A PERSONAL trainer from Southampton has become the first in his industry to be recognised by Checkaprofessional (Checkatrade).

Many people use this service to find builders and plumbers etc, but Dave Jones from Aspirations Personal Training Ltd believes that the fitness industry should embrace this type of recognition.

“I find it hard to believe that people will search long and hard before they contact someone to fix their boiler or build a garden wall, yet when it comes to their body, they will use anyone claiming to be a personal trainer!” he said.

“There are more and more people getting qualified to add to an already large number of existing trainers, some good, some not so. The one thing we all have in common is that we will all tell you how great we are, So why should you believe one over another?

“Why shouldn’t you use one just because they are £10 an hour cheaper?

“Because your body is the most single important thing in your life, that’s why!

“You owe your body the time it takes to research a trainer in the same way you would a plumber or a builder.”

Dave has been working as a personal trainer since 2008 from his private studio located at Basepoint Enterprise Centre close to Southampton town centre.

“It is important to me that it is not just a case of me blowing my own trumpet.

Checkeprofessional are a third party endorsing the fact that I am a capable PT.

This is why I have decided to lead the way in the industry and employ their services.”