Curriculum Vitae

Experience

  • Self-employed

    Personal Trainer

    Client Assessment and Programming:

    • Collecting and checking information relating to individual clients.

    • Analysing information relating to individual clients.

    • Identifying and agreeing basic short-, medium- and long-term goals.

    • Selecting relevant exercises and designing appropriate programmes which address safety at all times.

    • Producing suitable programme cards for a range of clients.

    • Suggesting relevant exercise adaptations to allow for individual client differences or needs.


    Instruction and Supervision:

    • Planning, instructing and evaluating safe and appropriate exercise sessions.

    • Providing one-to-one or group inductions, including the introduction to new equipment where appropriate.

    • Using logical and progressive teaching methodologies to introduce a range of exercises in relation to clients goals.

    • Selecting and/or correctly demonstrating a variety of cardiovascular and resistance training methods that can be used by clients.

    • Providing clients with general advice on how to progress their individual programmes.

    • Observing clients at all times in order to correct unsafe technique where required.


    Client Motivation:

    • To positively interact and motivate clients using appropriate strategies in order to promote retention and adherence to exercise.

    • Acting as a positive role model at all times for all clients.

    • Proactively developing and maintaining high standards of customer care in order to facilitate the retention of clients.

    • Promoting healthy activities and related strategies for daily living to clients.


    Facility Management and Professional Conduct:

    • Monitoring maintenance schedules and assisting in the cleanliness of the environment and all associated equipment.

    • Recognising professional standards and limitations, referring to appropriate professionals for guidance and support.


    Media Coverage

  • SHAPES for Schools

    Freelance

    Content Writer

    Writing and Editing:

    • Researching and staying up-to-date on the latest trends in education, child psychology, and pedagogy.

    • Discussing learning exercises on philosophy, emotional literacy, art as therapy, and relationship skills suitable for children.

    • Teamwork in writing, editing and structuring resource packs for parents and teachers.

    • Meeting deadlines and ensuring that writing is clear, organized, logical and valuable.

    Source:

  • Total Boxer®, BoxingYoga™ and HIIB®

    Full-time

    Head Coach, Group Exercise Instructor and Personal Trainer

    Coaching and Training:

    • Delivering group boxing, yoga and HIIT classes to a maximum of 30 participants.

    • Delivering personal training sessions.

    • Coaching juniors (6-11 years), youth (12-16 years), and adults.

    • Coaching sports teams for pre-season training.

    • Coaching competing boxers for charity events.

    • Delivering team-building classes to business teams.

    • Delivering yoga sessions for youth programmes on social inclusion.

    • Coaching high profile individuals.

    • Mentoring other coaches.

    • Evaluating performance and providing suitable feedback.

    • Delivering online training sessions.

    Communication and Leadership:

    • Ensuring participants train to a high standard of health and safety at all times.

    • Adapting to the needs and interests of the group or individual participant.

    • Communicating instructions and commands using clear and simple language.

    • Being a role model, gaining the respect and trust of participants.

    Customer Service and Facility Management:

    • Welcoming new members to the club, developing relationships and handling queries.

    • Maintaining the facilities and equipment.

    Video Production and Media Coverage:

    Teacher Training Quality Assurance:

    • Writing, researching and developing Continued Professional Development (CPD) study materials.

    • Mapping course materials to National Occupational Standards (NOS)

    • Developing assessment and quality assurance procedures and resources.

    • Ensuring validity, authenticity, reliability and sufficiency of teacher training and assessment.

Certifications

  • Boxing Awards

    Non Contact Boxing Tutor

    • Warm Ups for Children and Adults

    • Different Styles of Circuit Training

    • Basics of Boxing

    • Padwork

    • Partner Work

    • Lesson Planning


    Boxing Pad Course

    • How to Hold the Pads

    • Punches Padwork

    • Boxing Defences

    • Padwork Fault Correction

    • Teaching Skipping

    • Boxing Circuit

  • The Charted Institute for the Management of Sport and Physical Activity (CIMSPA)

    Membership Certificate

    Membership Number: C005670


    European Register of Exercise Professionals (EREPS)

    Member ID: 113556

    Member Profile: www.ereps.eu/member-profile/113556


    National Register of Personal Trainers (NRPT)

    Membership No: 32471

    Member Profile: https://nrpt.co.uk/profiles/trainers/32471/deniz-ates.htm


    UK Coaching

    UK Coaching Premium Membership


    Campus Learning | TRAIN Fitness

    Focus Awards Level 3 Diploma

    Practitioner in Personal Training (RQF)

    QRN: 603/5233/4

    Candidate Number: 172360

    Certificate Number: RQF53305

    Verify authenticity at: www.focusawards.org.uk/verify


    Hatton Academy

    Hatton Academy Elite

    • How to organize and structure an Elite Hatton Academy Boxing for Fitness Session.

    • Correct Pad Holding Techniques for Elite drills.

    • Correct Elite defence techniques with instruction.

    • Structuring Elite boxing combinations and perpetual motion.

    • Understanding safety and injury prevention in boxing for fitness.


    Hatton Academy Advanced:

    • How to organise and structure an Advanced Hatton Boxing for Fitness Session.

    • Correct Pad Holding Techniques for advanced drills.

    • Correct advanced punch and defence techniques with instruction.

    • Structuring advanced boxing combinations.

    • Understanding safety and injury prevention in boxing for fitness.


    Hatton Academy Fundamentals:

    • How to organise and structure one to one and groups for a Hatton Boxing for Fitness Session.

    • Correct Pad Holding Techniques.

    • Correct basic punch techniques and instruction.

    • Structuring the 5 round boxing system inclusive of a shadow boxing warm up.

    • Understanding safety and injury prevention in boxing for fitness.


    Hatton Boxing for Juniors:

    • Child protection and safe guarding in sport.

    • Recommendations, Exercise Considerations and Parental Consent.

    • Planning and Delivering a Session for Juniors.

    • Structure of a Hatton Boxing for Juniors session.


    Hatton Academy Instructor Skills:

    • How to teach correct exercise techniques safely and effectively.

    • How to spot bad technique and form.

    • How to correctly demonstrate.

    • How to use the correct verbal cues when teaching your clients.

    • How to recognise appropriate stages to progress and regress a client.


    Boxercise®

    Advanced Boxercise® Instructor

    Registration No: 27359

    • Boxercise® Instructor

    • Advanced Skills

    • Speed Pads and Combinations


    The British Red Cross

    First Aid at Work (2023-2026)

    F262523


    St John Ambulance

    FAQ Level 3 Award in Adult Mental Health: Workplace First Aider (RQF) (2023-2026)

    Qualification Accreditation Number: 610/1484/9

    Certificate Number: 738896


    National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children (NSPCC)

    Child Protection in Sport and Physical Activity:

    • Identify what is meant by safeguarding and child protection.

    • Describe the types of child abuse, and the signs and indicators of these.

    • Apply good safeguarding and child protection practice to your sport or physical activity setting.

    • Describe how sport and physical activity setting can put safeguarding into practice.

    • State how to respond to concerns about the safety and welfare of a child or young person.

  • England Boxing

    England Boxing Coach Level 1 (2017-2020)

    Credential ID 33284

  • England Boxing

    BOX Instructor:

    • Deliver a boxing-specific warm-up and cool-down.

    • Instruct foundation techniques for Olympic-style boxing.

    • Deliver a BOX session to beginner-level participants for 45 minutes.

    • Diversify lesson plans.

Education

  • The Open University

    Master of Arts, Philosophy:

    • Understanding key debates in selected areas of contemporary philosophy.

    • Identifying and obtaining material needed to complete research.

    • Engaging with both primary and secondary texts to make a thoughtful contribution to debates.

    • Discussing some major topics in contemporary philosophy.

    • Reading and understanding philosophical literature.

    • Making use of the research opportunities provided by IT.

    • Applying a referencing system to written work.

    • Communicating effectively in writing to a specialised audience.

    • Participating effectively in debates held via computer conferencing.

    • Using feedback from tutor and fellow students effectively.

    • Knowing how to use other resources, such as libraries and ICT resources, to improve own learning.

  • Roehampton University

    Bachelor of Arts, English Literature:

    • Substantial knowledge of a wide range of literary texts and contexts.

    • Understanding how to use alternative critical and theoretical frameworks for analysing texts.

    • Demonstrating and testing this knowledge through persuasive argument, both orally and across a range of written forms, from close textual analysis to more extended discursive essays.

    • Researching texts and topics through library facilities and analysis of live performances.

    • Working in different contexts: individually, within seminars and as a member of a small group with collective responsibility for producing oral or written analysis.

Background

  • In 2005, I watched a boxing reality TV series, “The Contender”, hosted by Sylvester Stallone and Sugar Ray Leonard. I was inspired and joined my university boxing club.

    For the first two years of university, I dedicated myself to boxing training alongside my studies. However, as my final year approached, academic responsibilities took over, leading me to set boxing aside.

    After graduation, I resumed training at a local boxing club. Within a year, an opportunity arose to become a trainer. I volunteered and pursued certification under England Boxing. I became obsessed with improving my padwork. Once employed, I soon became the head coach.

    What started off as a hobby became my career. I consider myself lucky to have found a path in the fitness industry. I’m always grateful for the privilege of being part of someone’s personal and professional development. I’m excited to see what the future holds.

  • What inspired me to start my own business was a mixture of tough times, acquired skills, and support from friends and family.

    The tough times were during the pandemic, when I found myself without a job. This forced me to reassess my situation in a period of uncertainty.

    My coaching skills were the result of many years of hard work. I was experienced in the fitness industry, specifically boxing fitness, having worked in a boxing gym since 2012. I also had research skills, having studied Philosophy and English Literature.

    The support from friends and family meant having a small network of advice, encouragement, and practical help, which was invaluable.

    Not wanting to rely on a gym, I thought: if anyone could work as a mobile trainer, I could! I had the right experience and skills to rebuild myself. So, in 2021, I did just that.

  • What I love most about coaching is the opportunity to make a positive difference to someone’s life. Witnessing the transformation from 'I can't do that' to 'I can do that' is a joy, knowing it can inspire greatness in other areas of life.

    I also love the continuous learning that coaching provides. Every person develops in their own unique way, making them not only learners but also teachers in their own right. This mutual learning process has been fundamental to my growth as a coach.

    Last but not least, I love solving problems that test my abilities, forcing me to use all my knowledge, skills and creativity. Just as learners perform best when their challenges and skills are balanced, coaches perform best under a balanced set of demands and capabilities.

Hours of Coaching Practice 2012-2020

Total Hours of Coaching Practice: 8177.75 hours

Ratio of Group Classes to Personal Training 2012-2020

Group Classes 4896.50 hours : Personal Training 3281.25 hours