About BlueSkies
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With over 20 years experience in health, fitness & sport, we have seen many people struggle to stick to their resolutions to be healthier and fitter. We believe that the main reasons for this is that, to achieve their goals, people think that they have to remove themselves from their everyday lives - we want to change this!
Our aim is to show everyone who becomes involved with BlueSkies that you don't need to 'become someone else' to be fit and healthy! We will prove that you can adapt your current lifestyle, eating habits and activities to allow you to reach your goals, whatever they may be.
BlueSkies believe in living life outside of the box!
Who are we?
BlueSkies was started by Ben Jones and Sam Jones (nee Howells) in February 2007 and is based upon their passion to see as many people as possible benefit from health, fitness and well-being. To find out more about Ben and Sam, click on their photo below.
BlueSkies are privileged to receive the support of many 'industry experts' who offer their advice and knowledge to us and our members. To read more about BlueSkies Experts, please click here.
To read some testimonials from our clients, please click here.
Sam Jones (nee Howells) (M.Sc., B.Sc., M.G.H.T.)
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Qualifications
Sam's current qualifications include:
- M.Sc. Sports Science
- B.Sc. (Hons) PE, Sports Science & Recreation Management
- IHT Body Massage Diploma
- IHT Indian Head Massage Diploma
- HSE First Aid for Sports & Exercise tutor
- HSE First Aid for Appointed Persons tutor
- HSE Automated External Defibrillator tutor
Memberships & Accreditations
- British Association of Sport & Exercise Sciences (BASES)
- BASES Accredited Sports Physiologist
Biography
Having left Loughborough University with a B.Sc. & M.Sc. Sports Science, Sam began her career as an applied sports scientist in Cardiff working with elite athletes at the Sports Council for Wales.
Continuing in the practical side of sports science, Sam moved to work at the Lilleshall Sports Injury and Human Performance Centre in the role of Senior Sports Physiologist. Here, she spent 5 years providing and managing the physiology & nutrition support programmes for the centre’s clients - these included Premiership and National List football referees, FIFA referees, British Gymnastics, the Auto-Cycling Union, English Ice Hockey, British Wheelchair Racing and Castrol Honda.
Sam then moved from working with elite athletes into the Health, Fitness and Leisure industry becoming the Company Sports Scientist for Leisure Connection, a leading UK leisure management company. Sam was responsible for developing innovative, science-based programmes and products for the company which were implemented in Leisure Connection’s leisure centres. Sam developed a wide range of products and programmes for Leisure Connection including:
- a Health Screening programme
- Energy Balance - an education-based Weight Management Programme
- HELP – a community, web-based, Sport-England funded, diet and lifestyle programme
- Harpers Personal Training model for freelance personal trainers
- a Par-Q positive response management system
Sam began developing the BlueSkies website alongside her freelance health screening & sports science consultancy work in February 2007. This became her main business when BlueSkies became ‘live’ in June 2007 with the launch of this website. In October 2007, Ben joined Sam full-time and BlueSkies became the partnership it is now.
Sam currently enjoys running regularly and improving her 10K time. Exercise has always played an important role in her life and in the past she competed at county level in gymnastics, netball and badminton, and represented Loughborough University in netball.
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Sam says "My passion is to see as many people as possible leading healthy, active lives in ways that suit them - eating well and being active is not necessarily hard, doesn’t have to cost a fortune and doesn’t need to take up 90% of your time!"
If you would like to contact Sam you can e-mail her.
Ben Jones (B.Sc., A.C.S.M.)
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Qualifications
Ben's current qualifications include:
- B.Sc. (Hons) Physiology
- City & Guilds 7407 Teacher Training Award
- A2 Assessor Award
- American College of Sports Medicine (ACSM) Health Fitness Instructor, Advanced Personal Trainer & Advanced Resistance Trainer
- Lifetime Personal Training Diploma with Special Populations (gym instructor, circuits instructor, advanced fitness instructor, nutrition & weight management, business skills, sports conditioning, seniors, ante & post-natal, obesity)
- IHT Body Massage Diploma
- HSE First Aid for Sports & Exercise tutor
- HSE First Aid for Appointed Persons tutor
Memberships & Accreditations
- Register of Exercise Professionals (REPs)
- REPs Level 3 Personal Trainer
Biography
Ben graduated from Leeds University with a BSc. Physiology in 1999. By this time he had already begun working in the fitness industry with part time shifts at the University gym and a summer sabbatical in Boston, USA - setting up a fitness assessment programme and working as an instructor at the North Shore YMCA fitness centre.
After graduating, Ben worked as a fitness consultant at a small, independent club in Somerset, gaining his ACSM qualifications and experience of personal training before moving to London and working at the exclusive Hogarth Health Club. Here he progressed from being a Gymnasium Physiologist to the role of Health & Fitness Manager in addition to building and running a successful personal training business.
Many people in the fitness industry know Ben from his role as a Tutor and Tutor Team Manager at Lifetime, where he developed course materials, programmes of study and mentored students and tutors for 6 years before moving to a full time role at BlueSkies in October 2007.
Ben has a ‘practice what you preach’ attitude and follows a regular training programme - currently a mix of running, cycling and weight training. In the past, Ben has participated in many sports, including bodybuilding, distance running, kayaking & kickboxing, and changed his body weight between 95Kg and 65Kg depending on what he was training for at the time.
Whatever sport or challenge you are involved in, Ben believes the key thing is making it fun to meet your goals. Ben has shared his philosophy and passion for an active, healthy lifestyle with thousands of people - from friends to clients, students to health & fitness professionals and more recently office workers.
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Ben says "BlueSkies goal for this year is to develop this website and the online services we offer to members, so that we can fulfil our mission of providing great quality information, resources and support to our members and clients - wherever you are, whenever you need it."
If you would like to contact Ben you can e-mail him.
BlueSkies Fitness Ltd.
Sam Jones and Ben Jones are the directors of BlueSkies Fitness Ltd. which is a private limited company. BlueSkies Fitness Ltd. company number is 6599982.