Seven Dials studio · Brighton & Hove
The trainer a physiotherapist would refer you to.
Matthew Cumming works in close collaboration with physiotherapists and chiropractors — and has trained professional footballers, rugby players, golfers and racing drivers. Over a decade of experience in fitness and sports massage, in one pair of hands.
Personal trainer & sports massage therapist — studio, home visits or outdoors across Brighton & Hove, East Sussex, Haywards Heath and the South Downs.
Why Matt
One trainer, the whole span.
Most trainers work one end of the scale. Matt's career runs the full length of it — from the physiotherapist's treatment room to professional sport. Wherever you are on this line, he has coached someone standing exactly there.
- Rehab & chronic painClinic-based expertise, working with physiotherapists and chiropractors. Happy to coordinate with your treating professional for continuity of care and safe progression.
- Ageing wellTraining focused on flexibility, balance and joint health as the body changes — for mobility and independence, not just gym numbers.
- Everyday strengthLosing weight, building muscle, moving better — consistent, sustainable training that supports long-term results, not quick wins.
- PerformanceA background alongside professional sports clubs and athletes: footballers, rugby players, golfers and racing drivers.
Personal training
Personalised, and rooted in a decade of practice.
Every plan is crafted around your goals, your physical capabilities and your medical history. If you're working with an injury, Matt will collaborate with your treatment professional so your programme progresses safely and nothing gets lost between appointments.
Whether your goal is to lose weight, build muscle, rehabilitate after injury, or maintain mobility and independence as you age, he'll help you move better, feel stronger and live more actively — through training that evolves with you.
"At the heart of my approach is a belief in consistent, sustainable training that supports long-term results — not just quick wins."
The coaching is supportive and educational, so you feel confident and understand the "why" behind every movement.
Training for ageing well
Focused on flexibility, balance and joint health as the body changes. If you want to stay strong, steady and independent for the decades ahead, this is programming built for exactly that — and almost nobody else in Brighton says it out loud.
Sports massage
Not just for athletes.
Sports massage can benefit many people — not just pro-athletes or sports injuries. It helps ease the stresses and tensions that build up in your body through exercise, desk work or simply a busy lifestyle, and can treat anything from back pain and headaches to stress, tension and postural imbalances.
"I believe that sports massage does not have to be a painful experience. I will work within your tolerances to pressure and encourage relaxation in the muscle."
Treatments run alongside Matt's training work — the same clinical understanding of how your body moves, applied on the table.
Where & how
Your place, his studio, or outdoors.
Sessions run from the private Seven Dials studio, at your home, or outside — across Brighton & Hove, East Sussex, Haywards Heath and the South Downs.
- 1:1 personal training
- The full programme, built and adjusted around you.
- Couples & small groups
- Train with a friend or partner.
- Corporate & team-building
- Great for workplace wellbeing.
- Sports massage
- At the Seven Dials studio.
Prices
An honest note about prices.
Matt doesn't currently publish prices anywhere, so this preview won't invent them. But here's the case for filling these rows in: someone comparing trainers at nine in the evening books the one who published a price. A visible number answers the question every prospective client is silently asking — and filters out the ones who were never going to book.
In the live build these become real figures — or "from" prices, or package rates, whatever Matt prefers.
Book a session
Pick a time that suits you.
Choose a slot below, or skip the picker entirely — a call or an email reaches Matt directly.
Illustrative times only — see "About this preview" below. In a live build these come straight from Matt's own calendar.
About this preview
About this preview
This is a prototype, not the finished article. It was built in an afternoon from only what is publicly on Matt's current site; the real build would be considerably more detailed.
A full version would carry his complete set of pages — Personal Training, Sports Massage, Contact — rather than this single page, plus:
- More of Matt's own photography
- Every service written out in full, including couples, small group and corporate sessions
- Live booking wired to his real calendar, with confirmations and reminders
- His real prices
- SEO and analytics for "personal trainer Brighton" and the surrounding towns
- A working contact form that reaches his inbox
Placeholders you'll spot on this page: the appointment times are illustrative and connected to nothing, the prices are deliberately blank, and the wording is a draft written from his existing copy.