Fortius Athletics

Discover Your Potential.

The Coaches:

Steph Dekker:

I've Trained in various sports growing up as keeping fit and being active has always been a huge part of my life. I was introduced to crossfit by a friend in 2011. What I loved about it straight away was that it allowed access to a broad variety of different disciplines- powerlifting, weightlifting, gymnastics, running, rowing etc, and also it's core principles based in proper method and movement backed by research. I've always had a passion for learning new things. I began to develop a strong understanding of the technical aspects of movement and how to teach that to people. I loved coaching straight away, it gave me a way to help people improve themselves through fitness, as I have done myself. I believe that feeling fit and capable is an important part of being happy and confident as a person. My role as a coach is to help people realise their physical potential in a way that is useful and important to them and benefits them both inside and outside the gym. I love being able to be part of helping someone to make those improvements. Coaching is a huge part of my life and my biggest passion for these reasons.

Nisha Purewal

After gaining a fair amount of weight during my final year of university I decided to get back into training in 2012 - before university training had been a big part of my life, having competed for Scotland in Basketball. I began CrossFit and was quickly hooked I loved the intensity, I loved the heavy weights and I loved the way it changed my body and outlook on living. I had gone from being 5 stone overweight, feeling low on confidence and often very lethargic to looking and feeling great.

I decided I wanted to help others achieve their goals in training and lifestyle and went on to get my Level 3 Personal Trainers certificate and CrossFit Level 1 Certificate and CrossFit Strongman. I love training and coaching in particular. I love nothing more than helping individuals surprise themselves on a daily basis by achieving goals they previously had never felt were possible.