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Welcome to Garage 852
It's great to see you here! Garage 852 is a hub for health, fitness and results. We are armed with experience and knowledge and will go above and beyond to get you the results you want in a professional, private and safe space. We'll guide you through good quality, tailored movement instruction that leads to strong, healthy and resilient bodies for a better you.
We have have humble beginnings, originally converting our own garage into a fitness studio in which to offer our community the best personal training for their needs. We now operate out of a very well equipped personal training studio in Ottawa, Canada. In-person training does not work for everyone, so we also offer a range of online and hybrid options to ensure those further away can still access our services.
Our principles
We strive to provide the best experience for our community, and we frame everything we do around the following four principles:
- Deliver customer-centered and highly professional services
- Support through continuous development and learning
- Provide responsible and safe quality training
- Create an open and friendly atmosphere
our trainer
I am Ed a NVQ Level 3 qualified personal trainer with a degree in sports science, I have been a personal trainer for over 10 years. I have coached people in three different countries, helping them to reach and exceed personal goals, to feel fitter and embody a healthier, happier lifestyle. I believe fitness should be accessible to everyone, from those who want to make a start on their journey toward better health, exercising from scratch, to athletes of a particular sport, to those that sign up for the toughest challenges on the planet. There is room for everyone to learn and improve.
My passion for fitness and physical challenges have taken me in many exciting directions over the years. I spent 6 years in the Royal Marines completing what is claimed to be the toughest military training in the world. I have been on hiking adventures in the Alps, Himalayas and UK, Cycled around New Zealand, Kayaked through the fjords of Greenland and most recently, rowed the Atlantic Ocean as part of a team of four, rowing unassisted over 3000 miles from the Canary Islands to Antigua.
Throughout the years I have learnt to keep learning, attending numerous seminars and internships with the world leading fitness professionals such as Eric Falstrault and Dan John. The world of exercise science is fluid, continuously advancing and improving and I believe that I must do the same to keep up and deliver the best I can for the community of Garage 852.