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Client Testimonials

What personal training clients in London and Dubai say about ROAR, on video and in writing.

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Video Testimonials

Our clients explain why they came to ROAR and what changed. Each video runs for about a minute.

Craig

24 weeks1:06

This lifelong triathlete arrived after years of injuries and doubled his dumbbell chest press to 37.5kg.

Read Craig’s story

Teresa

16 weeks · Age 600:59

After the menopause she felt too old to start. She has since dropped two dress sizes.

Read Teresa’s story

Nedeen

11 weeks1:14

She thought weight training was only for men. Her hip thrust has gone from 30kg to 80kg.

Read Nedeen’s story

Tom

4-week cut1:21

An Achilles injury kept him out of training for eight months. He calls this the best shape of his life.

Read Tom’s story

Ana and Rares

0:59

They talk about nutrition that fits around their lives and coaches who put good form first.

Personal Training Reviews

Reviews from our gyms, in our clients’ own words. Choose Kensington, City of London or Dubai.

The gym floor and sprint track at ROAR Fitness Kensington

“I signed up for an 8-week personal training programme and it completely changed my living habits for the better.

Training with Gursewak was an amazing experience. He’s very kind and fun to train with, always understanding and able to push me to my limits while considering my past injuries. Very professional personal training. 5⭐. Also, Jack built a tailor-made nutrition programme for me, incorporating my eating habits and guiding me throughout the process. This personalised nutrition support helped me achieve the goals I set at the beginning. Their advice and training instructions will become part of my everyday routine to maintain what I’ve achieved during my time with Roar Fitness Kensington.”

Konstantinos Raftogiannis  |  ROAR Kensington

Personal training in Kensington
Squat racks and dumbbells at ROAR Fitness City of London

“Roar Fitness City of London has been amazing.

I was lucky enough to be paired with Matt, who is the senior PT and nutrition lead. Matt is OCD in the best possible way. You cannot deliver the results that Roar does without fastidious attention to detail and precision in the training. At the same time, this is not a factory. You cannot spend three hours a week with someone if they don’t have good psychological insight: when to push, when to chat. Three or six months of intense training is a journey, not a one-off hype session, and Matt has both pushed and inspired throughout. The results speak for themselves: increases in strength, shape and energy. For anyone looking for results-driven personal training in London, I highly recommend Roar Fitness London. Train, follow the advice, and you will succeed. Thank you, Matt.”

Alan Marquard  |  ROAR City of London

Personal training in the City of London
The gym floor and sprint track at ROAR Fitness Dubai

“Roar and working with Elbi over the last few months has been a truly fantastic experience.

I had been thinking about improving my fitness for the last year, but some imbalance issues had made me nervous about getting back into the gym. Well, I need not have been worried — everyone made me feel super welcome and supported me to train at a pace that suited me. Elbi and the team even created special exercises tailored to my health challenges. Today, I feel fitter, stronger and more confident than I have in a long, long time. It’s been truly life-changing, and I can’t thank the team and especially Elbi enough. If you are thinking of doing personal training in Dubai, I would highly recommend Roar Fitness Dubai – especially if you’re after customised fitness programmes that take your needs seriously.”

Catherine Bannister  |  ROAR Dubai

Personal training in Dubai

Body Transformation Stories

Before and after photos from ROAR clients, each with a line from the story they wrote. Read any of them in full.

  • Stephen Mix, 43, before and after his 12-week male body transformation at ROAR Fitness London, 10kg weight loss
    12 weeks · Age 43

    Stephen Mix

    “He’s pushed me to levels I didn’t think were possible and to achieve more than I could have ever done on my own.”
    Read Stephen’s story
  • Kellie Mulvey, 49, before and after her 12-week female body transformation at ROAR Fitness London, 11kg weight loss
    12 weeks · Age 49

    Kellie Mulvey

    “Given the results and the style of training with Sam H, I signed up for another 12 weeks to see what more I could achieve.”
    Read Kellie’s story
  • Jonathan Fraser, 39, before and after his 12-week male body transformation at ROAR Fitness London, 10kg weight loss
    12 weeks · Age 39

    Jonathan Fraser

    “I’ve dropped 10 kilos during this challenge, but that’s probably not the best part about it.”
    Read Jonathan’s story
  • Haley before and after her female body transformation with ROAR Fitness London personal training

    Haley

    “I was nervous to start weight training because I didn’t want to get big with weight training – what a myth busted!”
    Read Haley’s story
  • Travis before and after his male body transformation with ROAR Fitness London personal training
    Kensington

    Travis

    “I looked at many personal training gyms before deciding to go with Roar in Kensington and it has not disappointed.”
    Read Travis’s story
  • Evie before and after her female body transformation at ROAR Fitness London, 30kg weight loss

    Evie

    “I have seen such impressive results (not limited to weight loss, but also strength and nutrition education) that I have signed up for an extra 4 weeks.”
    Read Evie’s story

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Questions Before You Start

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Most clients see a change in body composition, strength and energy within three weeks, and a measurable transformation in 8 to 12 weeks. On this page, Konstantinos trained for 8 weeks, Stephen, Kellie and Jonathan for 12, Teresa for 16 and Craig for 24. Results depend on consistency and commitment.

They are individual results from clients who followed their programme. Yours will depend on where you start, what you want to change and how consistently you train and eat. You can see more than 180 before and after results on our body transformations page.

No. Every exercise is taught from the ground up, and your programme is set to your current fitness and experience. Nedeen had never tried personal training before she joined ROAR, and Teresa started at 60. There is more on getting started on our FAQs page.

Yes. Everyone on this page is a ROAR client. Progress photos are confidential, and we share them only when a client has given explicit permission.

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