Club Meeting: Speaker

Thu, Mar 23rd 2017 at 7:05 pm - 9:30 pm

Tom Alden, son of Richard and Sarah Alden will speak about "Crossing the commitment line".

As a former Royal Marine, Tom has experienced many operational tours around the world including Afghanistan, Pakistan, United Arab Emirates, Norway, Kuwait and Iraq.

Following his resignation from the Marines in 2004, Tom fulfilled his passion for diving by traveling around South East Asia, and spent time climbing in the Himalayas. On his return to the UK in 2008, Tom saw an opportunity to use the skills he had acquired from his time in the Marines, his knowledge of the benefits of exercising outdoors and his diploma in Personal Training & Nutrition. He formed TLA Fitness, and now dedicates his time to helping individuals and teams achieve their personal training goals in preparation for small events, large expeditions and everything in between.

In 2013, Tom expanded the TLA brand by opening the TLA Studio in Sunningwell, offering a variety of indoor classes such as kettlebells, yoga, spin, boxing and TRX suspension training.

Tom is still completing personal goals and has most recently completed the Atlantic Row with a team of 3 others in just 43 days and 21 hours. He’s always looking forwards and is hoping to complete various polar expeditions and the Marathon de Sables in the coming years.