Personalised Programming with James St Leger
James has been involved in teaching and coaching for over 20 years, and is closing in on his 100th Personal Programming Client, having coached and helped 100s more in various group settings.
Taking all those years of experience, and the diverse range of clients he has worked with, James delivers an assessment and program design based off hundreds of hours of learning and developing his craft.
All I can say is that getting James as a coach has completely changed everything for the better, from training to my lifestyle.
I started CrossFit and knew I always wanted to compete but had a lot of weaknesses in my training and nutrition that were effecting my performance massively.
After speaking with James and being entirely open about all the areas I need help with, it was honestly a game changer.
Some coaches would of run a mile, or thought my goals in the sport were way too ambitious but with James' training I have changed the way I fuel my body, hit weights and PBs and gymnastics elements that I thought were impossible but hit them in our first year of training.
Around 5 months into be coached by James, I got injured and thought that my training would be over for around 3 months. Instead of giving me the same, run of the mill, basic programming, James changed my whole mindset and training to work on my weaknesses to make me stronger for when I was able to fully return!
I have a coach that cares and pushes me to achieve my goals however big or small they might be!
Emma Zaffuto
I started working with James in 2019 after doing CrossFit for about a year. All my lifts have hugely increased and my gymnastics have improved so much they’ve turned from a serious weakness to nearly a strength (and we’re still working on it).
My open performance says it all, I placed 30,094 in my first RX Open. This year I came 2,395 worldwide and 271st in Europe in the Quarterfinals. Genuinely would have had no chance doing this without James.
Lastly, James is possibly the nicest guy in CrossFit and I know I’ve always got support from him.
Zara Thatcher
I’ve been working with James since late 2018, in that time I’ve progressed from an athlete with potential to a competitive athlete in the quarterfinals. Everything across the board has improved (strength, conditioning and gymnastics) whilst also supporting me through moving cities and multiple new jobs. James has given me a continuous support throughout the year allowing me to work on my personalised weaknesses and allowing me to be at my peak performance for competitions that are important to me. As a result I’ve recommended James to many of my friends.
Glenn Stokes
How Can James help you
Reach your full potential in fitness?
The Athlete Program Personalised Programming Includes:
Fully personalised programming provided weekly via TrueCoach App
Direct daily contact with James via WhatsApp
Video analysis on all lifts and gymnastics
Feedback on scores, performance and expectations for sessions and training cycles.
Detailed analysis of all competition and qualifier workouts including pacing strategies and breakdowns to achieve the best possible scores.
Who is this programming for?
Are you right for James? More importantly, is James right for you?
Whether you are looking to improve your weightlifting, get better at gymnastics, or improve your engine - James can help.
Having worked with so many people over the years, James has all the tools at hand to dissect your current ability, highlight what needs to be worked on, and getting to task to make you a better athlete.
All he asks for in return is your full effort and communication along the journey.
Why personalised programming?
Over the past 10 years the sport of fitness has evolved. We have seen huge changes in the way we train to succeed at the top end of the sport. Yet we still see athletes not seeing the results they want or deserve, even though they’re training hard!
We feel that most athletes don’t receive the right support in their training, are putting too much time and emphasis on the wrong things and struggle to see progress despite their efforts in the gym because of this.
Personalised Programming can bridge that gap. With over 10 years of coaching experience, we're confident that we can design a program specifically for you to get you the results you deserve.
Fully perosnalised programming designed to help you reach your goals.
Clearly communcated programs, with targets, stimulus, coaches notes and analysis.
Video analysis on all lifts, gymnastics and workouts to help you progress.
WE BELIEVE THAT THERE ARE 3 THINGS TO FOCUS ON:
As a personal programmer and online coach you have to focus on the client, on their goals and communicate with them effectively throughout the process.
ASSESSMENT
Your very first appointment will be all about getting to know you. You will tell us about your day to day life, your weekly schedule, your eating habits and, most importantly, your goals. Following this there will be a physical assessment, with the purpose of assessing your flexibility, strength and endurance. From this, we will have a very good understanding of how best to develop YOUR training program.
PROGRAMMING
Following the Assessment, James will design YOUR training. Your training program is designed based on your assessment results, your stated goals, your schedule of availability, etc. It is YOUR training program. James will take your results, feedback and videos (if applicable) into account when designing your continued programming.
NUTRITION & LIFESTYLE
Regardless of your goals, it is imperative you are giving adequate attention to your food choices. What should I eat? How much protein? How much fat? How much Carbohydrate? We will work with you to help you develop food habits that are both healthful and sustainable. This will be part of an ongoing conversation with your James.
ABOUT James
Throughout his early years as a swimming teacher, James thrived off the development and progress he saw on an almost weekly basis, and this is no different in his exposure to CrossFit over the past 9 years – having co-ran a gym, with his coaching at his current local box (CrossFit Bristol North), his online clients, and through the delivery of British Weightlifting L1+L2 courses.
James’ accolades within the fitness industry are spread over multiple sports. In his youth he was a Regional Champion + National Level Swimmer whilst also playing Rugby for Bristol. He is an undefeated MMA cage fighter, a National Endurance Lifting Champion and even holds a World Record in a weightlifting event. He has competed in numerous Crossfit competitions over the years, WPFG in LA in 2017, Regionals in 2018, won a Sanctional in 2020 and qualified for the Crossfit Games (Masters 35-39) that same year, before Covid put an end to him actually flying out to compete in America.
