https://www.simply-strong.co.uk/blog daily 0.75 2025-06-10 https://www.simply-strong.co.uk/blog/2019/3/11/zrmanja-falls-croatia-f3exm-ehgx9 monthly 0.5 2019-07-10 https://www.simply-strong.co.uk/blog/2019/3/11/haauknee-slabs-az-sntak-z2fs6 monthly 0.5 2019-07-10 https://www.simply-strong.co.uk/blog/2019/3/11/echo-range-mx-2rxcs-75m4j monthly 0.5 2019-07-10 https://www.simply-strong.co.uk/blog/2019/3/11/monmouth-glacier-ak-sy7cd-bzghk monthly 0.5 2019-07-10 https://www.simply-strong.co.uk/blog/2019/3/11/misty-mountains-me-menex-zptsg monthly 0.5 2019-07-10 https://www.simply-strong.co.uk/blog/2019/3/11/ahi-point-wa-2xhzd-kmrlf monthly 0.5 2019-07-10 https://www.simply-strong.co.uk/home-1 daily 1.0 2022-06-29 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62092a7c47283877b07fd323/ac44eb14-33a9-4435-8b0e-7cbf7ae9186c/Copy+of+IMG_1103.JPG Home - Programmes Ready-made AND bespoke programmes, designed using tried-and-tested methods to give your training the extra push it needs. Take the guesswork out of your training and focus on getting results. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62092a7c47283877b07fd323/b8a9c745-3814-45f1-b40e-4412855fe6fc/IMG_1783.jpg Home - About Hi! My name is Marcus Jones, and I’m a Personal Trainer from Bristol, UK. I absolutely LOVE lifting weights - and I want to help you love it too. I have been a Personal Trainer since 2019, and in that time have worked with well over 100 clients - all from a wide variety of different backgrounds and levels of experience when it comes to lifting weights. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62092a7c47283877b07fd323/4e205441-87c5-47f5-a670-a5effd875f23/Copy+of+IMG_1208.JPG Home - One-To-One Coaching Face-to-face in-gym training sessions, all geared around perfecting your exercise technique, solving problems and pushing you to keep making progress. You’ll also receive your very own personalised workout programme, gain access to the Simply Strong app, and have support from me every step of the way. https://www.simply-strong.co.uk/contact daily 0.75 2024-12-03 https://www.simply-strong.co.uk/about daily 0.75 2023-03-16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62092a7c47283877b07fd323/75444eee-45a7-4f4a-829b-2349c975a9f5/Copy+of+IMG_1091.jpg About Simply Strong - My Approach Lifting weights isn’t just for powerlifters, bodybuilders or meatheads - it’s something everyone can benefit from at any stage of life. Whatever your circumstances, whatever your goal, whatever your background, I want to show you just how fun and empowering getting in the gym and building strength can be. My number one objective for you as a client is to empower you to feel safe, comfortable and happy with the basics of weights–based exercise, and to give you all the tools you need to walk into any gym with confidence, lift some heavy stuff, and walk out with a smile on your face, feeling like a badass. It truly is possible for anyone and nowhere near as complicated as you might think – it’s just a question of getting started. Whether you’re an absolute beginner to the gym or are making a comeback after some time off, I will work alongside you to create a workout programme that fits around your goals, abilities and lifestyle, and promise to give you all the tools you need to build strength, muscle, and confidence. Most importantly, I promise to do everything I can to help you to actually enjoy your time in the gym and look forward to training - because otherwise, what’s the point? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62092a7c47283877b07fd323/fa51910d-d761-4418-bf0b-723952577108/Copy+of+IMG_1657.jpg About Simply Strong - Being a Simpleton Being a Simpleton is about three things: working hard, having fun, and supporting others. If you decide to work with me, you’ll be getting more than just a Personal Trainer. You’ll also be joining Bristol’s most positive, inclusive and supportive exercise community, full of friendly, awesome people who want you to succeed and will be cheering you on every step of the way. We communicate regularly as a group, motivate each other, share and celebrate each other’s successes, and regularly meet up for special exclusive group training sessions, as well as regular socials where we wear something other than gym kit for a change and just have a laugh as a team. I could not be more proud of the amazing community that we’ve built together, and I look forward to welcoming you into it soon! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62092a7c47283877b07fd323/b4fd8b3b-cd89-4c45-9558-604ee8793d25/IMG_1780.jpg About Simply Strong - About Me Hi! My name is Marcus Jones, and I’m a Personal Trainer from Bristol, UK. I absolutely LOVE lifting weights - and I want to help you love it too. I have been a Personal Trainer since 2019, and in that time have worked with well over 100 clients - all from a wide variety of different backgrounds and levels of experience when it comes to lifting weights. I started Simply Strong with a good degree of coaching experience already. Before working as a Personal Trainer, I was a Judo coach for the University of Bristol, as well as running my own Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu class for a year in St Paul’s. I even spent a couple of years as a Judo coach for children aged as young as 5 in Bristol city centre - so I really have worked with all sorts! I am a fully certified, fully insured Level 3 Personal Trainer, recognised by both REPS and CIMSPA. I am also a qualified Level 1 Nutrition Coach for Health and Performance. Outside of personal training, I am a major martial arts enthusiast, holding a black belt in judo and a purple belt in brazilian jiu-jitsu. I am a massive fan of the UFC and love music, in particular rock and metal. I live just outside Bristol city centre with my wife, Verity, and my Rottweiler, Darcy. I look forward to meeting you. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62092a7c47283877b07fd323/fccc6809-1f32-4044-bfed-66a9f6697ddd/Copy+of+IMG_1676.jpg About Simply Strong - Our Home I run Simply Strong Personal Training exclusively out of Snap Fitness gym on Whiteladies Road, Clifton Down, Bristol (BS8 2PH). It is a fully stocked commercial gym featuring a wide variety of cardio and resistance machines, free weights area, and a functional training space. The gym is open 24/7 and has 24-hour CCTV surveillance as well as first aid kits, defibrillators and multiple member alarm systems to ensure your safety and security while training. It’s a great gym and I’m very happy to be able to call it my home! If you’re looking to book one-to-one sessions with me, you will also need to purchase a membership to Snap Fitness - I am unable to provide training services at other gyms and I do not do home visits or outdoor sessions. Joining Snap is a completely separate arrangement to signing up for sessions with me - it just gives us somewhere to train! Membership to Snap Fitness Clifton also grants you full membership to any and all other Snap Fitness locations located worldwide - so you’ll be able to get your workouts in no matter where you go. Membership ALSO includes unlimited free access to the wide variety of great in-gym classes offered throughout the week - some of which are run by yours truly! If you’d like to have a look around Snap Fitness Clifton before deciding if the gym is right for you, I’d be very happy to meet and give you a free tour - drop me a message and we can arrange something soon. Alternatively, if you would like to work with me but don’t want to join a new gym right now, then click here to learn more about my programming/online coaching services! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62092a7c47283877b07fd323/04c7247d-ce51-4454-8db4-e2b65a28c4ee/Copy+of+IMG_1176.jpg About Simply Strong - Strength Training A little look into all the benefits lifting weights has to offer. Whether your ultimate goal is to get stronger, lose weight/burn fat, increase mobility or you simply want to feel healthier - strength training does it all. https://www.simply-strong.co.uk/coaching daily 0.75 2022-06-28 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62092a7c47283877b07fd323/30c99c84-8710-43f9-a405-7b2f8072622b/Simply+Strong+one+to+one+sessions Simply Strong Coaching - One-To-One Coaching Face-to-face in-gym training sessions, all geared around perfecting your exercise technique, answering questions and helping you progress. You’ll also receive your very own personalised workout programme, gain access to the Simply Strong app, and have support from me every step of the way. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62092a7c47283877b07fd323/ffdffcf8-f0fa-4116-82c9-4bfabd15bdb9/Copy+of+IMG_1208.JPG Simply Strong Coaching - Simply Strong 101 A four-week beginners’ crash course in the basics of strength training, to give you all the tools you need to walk into a gym with confidence. If you don’t know your squat from your deadlift, your dumbbell from your barbell, or your pull-up from your chin-up, then Simply Strong 101 is for you. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62092a7c47283877b07fd323/99630919-e839-420f-bf6e-7372db73eb35/Copy+of+IMG_1379.jpg Simply Strong Coaching - “Marcus has been the most supportive PT I’ve had - like ever. I’ve got gym anxiety and public anxiety so to have Marcus reassuring me and always making me feel safe and secure while training means a lot. I’ve looked forward to every session and I’m regaining my lost confidence. Thank you for everything so far Marcus - I’m looking forward to many, many more sessions!!! #simpleton!” Sarah Mouneimneh https://www.simply-strong.co.uk/strength-training daily 0.75 2022-06-28 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62092a7c47283877b07fd323/8938079f-b061-4495-b0f3-224433373f32/Simply+Strong+Snap+fitness About Strength Training - “Marcus has genuinely changed my life. I was someone totally scared by the idea of entering a gym, but Marcus really changed my perception around it and made me an increasingly confident person. His friendliness and sense of humour mixed with his professionalism and patience made him the best personal trainer I could hope for.” Paolo Russo https://www.simply-strong.co.uk/simply-strong-101 daily 0.75 2022-06-28 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62092a7c47283877b07fd323/5cc4c910-8a0c-4026-988d-010cf2e099d6/Copy+of+IMG_1224.JPG Simply Strong 101 - “Marcus made me feel so much more comfortable and confident in the gym as a newcomer. He was able to explain the science and correct techniques behind each exercise and provide a plan for me to improve and become stronger in a safe and steady way. Marcus has helped me to push myself and achieve more than I ever would have guessed I could have!” Evie Cullen https://www.simply-strong.co.uk/one-to-one-coaching daily 0.75 2022-06-28 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62092a7c47283877b07fd323/7e9c3de6-b04b-4934-83cd-4ba50b83f11b/Copy+of+IMG_1355.JPG One-To-One Coaching - “Couldn’t have been happier - I feel more confident about my workouts, I’m happy doing exercises that I was avoiding, and feel I’ve made real progress. I really valued the support to make sure my form and technique were right and that I felt comfortable approaching different exercises. Having this all link up with a tailored programme has been excellent. I’m recommending Marcus to anyone that will listen!” Greg M https://www.simply-strong.co.uk/programmes daily 0.75 2022-06-28 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62092a7c47283877b07fd323/e41eb63c-37f8-47cf-98b2-9fa63a447fa3/Copy+of+IMG_1212.jpg Programmes - Pre-Made Programmes Choose from one of my pre-made gym programmes, carefully written and ready to go right out the box. By far the simplest option if you’re someone who’s perfectly happy cracking on by themselves in the gym, but wants the guesswork taken out of picking what exercises to do and how to progress them. Receive a tried and tested workout programme, written by me, tested on my clients, and ready for you to get stuck into. All programmes come with detailed guide and FAQ documents to cut down on the guesswork and help you get off to the best possible start straight away. Take a look, pick the gym programme you want, and click to download. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62092a7c47283877b07fd323/6436d418-122f-4d07-9548-dca395732184/Copy+of+IMG_1078.JPG Programmes - Custom Programmes Your very own bespoke programme, written by me, for you. Tell me about yourself, your exercise background, and what you want to achieve, and I will do what I can to write you a workout programme that makes it happen. Over the course of my career as a Personal Trainer, I’ve been lucky enough to work with a huge variety of people, all with different fitness abilities, strengths, weaknesses, preferences, circumstances, and goals. And perhaps the most important thing I’ve learned in the process is: fitness does not have one straight answer. Everyone is different, and what works amazingly for one person may be a poor choice for someone else. If you’re happy doing the actual gym training bit by yourself, but you’re not sure how best to plan and structure your sessions, that’s where I come in. Whatever your circumstances, whatever your goals are, whatever you want your workouts to look like, I will work alongside you to come up with a gym programme that solves the fitness puzzle for you and makes working out something you genuinely WANT to do. Get in touch for your free consultation and let’s get started. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62092a7c47283877b07fd323/8938079f-b061-4495-b0f3-224433373f32/Simply+Strong+Snap+fitness Programmes - “Marcus has been great with me, he really took the time to understand my needs and what I was looking for to design a personalised programme that is really showing improvements in me. More importantly though he really gave me confidence in using the gym to make it enjoyable and new whilst also keeping it fresh. He’s friendly and approachable and I wouldn’t hesitate to recommend him to anyone.” James Hampton https://www.simply-strong.co.uk/privacy-policy daily 0.75 2022-06-29 https://www.simply-strong.co.uk/online-shop daily 0.75 2022-05-20 https://www.simply-strong.co.uk/online-shop/program monthly 0.5 2022-06-11 https://www.simply-strong.co.uk/online-shop/p/free-beginner-gym-programme monthly 0.5 2022-06-11 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62092a7c47283877b07fd323/1654936289276-2PHWPSALTNZSM8SLGAM8/PR-MAGEDDON+APP+VERSION+%281%29.jpg Online Shop - Free Beginner Gym Programme https://www.simply-strong.co.uk/online-shop/p/pr-mageddon-app-version monthly 0.5 2022-06-11 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62092a7c47283877b07fd323/1654934665924-Z2IR10FP8VZQ35RCW6HR/PR-MAGEDDON+APP+VERSION.jpg Online Shop - PR-MAGEDDON (App Version) https://www.simply-strong.co.uk/online-shop/p/pr-megeddon monthly 0.5 2022-06-11 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62092a7c47283877b07fd323/1654935242212-S2H5K8MRQPHV3LUYWO3N/PR-MAGEDDON+APP+VERSION.jpg Online Shop - PR-MAGEDDON (PDF)