Health before Hench / Live healthy Live Longer/Healthy Eating for Life
Take control of the present and build your future health
about us
Our Mission
DrTLifestyle offers a bespoke service for those of us whose childhood memories include Chopper bikes, Clackers, flared jeans and hipsters, John Noakes and Shep, Action Man, Cindy Dolls and corded "trim" 'phones. Whether you are a Boomer or Gen X-er, you will have experienced a rapid change in how we work, move, eat and live. You will have witnessed the normalisation of a convenience driven existence that has been a major contributor to the rise in chronic ill health which is becoming an accepted part of life in the 21st Century.
At DrTLifestyle, we recognise that the problems of body composition and fitness have their root cause in the World that has been created around us, rather than individual failings.
The Chronic Health Crisis is a ticking time bomb for all of us. Our Mission is to facilitate strategies to reduce the risk of succumbing to conditions such as Type 2 Diabetes, high blood pressure and cancer by creating sustainable, evidence based changes in exercise, nutrition and lifestyle. We focus on a future where you are healthy and functioning, in optimising "healthspan", not just lifespan. We also believe that our approach will build resilience for when the inevitable challenges of life occur, be that surgery, broken bones, relationship crises, mental health issues or even a pandemic.
DrTLifestyle offers a unique mix of Personal Training (Level 2 PT qualified) underpinned by up by nearly 40 years of medical and nutrition practice. This includes front-line experience on Intensive Care during the COVID-19 pandemic, which sowed the seeds for founding DrTLifestyle. This background gives us rare confidence in working with underlying medical conditions and clients experiencing the effects of treatments such as surgery and chemotherapy.
Personal Fitness Training
Our personal fitness training is centered around function, resilience and finding the right programme for you. Our focus is on sustainability, so we work in a variety of environments, from gym based sessions to parkland, to create a healthspan enhancing programme that you can build into your life. Whatever your abilities, we will get the results to fit your individual goals. Our aim is on maximising your health, however, killers abs and thighs of steel might be a side effect.....
Our programme starts with a free, time unlimited assessment which includes medical history taking, pulse and blood pressure checks and basic body composition measures. An initial gym based assessment to ascertain starting levels of fitness and function guides the next steps. We recognise the importance of resistance training as well as aerobic fitness and use a variety of techniques to produce a programme that you can take forward, within 6-8 weeks.
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Nutrition
We know that it is impossible to achieve and maintain health goals without focus on nutrition. When searching for guidance it is so easy to get overwhelmed by the wealth of information, be it in the form of hard science, established experts or media platforms. DrTLifestyle cuts through the static and offer bespoke nutritional advice, tailored for your health needs and personal goals guiding you to healthy eating for life . Claudia is a Professor of Nutrition with a PhD in the Psychology of Eating; all our advice in grounded in up-to-date research and practice. Whatever your dietary preferences and requirements, we will support your journey to healthy nutrition from the outset to help you reach your full potential. (Your nutrition support is provided directly by Angus as part of your personal training or coaching package. Whilst his support grounded on discussions with Claudia, a highly qualified Nutritionist, Angus remains fully responsible for the advice given. This support is intended to help with general dietary habits and lifestyle change. It is not medical nutrition therapy and does not replace advice from a UK registered dietitian or your GP.)
Lifestyle Medicine
We understand that even specific goals cannot be met in isolation. Whilst even small steps made with exercise and nutrition result in significant health benefits, greater gains can be made by optimising mental health, sleep, relationships and the avoidance of toxic influences; together these are the principles of Lifestyle Medicine (LSM). This forms the basis to our approach to your wellbeing and we are both registered members of our national LSM organisations. As part of your LSM review, we support referral to other specific healthcare professionals, with consent and transparency, to facilitate specialist input.
MEET US
Angus Coach and Co-founder
After qualifying as a doctor in 1986, Angus has worked in a number of medical areas, with particular experience in caring for patients with cancer and heart problems. Specialising in Anesthetics and Intensive Care since 1994, Angus has seen first hand how the challenges of the modern environment negatively affected our health. A lifelong exercise enthusiast, Angus's focus was sharpened by 7 years in the Army Reserves.
Qualifications: MBBS, MRCP, FRCA, FFICM, Level2/3 PT
Claudia Nutrition Consultant and Co-founder
Claudia began her studies in Medicine, later specialised in Nutrition gaining a Bsc in 1990 form King's College London. Returning to her native Mexico, she opened the Degree in Nutrition at the University of Guadalajara and forged an international reputation as an educator and researcher. After earning her PhD in Behavioural Nutrition at University College London in 2016, Claudia continues to publish in peer reviewed international journals, to inspire her students and innovate. Claudia is passionate about spreading the message of sustainable, realistic, healthy nutrition for all.
Qualifications: Bsc, PhD.
How We work
How We work
DrTLifestyle was co-founded by Angus and Claudia — partners in life and in health. Together, they bring a unique blend of medical, fitness, and nutrition expertise to the table.
Angus leads client coaching directly — combining his experience as a doctor, personal trainer and lifestyle medicine advocate. Claudia, a qualified nutritionist based in Mexico, supports by contributing to the nutritional framework that informs DrTLifestyle’s approach.
While all coaching and client interaction is delivered by Angus, DrTLifestyle reflects the shared vision, values, and combined knowledge of both co-founders.
What people are saying
Tara's Journey: Building health and resilience after cancer
Angus and I are sitting on the soft crash mats at the foot of Oakley Sport Centre's
token climbing wall. He is focused on some gadget and scribbling down figures on a
pad. He looks up, removes his glasses and announces with glee "47". "47 is your new biological age". I smile. A milestone indeed.
Back in 2019 I was probably hovering around the 74 year old mark. My body had
been subjected to the sadistic roller coaster of cancer treatment, leaving me scarred
and diminished both physically and emotionally. My days of running around
parklands with yummy mums were long gone and I had resigned myself to no
longer being able to eat what I liked, when I liked. I also needed a new wardrobe.
A few years later, a chance encounter with Dr Angus Turner set me on the slow path to recovery. We had discussions, not so much around fitness but rather on how to remain healthy for as long as possible. As a fully trained medic, Angus understood what my body had been subjected to and how best to turn things around. Diet and sleep were integral to the programme.
We started off gently and over the next few months fine-tuned a routine, that combined exercises at home, in the gym and out in the open air. For a week I kept a photo diary of my eating habits which were then scrutinised and improved. Angus also reviewed my daily routine in order to optimise on exercise opportunities throughout the day.
I now rarely take escalators or lifts. Instead, I climb stairs two at a time. When in London, I'll factor in time to walk between meetings, rather than take the Tube or a taxi. Carrying shopping bags
counts as a workout not a chore. I've upped my proteins and excommunicated refined sugars.
Having reached a basic level of fitness, we're now stepping up a gear which is where
Angus' Army Reserve training kicks in. Test and adjust, adapt and overcome, Mission Impossible has become Mission Possible.
Andy: A lifelong fitness buddy recovering from major cardiac surgery
Angus is an excellent personal trainer he has been key to training me to an excellent level of physical fitness and wellbeing over the past few years. More recently he has helped guide me through preparation and recovery from complex open heart surgery.
He has the ideal background as a personal fitness trainer. He has looked after his own fitness and wellbeing for many years long before it became fashionable.
He as been through rigorous training to become a fully qualified consultant anaesthetist and ICU head of department and trainer
He has recently gained his qualifications as a personal fitness trainer and is very professional in his approach.
He is knowledgeable in all aspects of wellbeing and fitness based on a very sound scientific evidence.
Angus is an excellent trainer and I thoroughly recommend him and feel very safe in his extremely capable hands.
Dr Andrew Plane B.Sc MB,BS MRCGP DRCOG DGM DCH