For gym operators
Make sure boxing for fitness is taught properly in your gym
Padwork certifies your personal trainers in boxing for fitness. It’s one day at your gyms, delivered by a Hatton Boxing Master Trainer and developed with four-time world champion Ricky Hatton.
Already delivering with PureGym.
Results
Built with Ricky. Proven with PureGym. Ready for your network.
The first PureGym programme delivered 12 courses across major UK locations and trained more than 200 personal trainers. A further 12 courses are booked.
One successful programme has led directly to the next.
- 12
- PureGym courses delivered
- 200+
- PTs trained and upskilled
- 12
- More courses booked
- 360+
- PTs expected to be certified by the end of 2026
The gap
Popular with members. Inconsistent in practice.
Boxing for fitness is popular with members and widely used by personal trainers, but the quality of pad holding and instruction can vary between trainers and locations. Many PTs want to use boxing with their clients but have never had practical, structured training in how to:
- Hold pads safely and correctly
- Coach fundamental punches
- Build effective combinations
- Correct common mistakes
- Deliver purposeful, engaging sessions
Hatton Boxing gives you an accessible way to close that gap at scale, with greater consistency for you and a credible skill for every PT.
One programme. Value at every level.
For the operator
Better-trained PTs. Stronger standards.
- A consistent boxing for fitness standard across locations
- Professional development for your PT network
- A stronger, safer member experience
- A repeatable programme that scales regionally or nationally
For the PT
A new skill. A new service.
- Practical skills they can use immediately
- Greater confidence holding pads with clients
- A new way to attract, engage and retain clients
- The chance to earn from additional sessions
For the member
Safer. Better. More engaging.
- Better-structured sessions
- Clearer instruction and safer padwork
- More variety and purpose in their training
- A consistent experience across locations
What Padwork teaches
Practical, accessible and useful from day one.
Padwork is Hatton Boxing’s practical course for personal trainers and fitness professionals. Delivered by a Hatton Boxing Master Trainer, it teaches PTs to:
- Hold pads safely and confidently
- Coach fundamental punches and combinations
- Recognise and correct common technical mistakes
- Make boxing for fitness sessions purposeful and engaging
- Adapt sessions for clients of different abilities
No previous boxing experience is needed. Upskill more PTs, across more locations, in less time.
Simple to launch. Easy to scale.
Build the programme
We agree your objectives, priority locations, course volumes and a delivery calendar.
Engage your PT network
You promote it through your internal channels, backed by our campaign assets, booking communications and launch support.
Deliver the training
A Hatton Boxing Master Trainer runs a full day of practical learning for up to 24 PTs at an agreed gym location.
Measure and grow
We record bookings, attendance and completion, and review results together to plan the next wave.
Start with selected locations. Build towards regional or national delivery.
Built around your network
Start at the right scale
Pilot programme
One course or a small group of locations, to establish demand and create your own case study.
Regional rollout
A coordinated programme across selected regions, with agreed promotion and review points.
National programme
A structured calendar that reaches a large PT population across many locations.
Every programme is shaped around
- The size and geography of your PT network
- Priority locations
- Learning and development goals
- Launch timings and course volumes
- The reporting you need
More than course delivery
We work alongside you, start to finish.
Regular booking reports let both teams:
- Monitor uptake by course and location
- Spot locations that need extra promotion
- Track attendance, completion and certification
- Gather feedback from PTs and management
- Use real results to shape the next rollout
Testimonial
From a new skill to new income
“I’ve worked at PureGym for nine years and been on countless courses in that time, and I can honestly say I’ve never attended one as good as this.”
Bring the Hatton Way to your PT network
Whether you want a focused pilot or a national programme, we’ll build a delivery plan around your locations, PT network and commercial goals.
Next steps
- 1Agree your goals.
- 2Identify priority regions and locations.
- 3Choose your starting size.
- 4Agree dates, promotion and reporting.
- 5Launch your first course wave.