Mo founded ABF with his pal Morgan in 2006 after leaving the British army having served with 7 Para RHA after completing p Coy with Para Reg. Mo grew up in Bow and now serves in the London Fire Brigade as an Officer just down the road at Shadwell fire station. His love of fitness & his community drove him to set up Army Bootcamp Fitness all those years ago. The beginning was tough. For weeks the pair would be left standing alone at the park gates without a member in sight but they never gave up. Then finally, along came Charlie (Bootcamp’s first member) and the rest is history…
As mentioned Mo is loves his fitness. Marathons, ultra marathons, duathlons are among a few of the things he loves taking part in, his medal collection is quite impressive. He is also a pretty decent footballer as I’m sure he will probably let you know.
“It’s great to see people of different abilities turn up to the sessions and all get an amazing workout through helping each other along the way. There is a massive team spirit here at ABF which was always my intention to create & I love it” Mo
Born and raised in Stratford at the age of 19 Jim joined the British Army and served with in the Royal Corp of Signals for 6 years spending most of the time in Germany also Bosnia and Kosovo.
After leaving the Army Jim joined the London fire brigade and has served 20 years, 12 of those years at Bow fire station. For the past 16 years he has been an instructor with ABF and still brings as much enthusiasm to each class as he did when members knew him as ‘young jim’ all those years ago.
“I try to make the classes tough but also enjoyable, it"s always a challenge to get the balance just right but you’re always guaranteed a great workout” Jim.
“Ready for anything is the motto”
Sonny is a Combat sport strength and conditioning coach with over 10 years experience working in professional sport.
Sonny has been working with us as an instructor for over 6 years now and is a great asset to the team.
When Sonny isn’t teaching at ABF you can find him at Origin Health and Fitness, Rainham where he specialises in strength and conditioning training his clients.
“The Bootcamp environment has a lot of camaraderie and nothing beats training in the great outdoors, no matter what your fitness levels are” Sonny.