I’m Rachel. Full name, Rachel Henley Fitness. I am the owner and head coach of Henley Fitness Ltd.

For those that want to know a little more about me. I’m born and raised in Kent in the UK. You know that pig shaped bit in the arse of England? That’s me.

My origin story is that I studied set and prop making for theatre and film in university. Got a job designing bathrooms after graduation. Pretty quickly realised I would rather shit in my hands and clap than sell another overpriced toilet.

Fortunately, fitness has always been a corner of my life. As has a desire to help people. So straight out of uni I retrained as a nutritionist and then, a personal trainer. In 2019 I launched Henley Fitness and set out to change the world.

I mean that’s horseshit. I didn’t set out to do that, at all.

I just wanted a job I didn’t hate where I felt like I was making a difference to a bunch of people in my immediate bubble. Everything that happened after that was a bloody accident.

I am really fucking passionate about is making fitness effective and accessible to all.

And from the 1000s of hours I’ve put into coaching people - the thing I’ve realised is the undeniable power of human connection.

It’s not just about giving you the best training program or evidence based nutrition recommendations. These are incredibly important. But my job is to make all that stuff fun enough and practical enough for you to actually do it.

Which is why, when you’re coached by me, do not expect a training program of 6 days of 2 hour sessions/week. Do not expect me to give you a meal plan consisting of chicken, broccoli and rice. Where I fanny slap you whenever you eat an ‘off plan’ biscuit.

Because you don’t need that.

You need an actionable plan that you can actually stick to for months/years so you can get incredibly results AND maintain them.

So instead. Expect to commit to long term change. Expect to bin off fad diets for good. Expect to fuck up. Expect to work with me to learn to do better. Expect things to be manageably difficult. Expect to have a questionable dad joke thrown at you at least once a week to take the edge off. And expect your life to be completely different in all the best ways once we’re done.

Because I can’t promise you much. But I can promise you, the juice is always worth the squeeze :)