Strength & Conditioning Coach Richard Tidmarsh's client, James Haskell played in the game, socring a try in a solid team performance.

In between the warm up matches and work with the squad at Pennyhill Park, James continues his extra work training with Richard.

You can see all their training videos at Reach TV, but the one below is a recent favourite!

Fitness on Beacon Radio

On Tuesday 26th July Reach Lead Fitness Trainer Richard Tidmarsh appeared on Beacon Radio!

In Wolverhampton, Richard joined DJ James Carpenter on his Drive Time show 4pm to 7pm to talk all things fitness!

Beacon Radio is one of the biggest radio stations in the Midlands with around 2.5 million listeners, with the Drive Time show pulling around 220,000 each day.

With DJ James Carpenter keen to get into shape the guys headed out onto Tettenhall Park next to Beacon HQ, with Richard showing James a bodyweight exercise circuit and lots of other tips and ideas using Kettlebells, Ropes, ViPR and Power Bags! 

You can see all the action in the video below!