It is our pleasure to announce the Welcome Gym Southend Member Of The Year is... Alex Churchyard. Our Southend manager Luke Johnson outlines his incredible story below.

'Alex signed up to the gym in November 2015. He had never really used gyms before. He was an on and off typical trainer up until 2017 where a couple of things changed.
Alex was planning to marry his fiancé in May 2018, he also had several weddings in 2017 to attend. At this point Alex weighed 18st 4 lbs and decided this was going to be the year for change.

First of all he sought some help and found Terry Sheehan one of the clubs Personal Trainers. Together they formulated a plan to lose 4 stone and weigh 14st by his wedding day.

Alex worked out on a regular basis and by the time his wedding came round he weighed an impressive 13st 13lbs, he said he never felt better. Check out his fabulous wedding photo!



Terry, Alex's personal trainer, believes he deserves to win the club 'Member Of The Year' due to great attitude, “Alex trains hard with absolutely no excuses”.

Alex is a very unassuming guy and fully deserves the years membership prize.'

Congratulations to Alex - a real inspiration to us all!