About Brendan

I'm Brendan Searle — a Certified Personal Fitness Trainer, Group Fitness Trainer, and Strength & Conditioning Coach, with my Fitness Studio located at Prime Human Performance Institute, inside the Moses Mabhida Soccer Stadium, situated in the King's Park Sports Complex of Durban, on the East coast of South Africa.

My training methods utilise the OPT (Optimum Performance Training) model developed by NASM, a fully integrative approach to progressively covering all aspects and levels of functional and athletic fitness. I design workouts around IMG's Ignite 360 system, making for a well-rounded, comprehensive approach to fitness development and performance enhancement. I also apply the NASM Corrective Exercise protocol for addressing and pre- or re-habilitating injuries. Each workout has a PRIMARY Focus and comes with Progression and Regression options, sequenced according to principles set out by the NSPA (National Sports Performance Association).

My interest in fitness began through inspiration and training by my Tennis Pro Father. University studies as a student of the legendary Prof Tim Noakes gave me a rock-solid understanding of exercise physiology, and subsequent service in our National Defence Force as a Physical Training Instructor gave me the opportunity to implement theory with hard-core large group training.

After earning my Diploma in Personal Training in 1999, I spent 12 years as a Sports Co-ordinator and Fitness Trainer on Cruise Ships. Since 2011, I have worked as a Gym Manager and Group Fitness Trainer across a wide variety of class types — Spinning, Pilates, Yoga, Kickboxing, HIIT, and more — as well as a dedicated Personal Trainer. I study and practise extensively in the fitness coaching arena, with a focused commitment to delivering the most effective, safe, and physiologically sound exercise programmes to large groups, small groups, and individuals.

Total Body TRANSFORMATION is my most acclaimed speciality, with numerous clients having completely upgraded their levels of health, fitness, and self-esteem — transforming their lives from average to AWESOME. I have several Pro Athletes in my stable and have been privileged to introduce pre-teens and octogenarians alike to functional and performance-enhancing fitness training.

My mission is to continually deliver the best possible workouts, nutritional advice, cutting-edge wellness guidance, and exercise programming to clients locally and to my website clients worldwide.

Yours in Health, Wellness and Longevity — Coach Brendan