Get to know our brilliant team of Personal Trainers or dig deeper into our training philosophy and find out why we do what we do.
Our Story
Torque Training started with 2 brothers from South Africa who both desperately needed to rethink their lifestyles. Having both previously played professional sport, being overweight with a poor outlook on life was a hard pill to swallow. So we decided to turn things around, move to the West Country and start Torque Training in Bristol.
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However, we recognised that we couldn't do this alone and we needed to bring together a world class team that brought fresh ideas, energy and business mentorship to make this the best product we physically could. Since TORQUE first became an idea in our minds we have added a 3rd mind to our business support group who is another ex-professional athlete and now a director; Tom Luke.
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Together our focus is on creating athletes for life. Creating an environment and culture that inspires and supports our members to achieve more than they believed they could. To open up new areas of physical freedom that empower all our members to say 'yes' to anything life offers them!
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Our membership is wonderfully diverse and we see grandparents that are training purely to be able to play for as long as they want with their grandchildren, to younger members that are still pursuing physical excellence and competition. We are blessed to have the expertise to allow this diverse group to share the same training time and space. Inspiring and encouraging each other as they follow their own paths.
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We look forward to seeing you all in the gym sometime soon.
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The TORQUE Team
Tom Luke - Director and Coach
Ant Fenton-Wells - Director and Coach
Nick Fenton-Wells - Director
Tom Luke
Tom played professional rugby for 10 years and has a wealth of knowledge about pretty much anything performance related.
Tom has recently pursued more ultra endurance events, setting a world record for the furthest distance covered in 24hrs on the Concept2 Ski Erg right here on the gym floor!
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Tom also coaches Bristol Bears Women in the Allianz Premiership Women's Rugby competition which has seen his time coaching classes reduce but he still makes time to take a Wednesday lunchtime which he gets to put ALL of his love of our product into!
Ant Fenton-Wells
With 15 years under his belt, Ant is our most experienced coach and you can find him teaching a range of our classes on throughout the week.
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Ant is an endurance athlete through and through. He's completed Ironman Triathlons, 100km Ultra Marathons and has completed the coveted London Grand Slam of the Marathon, Ride London and the Serpentine Swim!
Ant also sits on our board of directors and acts as our head of client relations, checking that you guys are having an awesome time.