John Thompson, Owner & Head Personal Trainer

John is our Head Personal Trainer at The Health Club Woodborough. Originally from Dublin he moved to Nottingham in 1998 to join Nottingham Forest as a Professional Footballer. John also represented Notts County, Mansfield Town and the Republic of Ireland.

A serious Injury ended John’s 15 year football career, it was then he decided to go back to University. John qualified with an honours degree in Physiotherapy at the University of Salford in 2015. Alongside studying John also set up his own Personal Training and Bootcamp business which has now been running successfully for 9 years.

In his spare time John enjoys spending time with family, running marathons and half marathons and playing for the Nottingham Forest Veterans team occasionally. John is a highly experienced Level 3 Personal Trainer and specialises in Strength & Conditioning and Weight Management.