Profile

PROFILE

CAREER ACHIEVEMENTS

• Coached medallist of British, European and World Championships in Powerlifting 1998-2007
• Coached and assisted disabled athletes (national, European and World Champions and Paralympic medallists in bench press and athletic disciplines)
• Coached 4th ATP ranked junior female tennis player 2003-2005
• Coached medallists in Polish Bodybuilding Championships 1996
• Coached a medallist in Polish Junior Powerlifting Championships 1993-1994

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENTS

• MSc (Master of Science in Sports Science and Physical Education) from the Academy of Physical Education in Warsaw, Poland 1991-1997.
  
  • Dissertation: Functional Analysis of Exercises Applied in Bodybuilding Shaping the Shoulder Girdle and Brachial Joint Muscles
  • Coaching Specialisation in Bodybuilding and Olympic Lifting from the Academy of Physical Education, Warsaw 1993-1995
• MBA (Master of Business Administration) Programme at Middlesex University Business School, London 1999-2001.
  
  • Dissertation: Marketing in On-line Banking

OTHER SELECTED EDUCATION

• NLP (Neuro Linguistic Programming)Practitioner, NLP Master Practitioner, St Albans 2002-2004
• NLP in Special Needs Education
• Classical Massage Therapy course, Warsaw 1996
• Fitness Instructor Course, Poland 1991
• Bodybuilding, Powerlifting and Bench Press Referee Course, Poland 1991

ATHLETIC ACCOMPLISHMENTS

• Medallist in regional and national cycling events 1986-1989
• Participated in numerous races, marathons and the London to Brighton Ultra-marathon 2001
• Medallist in local and national powerlifting championships 1992-1996

MEDIA APPEARANCES

• Hosted a series of fitness programmes for Polish national television, TVP1, May-September 1996
• Appeared on the Italian television station RAI Uno coaching an outdoor group fitness class in Primrose Hill, July 2007
• Quoted in Zest magazine and numerous online sport and fitness magazines

INTERESTS

• Sports coaching, sports science, strength and conditioning, with a particular interest in unorthodox methods of strength-training and strength-conditioning
• Weight-training and maintaining a high level of fitness through powerlifting, odd object lifting, strongman training and calisthenics and previously also running and cycling
• Accelerated learning and mnemonics
• Listening to instrumental and classical music