Coached since he was nine, still playing

Harry has been coached by professionals since the age of nine — football, cricket, golf and rugby — and he still plays. That is the whole basis of how HVPT trains people: he has spent his life on the receiving end of good coaching and bad coaching, and he knows the difference.

He opened HVPT in 2024 at The Engine Shed in Sharnbrook. Every class is his, every programme is his, and by week two he will know your name, your lifts and which shoulder you are guarding.

I have been coached by professionals since I was nine years old — football, cricket, golf and rugby. Sport has never been a phase for me. I still play cricket and golf through the summer, and football and badminton through the winter, so I know what it feels like to train around fixtures rather than in a vacuum.

The move from playing to coaching was not really a decision. People kept asking me to write them programmes, then asking me to watch them do the programmes, and at some point that stopped being a favour and started being the job.

I opened HVPT in 2024 at The Engine Shed in Sharnbrook. Small groups, proper programming, no templates. Everything is written before you arrive and adjusted while you are in front of me, because a plan that ignores the person doing it is not a plan.

Nine years old to his own gym

I demonstrate every movement. The best coaches I had never just described something from the side — they showed me.

I push you harder than you'd push yourself — but you'll enjoy it. That balance is everything.

I correct your form in real time, every rep. That's the bit most gyms skip. It's the bit that matters most.

Your plan is yours. I adapt every session to your goals, your body, and where you are that day.

Training should be something you look forward to. If it feels like a chore, something's wrong.

The people around you matter. HVPT isn't just a gym — it's a community that holds you accountable and celebrates your progress.