A baseline and travel profile
We map your baseline plus how often you travel, your typical destinations, the equipment you can access, and the time-zone shifts involved.
Online, worldwide
Travel-Ready Coaching
Global Performance Coaching
High-performance coaching that travels with you, so the training that matters keeps compounding wherever you are.
Global performance coaching for frequent travellers: programmes adapt to hotel gyms, time zones, and inconsistent equipment so the training and recovery work that matters keeps compounding wherever in the world you are.
The short answer
What online personal training with Aaron involves
Global performance coaching with The Athlete Approach is high-performance coaching that travels with you, providing tailored support wherever you are in the world: programming adapts to the equipment available at each location, accommodates time-zone shifts on the recovery side, and prioritises consistency of stimulus over novelty. You achieve measurable results no matter your location: what changes is the venue, not the principle.
The relationship begins with a baseline assessment and a travel-load profile: how many days a month you travel, your typical destinations, the equipment you can access, and the time-zone shifts involved. Each block is then built with the primary lifts and an equipment-substitution list per location, so a hotel with dumbbells to 30kg still delivers a comparable training stimulus. It runs on the same five-element framework as the in-person coaching.
You record working sets and upload them, and feedback returns with timed comments on technique, intent, and effort, catching drift you cannot see in a mirror but a coach can see on video. Live online sessions run when the schedule permits, typically every 2 to 4 weeks, for technical work, programming reviews, and recovery, sleep, and stress check-ins. Recovery and sleep guidance is calibrated to the time zone you are in.
Who this is for
Is global performance coaching right for you?
The same assessment-led method, engineered to deliver wherever you train. This is ideal for you if you:
Travel often for work and lose ground during travel weeks
Want training continuity across hotel gyms and time zones
Value equipment substitutions so a limited gym still delivers a real stimulus
Want async video feedback on technique, not just a programme handed over
Prefer live check-ins scheduled around your travel diary
Already train with confidence and want expert structure, not supervision
What global performance coaching includes
The same assessment-led method, engineered to deliver wherever you train.
Equipment substitution lists
Every primary lift comes with a substitution per location, so a hotel with dumbbells to thirty kilos still delivers a comparable stimulus.
The five-element framework
The same movement, strength, conditioning, injury-reduction and recovery structure as the in-person coaching, adapted to the road.
Async video review
You record working sets and upload them, and feedback returns with timed comments on technique, intent and effort you cannot see in a mirror.
Live check-ins
Live online sessions when the schedule permits, typically every two to four weeks, for technical work, programme reviews and recovery.
Recovery tuned to your time zone
Sleep and recovery guidance is calibrated to the zone you are in, since travel disrupts those first.
Continuity across the switch
Assessment data and the phase plan stay the same when you move between in-person and travel blocks, so no progress is lost.
A coach behind the plan
Structure and accountability from a real strength and conditioning coach, not a template with a new logo.
Real clients, real results
These are the words of clients Aaron coaches, shared with their permission.
Training correctly is non-negotiable
Aaron is both an excellent practitioner and professional. Training correctly under his guidance is non-negotiable.
Technical expertise and human insight
Aaron is a rare kind of coach who seamlessly blends deep technical expertise with exceptional human insight.
Faster, stronger, more confident
His programmes have helped me become faster, stronger and more confident.
Knowledge second to none
His knowledge on strength, conditioning and dietary is second to none.
Clients quoted with their consent. Individual results vary.
How global coaching
works
The method does not change when the gym does. From a baseline and a travel profile, each block is built to deliver across hotel gyms and time zones, with video feedback and live check-ins to keep it honest.
Baseline and travel profile
We start with a baseline assessment plus a travel-load profile: days per month travelling, typical destinations, equipment access, and the time-zone shifts involved.
Programme and substitutions
Each block ships with the primary lifts and a substitution list per location, so a limited hotel gym still delivers a comparable training stimulus.
Async video review
You record working sets and upload them, and feedback returns with timed comments on technique, intent and effort you cannot catch in a mirror.
Live check-ins
Live sessions when the schedule permits, typically every two to four weeks, for technical work, programme reviews, and recovery, sleep and stress conversations.
Pricing
How much does an online personal trainer cost?
Monthly programme Programming + async video review + live check-in
On enquiry
Written byAaron Richardson, Performance Coach & Personal Trainer · UK Strength and Conditioning Association (UKSCA) and Register of Exercise Professionals (REPs) frameworks.
FAQ
Global performance coaching
FAQs
Who is Global Performance Coaching for?
Frequent travellers who care about training continuity: executives, investors, athletes between training camps, professionals on extended assignments. The product exists because travel weeks are the most common reason ambitious clients lose ground; this service is engineered specifically to prevent that.
What equipment do I actually need?
A barbell setup, a dumbbell rack, and a bench cover most hotel-gym situations. Where any of those are missing, the programme includes substitutions: bands, kettlebells, bodyweight progressions, suspension straps. Programming is engineered to deliver a comparable training stimulus across an equipment spectrum, not assume a perfect environment.
How does asynchronous video review work?
You record working sets on any major lift and upload them via shared cloud folder. Feedback returns within 48 hours: timestamped comments on bar path, depth, brace, intent, and load selection for the next session. This is the part of in-person coaching that translates online, and the part most untrained eye-coaching misses.
How often do we have live calls?
Typically every 2 to 4 weeks for 30 to 45 minutes. Cadence flexes around your travel schedule. Calls cover programme reviews, technical drills, and recovery / sleep / stress check-ins. Higher frequency is available for clients in active competitive prep or rehab phases.
How is this different from generic online coaching?
Generic online coaching delivers a programme and waits for you to follow it. Global Performance Coaching is the same in-person assessment-led methodology, the same video-feedback loop, and the same phase-review cadence: adapted to deliver consistently when the gym changes every week. The discriminator is the substitution and recovery framework, not the live call.
Can I switch between this and 1-1 in-person coaching?
Yes. Many clients alternate through the year: heavy 1-1 phases when they are in London, then global coaching during travel-intensive months. Programming continuity is preserved across the switch because the assessment data and the phase plan stay the same; the only thing that changes is the delivery format, so no progress is lost when your schedule shifts.
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