Could an online personal trainer deliver results you can actually maintain?
Could an online personal trainer deliver results you can actually maintain?
- Custom fitness program with direct accountability from an experienced personal trainer.
- Designed for busy professionals with demanding schedules
- End the all-or-nothing cycle, no more start/stop attempts to get fit.
- Nutrition advice to help you develop a better relationship with food.
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“I cannot stress enough how much my relationship with food and exercise has changed! With Scott, everything seems manageable and fits within a full-time worker mom life. The results are FANTASTIC, my body has changed A LOT!”
“Scott’s program has been absolutely brilliant. I’ve done a lot of training in my time both competitive and recreational and I’m getting better results in a fraction of the time.”
“Easy-to-follow bespoke plans each month tailored to your skill level, needs, and ambition. If you’re looking for holistic lifestyle changes that yield remarkable results, this is the plan for you.”
A permanent solution to your fitness challenges
When I speak to prospective clients, they often share their plans to give dieting, fitness challenges or intensive body transformation programs one last try, I only have one response…
Sure… but don’t you want it to work this time?
I specialise in helping my clients put an end to repetitive cycles of temporary fixes and short-term thinking. With me, you’ll put an end to chasing shortcuts and establish a maintainable foundation for health & fitness that delivers results you actually get to keep. This then becomes the foundation and universal on-ramp for all future fitness goals.
"Best Online Fitness Trainer for Results"
"The Leading Online Personal Trainer"
Regularly considered among the best-in-class
“Scott Laidler is a highly respected exercise professional with a diverse and varied skillset. With over 10 years’ experience in the sector, he wears many hats, including but not limited to celebrity personal trainer, corporate wellness consultant, fitness writer, and online personal trainer”
“Just like a face to face personal trainer, Scott adjusts programs, nutrition advice, and intensity according to a person’s goals. Scott Laidler does a great job of making meals healthy AND enjoyable”
“If you want to get in shape fast, Scott Laidler offers a six-week training plan – including a meal planner – to help. Tell Laidler your needs and he’ll design a program specifically for you. The meal plan details the exact macronutrients you need, taking the difficulties out of diet ”
“Clients sign up for personal training and nutritional programmes tailored to their individual needs from a man who has trained everyone from athletes to Oscar-winning actors”
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Who is online personal training for?
In 2025, achieving your fitness goals has never been accessible in such an efficient manner. The rise of online fitness coaches and digital platforms mean that exercise guidance and nutrition advice is available at the touch of a button. It offers customised training plans completely tailored to your needs, which can be carried out as home workouts or in a traditional gym setting. You can choose to do them in your own time or led by an online coach in a virtual training session. Remote workouts have become increasingly popular as technology has advanced to meet the needs of busy professionals who want access to expert fitness guidance without having to match training schedules with a personal trainer, or fitness class. This approach not only saves time, it offers a more private environment for your workouts, in a setting of your choosing.
Your coach can adapt your fitness routine to match changing appointments, locations or access to fitness equipment. They will also have the ability to track progress through training plans and offer real-time feedback, enhancing your overall level of support and accountability, often far exceeding the oversight that’s possible with a traditional personal training service. So by removing guesswork with a personalised fitness program, boosting motivation with the support of a remote fitness coach and adding a sense of accountability from a professional investing in your training goals, maintaining a consistent exercise regimen has never been easier. If you’re looking for a way to transform your body with an expert-designed training plan and build confidence by following through on your intention to form lasting habits, online personal training might just offer the perfect combination of guidance, tools and support you need to make healthy habits stick.
Remote fitness coaching options:
A personalised fitness program + nutrition advice & accountability from your own personal trainer & nutritionist coaching team
1-2-1 exercise sessions delivered by experienced personal trainers, keeping your workouts consistent no matter your location
Guide yourself through one of our proven signature fitness programs at your own pace for a blend of education and lasting results
A mindset-first approach to exercise
Your physical challenges will never be solved at the level of exercise alone, as counterintuitive as it sounds, lasting change requires a shift in identity. Our programs are specifically designed to help you build the habits and mindset of someone who sticks to their exercise plan, even when life gets hectic.
In other words, it isn’t just about workouts. We can use exercise science and our considerable experience to build you a complex, personalised training program, but it’s all academic if you aren’t yet the kind of person who will implement it. Ultimately, that’s the real challenge we help our clients overcome.
An all-weather fitness strategy
What happens when life gets busy?
Any seasoned personal trainer would agree that there comes a point in a coach’s career where it would actually be harder to build an ineffective workout program than an effective one, so why isn’t achieving transformative results as simple as hiring a great fitness coach and following a proven program?
The real issue I’ve observed that undermines even excellent programs, suprisingly has very little to do with exercise, it’s a mindset problem.
Essentially, it’s the belief that everything has to be implemented flawlessly for an exercise program to work. This pursuit of perfection creates inertia, stopping many people from ever starting a fitness regimen, or worse, for others, it means giving up as soon as life gets busy.
It’s often rationalised like this:
“I’m not sure I can continue to commit to a fitness regimen at the moment. Things have gotten really busy. I think I’ll take a break and start again to it in a few months when I’ve got a clear run and can give it my all.”
Whilst this seems reasonable, it’s a mistake. It reveals a rigid mindset that practically guarantees you’ll never fully feel in control. In other words it’s an admission of all or nothing thinking.
Make no mistake, ‘all’ leads to burnout. Overdoing exercise and restricting calories are just cleverly veiled forms of stress, which practised for too long, will only exacerbate your existing life and work stresses. On the other side of the coin, periods of ‘nothing’ will leave you exposed to physical loss of condition and weight gain, whilst also taking away your first line of defence against psychological stress, physical exercise. Your body doesn’t know you’re taking a temporary break; no matter how well rationalised, you’ll be prone to the negative consequences of inactivity.
Instead of pausing, a smarter choice would be adopting an all-weather fitness strategy. A fitness program that’s systematic, adaptable and still delivers results under pressure.
That way changes in schedule, location, or meal options won’t derail your progress. There will always be some positive action you could take to continue to move forward.
Waiting for perfect conditions before starting a fitness program is like waiting for every traffic light to turn up green before setting out on a cross-country road trip.
My approach is specifically designed to work when you don’t have a clear run, when you are short on time or feel tired and burnt out. Ultimately, if you’re training program can’t support you in your toughest moments, it’s incomplete and is never going to offer a lasting solution.
Of course, it’s important to be reasonable, If you’ve just had a child, are moving house, going through an acquisition or big deadline at work, you probably won’t have the optimal allotted time available to exercise, and a missed day here and there due to responsibilities isn’t the end of the world, the point is there will always be something you can do to turn an otherwise lost day into a ‘net positive’ one, this program will create that strategy for you.
But it all hinges on making the mindset switch away from all-or-nothing thinking to one that focuses on flexible consistency which seeks results on the aggregate, not the short-term. Without making that shift, you’ll be left with a fair-weather approach to fitness that will never offer you sustained progress because it’s so prone to overkill and abandonment when things don’t feel perfect.
Put it this way, how long do you realistically think it would take to achieve your longest-held fitness goals? 6 weeks? 3 Months? A year, maybe? It really depends on where you are today, so given that, plus your typical schedule and responsibilities, can you foresee a clear run of that length with no interruptions ever presenting itself before retirement?
Personally, I rarely foresee clear runs longer than a week or two, neither do my clients. This is why traditional fitness programs almost always fail busy people.
14 Years experience in personal training
In a sea of online fitness content with conflicting opinions, it can be difficult to distinguish a fitness influencer from a professional personal trainer. In my observation, an influencer focuses their lens inward on themselves, whereas a coach focuses outward on their clients.
Influencers typically share what works for them, implying it’ll also work for you. Their stories can inspire but aren’t always to be taken as personalised fitness solutions. Attempting to replicate an influencer’s routine often leads to unhealthy comparisons and wasted time, following plans unsuitable for your unique lifestyle, fitness level or goals.
In contrast, a professional personal trainer or vocational fitness coach draws on both their education and experience delivering results for previous clients to create a tailored strategy for the individual. Removing guesswork and establishing a plan that not only delivers short-term results but equips clients with the knowledge and tools that will allow progress to be sustained.
Before following what you see on social media, ask yourself: Are you seeing the full picture, or just a curated snapshot? Consider whether your favourite influencer’s workout program, diet, and lifestyle genuinely align with your own life and goals, or if they’re simply someone else’s highlight reel.
Real world experience in the gym, the boardroom & on the silver screen
Since launching my boutique Online Personal Training service in 2015 as a complement to my in-person service, I’ve helped clients around the world achieve results using the same meticulous planning and personalisation that’s allowed me to coach at the highest levels in person.
Over the past decade, I’ve trained CEOs, entrepreneurs & high performers and consulted with blue-chip companies on wellness culture. I worked privately with Oscar-winning actors, even members of European royalty, who enlisted me to deliver results on a deadline.
I have been fortunate to be considered among the best fitness coaches from the U.K. and to have this online fitness service regularly considered among the best in class internationally. Whether online or in person, my approach remains consistent, systematic and tailored specifically to you.
What would lasting results mean to you?
It's not just about fitness, it's about confidence
Our client results were all achieved with our holistic methodology. Whilst everyone has their own fitness journey and goals, we work behind the scenes to ensure that a course of fitness coaching with us delivers results that will ultimately be maintainable and replicable.
This is achieved by ensuring we create a personalised fitness program that takes into account contextual nutrition advice and includes steps that help manage lifestyle factors like stress management and sleep hygiene.
This online personal training service is designed to offer not just a training program but a reliable, flexible system that can adapt to even the busiest of schedules without de-railing progress.
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If you really seek lasting change, effective isn't enough. Context is key.
It’s not lost on me that you’ve likely tried a workout program or diet plan in the past, only to be disappointed either by a lack of results or because you’ve not been given the tools to maintain your achievements moving forward. I’m confident in making that assumption because it’s what 87% of my clients report when they first join my online personal training program.
The biggest reason people struggle with health & fitness is that they follow programs that are technically sound, but contextually inappropriate for their lives. Which means lasting results were never really on the table. So after weeks and months of restriction and relentless effort, most people find themselves right back at square one at the end of a program.
Typically, workout programs are created by, or take their cues from bodybuilders, fitness models, athletes, Hollywood celebrities and influencers. In other words, people preparing for a specific event with a clear deadline and end point, like a physique competition, a photoshoot, or even a film role.
These scenarios typically call for near-daily workouts, caloric and carbohydrate restriction and rigid execution. Now, does this short-term approach work? Yes, but the crucial distinction is that they were never intended to be sustained, and everyone involved knows it. In fact the whole point is to push boundaries for a number of weeks to reach a particular ‘peak’ level of performance or conditioning. The implication then, is that it cannot be maintained. That’s literally what peak conditioning means, it’s a fleeting moment in time, with a drop off on both sides, just like a mountain. A worthy ambition for sure, but not an everyday reality, not for a model, a bodybuilder an athlete or a film star. So why are you being offered their training regimes as long-term solutions?
You see, once a fitness photoshoot is over, a film wraps and an athletic event reaches its conclusion, those involved fall back to their everyday regime, which already includes regular exercise and well-proportioned healthy eating.
We were only privy to their peak training, not the years of consistency it took to put them in a position to be able to handle that short-term red-lining process in preparation for a deadline. But if you are simply trying to make exercise a maintainable habit, what would you fall back on once your intensive program is over? You’d basically be starting again from scratch, at least as far as habits are concerned, and it’s the consistent implementation of the fundamental healthy habits that are the key to success in fitness.
So hoping these extreme programs can solve your fitness challenges for the long term, would be like running your fastest mile then multiplying it by 26 and thinking that would be your marathon time, it might make sense on paper, but it’s completely inappropriate for real-world application.
Even when working directly with a fitness coach or influencer, you’ll often receive a program that works well for them.
Which is great. Until you view life through their lens. Fitness may well be what their life revolves around; they typically work in a gym, they do fitness competitions for fun, and they love to talk and read about fitness. Basically working out is both their hobby and their profession. They would be lost without exercise, whereas you are looking to make it a consistent habit, perhaps for the first time in your life.
As a busy professional you’ll be facing everyday challenges like stress, lack of sleep, family commitments, limited free time, and a schedule prone to change.
Don’t get me wrong, technically speaking, you’re likely receiving an effective program, just one that doesn’t meet you where you are. You’d need more energy, more time, and more conditioning to implement it. Making it completely ineffective at helping you achieve your goals or solve your long-standing challenges around making exercise stick.
This misalignment leads to unrealistic expectations about what it’s actually going to take to achieve sustainable fitness results. Too many people exercise excessively and eat too little, because they’re following a program built for someone else.
This leads to an all-or-nothing mindset. Whereby you think you’ve either got to dedicate your life to working out to see results, or you do nothing at all because you don’t think what you have time and energy for is enough to make a difference. Inevitably creating a chain of start-stop attempts at rigid programs.
To make things worse, you lose energy, and enthusiasm on each failed attempt, so you are more susceptible to work stress and general fatigue which can easily lead to burnout and choices that seek to cut corners in return for a quicker payoff. Jumping back into a program that expects you to lift weights every day, eat 1200 calories, or run 50 miles a week is only going to end one way…(and I’ve seen programs that ask for all of this at the same time) of course, there is another way.
The key to success in fitness lies in context and consistency. After 14 years as a personal trainer I’ve now built thousands of custom exercise programs and I can assure you that success leaves clues. You need a program that meets you where you are. It’s that simple. When calibrated well with efficient workouts, you really only need to be working out 3-4 times per week for about 30-40 minutes, and your diet needs to follow basic healthy first principles whilst offering a healthy dose of flexibility if you’re to stand any chance of maintaining it. And if a lack of time is a factor, studies have shown that both resistance training and HIIT workouts can be effective in as little as 10 minutes so with all that accounted for, let’s make that the basis of your health & fitness regime and you can later go on to stack complexity and specificity onto that whenever you want to pursue a new fitness goal, that’s where the races, the photoshoots and the competitions will be feasible and enjoyable, because you’ll be able to return to a maintainable baseline. If you skip this step, unfortunately, the all-or nothing, start/stop cycle will continue. Let’s jump on a call and discuss doing things the right way.
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Frequently asked questions
What is your online personal training program?
Online personal training is a fitness coaching service delivered via the Internet. It enables you to receive a workout program calibrated to your fitness level, providing a linear route to your goals. The personal training software the program is built on is in the form of a fitness app that makes workout planning and tracking effortless. I’ve built this service with the intention of making it a best-in-class service for those looking to make serious lifestyle change and approach fitness in a sustainable way. I will build your workout program specifically for you, you’ll then be able to access tailored fitness programs, instructional videos, and meal plans. The service is bolstered by personal accountability, featuring regular check-ins and feedback with your dedicated personal trainer.
Do I have to have a consultation before signing up?
If you would like to discuss your fitness goals with me before signing up to work together please feel free to schedule a fitness consultation and we can discuss how we’ll pursue your goals with my online personal training service.
My virtual personal training sessions (the £349 tier) do require a discussion before signing up because we would need to sync up when virtual workouts delivered over zoom would take place. Please email me at [email protected] if you would like to join the waitlist for those sessions.
Who is this coaching program for?
Typically speaking, those who are in the best position to succeed with me are those who are looking to form habits that will allow them to achieve their fitness goals. I work in a maintainable way, resisting short-term fixes and restrictions, While this may seem like a slower path, counter intuitively in my experience it’s the only path that leads to maintainable results.
You can read more about my exercise philosophy
I have created a comprehensive list of the types of scenarios that have historically achieved the best results with my online coaching service and have felt like the most natural fit. I’ve also highlighted some scenarios and preferences that may not be a great fit for the way I work.
Further reading: Who online personal training is for
What is the difference between online personal training and the other service tiers?
Tier 1: Self-led personalised fitness plan (with responsive support)
This service involves me building your personal exercise plan, which you will implement on your own, with my support available on he fitness app when you need it, should you have any questions about your remote workouts or exercise guidance in general. Your custom workout plan will be built using my unique 28-step process of personalisation I’ve developed over the last 14 years working as a personal trainer. The process covers everything from your age and body type to your individual lifestyle and circumstances You will also receive a monthly nutritionist-designed meal plan and calorie macronutrient targets.
Summary: This tier is specifically designed to comprehensively solve the challenges of guesswork in health & fitness. You’ll always know exactly what workouts to do and what to eat to achieve your fitness goals and have access to exercise guidance when you need it.
Tier 2: Flagship online personal training service
My full online coaching service is like having your own fitness blueprint architected for your body and your goals, and then having dedicated accountability from an expert personal trainer to help you implement the strategy and stay motivated throughout the fitness program.
This personal training course also positions me as your digital personal trainer, holding you accountable to your training plans ensuring that you stay motivated, consistent with exercise and on track. Which is perfect if accountability has been a challenge in the past and you’d benefit from having an online pt in your corner. This service is aimed at a long-term solution on your fitness journey as it perfectly combines self-efficacy and accountability, equipping you with everything you’ll need to maintain your results long into the future.
The standard of professionalism under which this program is delivered could be considered the point at which concierge service meets online fitness coaching. I allocate daily time and resources for adaptations and iterations meaning that as you travel and your circumstances change, so too will your program. Meaning we will always arrive at a winning strategy no matter how chaotic life gets. You’ll also be able to send my nutritionist Dr Katie Turianytsia restaurant menus as you eat out to help you make healthy food choices on the go or have your food diaries interpreted if you aren’t able to follow the meal plan we’ve built for you.
Summary: This is the best coaching option if you want to take all decision-making out of health and fitness or have had your progress de-railed by travel and logistics in the past, knowing that you have the support of a fitness consultant at the tap of a button.
Tier 3: Virtual personal training– This service includes everything on my online personal training services with the addition of a weekly virtual coaching session where I will take you through a workout session via video conferencing or Zoom sessions.
Summary: This is a perfect coaching service with which to bolster an effective workout program with the luxury and engagement of 1-2-1 guided digital workout sessions which can take place in the comfort of your own home.
Will you provide a nutrition plan?
Yes, my online personal training service includes a custom-made, nutritionist-designed meal plan and nutrition advice. What you eat plays a huge role in both how you feel and how successful you’ll be with your online fitness coach. So I have teamed up with qualified nutritionist Dr. Katie Turianytsia to offer professional nutrition advice to complement the fitness guidance I’ll be providing. This way you will have the support of both an online personal trainer and nutritionist easily contactable on my fitness app.
With expert guidance, you will always know what to eat to help you achieve your fitness goals.
Have you always been an online trainer?
I started my career as an in-person fitness trainer. Actually this is how I spent the first 10 years of my career, having become a qualified personal trainer with Premier Global NASM, which is endorsed by active IQ.
Back then as a certified personal trainer, you worked in person only, often starting your career gym instructing and then learning to work more comprehensively, adapting a training program for potential clients with personalized workouts calibrated to the appropriate fitness level.
There was no such thing as an online personal training course, in terms of a course you could take to train people online. I started work as an online fitness coach to deliver on requests from my in-person clients as they travelled the world to meet media obligations or work obligations and often needed a training session they could do on their own while they were away. This worked really well and as a result, I decided to open the service up online via this website. In the decade I spent working as an in-person fitness professional, I delivered over 10,000 training sessions, to people from all walks of life and have consistently delivered results, leading both my in-person services in London and this online coaching service being considered amongst the best in class.
In my early career, I worked as a personal trainer in London, operating in different gyms and running outdoor boot camp-style group classes in local parks. Over time my results began to get noticed and I was invited to Hollywood to work with a high profile client in the TV Business. Since then I’ve been fortunate enough to train clients all over the world.
This led to me writing for numerous news, health, and fitness publications, as well as a number of TV appearances as a health expert discussing everything from strength training to improving body composition and setting up a winning mindset to achieve any fitness goal.
I’ve also had the opportunity to work on big-budget Hollywood film productions getting the cast in shape for their movie roles. Now, aside from a few special requests, I work solely with my online PT client base.
To learn more about my coaching philosophy, I host a fitness podcast where I speak to athletes, leading fitness industry personalities, and thought leaders on everything from the nuance of strength training, and muscle building to recent breakthroughs in sports medicine.
If you would like to take a deep dive into my maintainable fitness methods, my coaching service or the wider fitness coaching team.
What results can I expect?
It depends on what your fitness goals are, and at what stage you are on your fitness journey. Some of my clients are simply looking to improve their self-esteem, build confidence and would like with habit formation. Others are seeking muscle building or fat loss as part of a body transformation.
No matter the initial goal you would like me to help you pursue, I would expect you to finish your wellness program with improved body composition, greater energy levels, and the ability to maintain the results I’ve helped you achieve. In this way, my intention is that your coaching experience will be transformative. To give you a better idea of what is possible, please have a look through my client results and customer testimonials.
Do I do my workouts alone or with my trainer?
Online personal trainers work a little differently to gym instructing or delivering a training session in person. It’s best to think of online fitness as more of a personal fitness blueprint that you follow in your own time alongside dedicated accountability and support. Of course, there is also an over-arching methodology to the way we coach.
Unless of course you would like to bolster your fitness plan with some virtual training sessions, during which I’ll guide you through th workout over a zoom call.
Can I speak to someone before I sign up?
Absolutely. I encourage potential clients to book a fitness consultation call before signing up. You’ll speak with me personally to make sure we have a mutually good fit, and I’m the best online fitness coach to help you along your fitness journey.
Will I need a gym membership?
One of the benefits of online training is that your training plan can be built to work for you in any scenario, whether at home in gym or even in multiple locations. I build personalized workouts as part of my custom 8-week online personal training course. This means gym membership or not, you can stay consistent with exercise no matter how chaotic life gets. All you need is access to your fitness app and the support I’ll deliver on it.
How will you deliver my program?
Your fitness program is delivered as an iOS/Android fitness app. It is purpose-built personal training software with plenty of features that make the process of online coaching simple. So following and tracking your training plan is simple and provides me excellent oversight as your online fitness instructor.
Do you have any preset workout plans I could follow?
Yes, I have a number of signature online workout programs that I have built using the most successful workouts and protocols over 14 years of building custom workout plans on my coaching service.
You can view them here: Online workout programs
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