Stuart has been a personal trainer for 18 years gaining his qualification through Focus Training and began working in the North west in a number of different gyms spending most of his early career at Esporta and later Virgin Gyms becoming a Fitness Manager there.

Is a Functional Movement Specialist with FMS and Advanced Kettlebell trainer.

Stuart has also trained with STOTT Pilates on the mat and reformer and completed the Polestar Pilates Mat qualification. Stuart blends his fitness background with the principles of pilates to enable his clients to move better for life. He is co-director of Body Fit Solutions and Witney Personal Trainers and is passionate about his clients getting results through functional movement and corrective exercise. He will be embarking on the Functional Patterns Human Foundations qualification next year. His aim is for everyone be active, pain free and healthier for life.

Kelly Vanderboom graduated with an Honours Degree in Kinesiology (Exercise Science) through McMaster University, Canada in 2001. Upon graduating Kelly worked with physiotherapists designing exercise rehabilitation for a variety of injuries. During this time, she became a Certified STOTT Pilates Instructor as well as a Personal Trainer Specialist with Canadian Fitness Professionals. Throughout the next 14 Throughout the next 14 years Kelly managed her own Personal training company, was Studio/Gym manager for various locations and Exercise Rehabilitation Manager in a Sports Wellness Centre. Kelly is now a Fully Certified Advanced Instructor with STOTT PILATES, Polestar Pilates Comprehensive trained instructor and co-director of Body Fit Solutions and Witney Personal Trainers Ltd. She has just completed a 10 month intensive Human Anatomy certification this year with Natural Bodies which has deepened her knowledge of the body to use in the movement and rehabilitation of her clients. She is a back rehabilitation specialist as well as a corrective exercise specialist for sports injuries.

Katie Is a Massage Therapist with a diploma in anatomy and physiology, as well as being qualified in variety of massage disciplines. These include muscle energy techniques, trigger point therapy, sciatic nerve assessment, Swedish, deep tissue and manual lymphatic drainage massage.

Katie decided to add becoming a Polestar Mat Pilates instructor to her qualifications in 2015. Since then she has completed the Polestar Pilates Gateway Reformer and Equipment qualifications, done workshops in Osteoporosis, scoliosis, shoulder and knee dysfunction and is currently completing the full Reformer certification with STOTT PILATES.

She is an exceptionally talented instructor for such a short time in the industry and with her manual skills has a deep understanding of anatomy and empathy for her clients. She is a senior Pilates instructor on the Body Fit team who teaches our Gentle program, equipment pilates and 1-1 sessions.

Marta is a qualified occupational therapist from Oxford Brookes University and qualified as a Level 3 personal trainer from Premier Training in January 2016.

She works full time at GWH as an occupational therapist and fits in her PT work in her spare time. She loves Kettlebells and HIIT training as well as her 1-2-1 sessions.

She is a big fan of traveling and trying new weird and wonderful foods. She would like to do her functional training qualification next.

Michele trained as a dancer in southern California at the Pacific School of Ballet under the guidance of Rosemary Molak-McCarter and Alan McCarter, followed by training in classical ballet, jazz, tap, and Kneeland Therapeutic Barre Technique at the Dance Arts Theatre. She also studied at the Laguna Dance Theatre and performed in various ballets in California and Oxford, including The Nutcracker, Coppelia, and The Sleeping Beauty.

She has been a Pilates student since 1996, and has practised in New York, Los Angeles, Oxford, and Witney in both the Stott and Polestar methods. She is currently a Polestar Pilates-trained mat instructor and has completed her Polestar Gateway reformer qualification as well as being BarreConcept-certified instructor.

As well as teaching at Body Fit she delivers pilates sessions in her village and has a passion for learning more about the anatomy and biomechanics of the body by reading and studying more to better serve her clients.

We are pleased to welcome Warren to our team who is a massage therapist, Personal Trainer and Holistic lifestyle coach.

His approach to health and fitness stems from a debilitating back injury he experienced several years ago. After years of studying and practicing techniques, he began to rehabilitate himself. Gaining back his strength, happiness and health he was driven to help people in the same situation he had experienced.

Combining bodywork, movement based therapy and Holistic Lifestyle Coaching, Warren aims to help you live your life the way you deserve.

He is a fully certified CHEK Holistic Lifestyle Coach and ISRM in Level 5 soft tissue massage therapist as well as being trained in acupuncture techniques.

Warren is available for 1-1 personal training and massage therapy.

Originally from Auckland, New Zealand Anita moved to the UK in 2004. She is a registered nurse and has a background in cardiothoracics and emergency medicine. Whilst working in the Emergency Department she recognised that she wanted to move away from acute medicine and move towards preventive care. This began her journey into exploring the benefit of how movement can have a positive impact on wellness.
Since completing her Matwork Level 1 pilates with STOTT, Anita has been teaching clients at different levels, both in small classes and one to one.

Anita believes that it is important to not only focus on core strength but to enhance how your body moves. Her classes always contain functional elements of everyday life as well as mobility and flexibility so that her clients can live more active lives.

This year Anita is undertaking a STOTT workshop in pre/post natal pilates and commences her MSc in Applied Human Nutrition. She has also completed her Pilates Apparatus Induction course with Mbodies and will be training more on the equipment this year.

Vikki is a Communications Director who started coming to Bodyfit as a client four years ago. Since starting Pilates in 2004 while living in Australia she has practised in studios around the world learning more about the discipline and feeling the benefit it brought her hypermobility as well as connecting her mind and body together.

Having spent much of her career in biochemistry and life science companies, Vikki has always had an interest in biology and the human body. Training to become a Pilates instructor has helped build on this interest and allows her to help others understand more about their bodies and learn how to look after them better.

Vikki has completed her Polestar Pilates Mat Qualification and her Studio Appartus Induction course and is a student teacher working towards her full certification on the Mat and Apparatus.

Steph teaches a wide variety of fitness disciplines, including Stott Pilates Mat, Total Barre, Zumba, Strength & Conditioning, Cardio Dance, and BootCamp. Steph Hill is a Personal Trainer, with 18 years experience in the Fitness Industry. Of that, 13 years as a Fitness Manager with the Military.