Former GB weightlifter who thinks everyone should learn to squat well.
Tess lifted for Great Britain for six years before a shoulder injury sent her into coaching. She opened Plimsoll with Dan in 2014 after finding the old gymnasium boarded up on Mare Street. She writes every Strength block and runs Barbell Club.
Qualifications
BWL Level 3 Coach · BSc Sport & Exercise Science · Pre & postnatal certified
Specialities
Olympic lifting, strength for women, coming back from injury
Coaching for
12 years
The team
Meet the other coaches
Head coach & co-founder
Tess Okafor
Former GB weightlifter who thinks everyone should learn to squat well.
Co-founder & coach
Dan Rowe
Teaches Foundations and has taught a thousand people to deadlift.
Mobility & movement
Ines Duarte
Runs Mobility and makes stiff hips feel twenty again.
Conditioning coach
Sam Whitlock
Builds engines. Has rowed the Atlantic, slowly.
Boxing coach
Kofi Mensah
Fifteen years in the ring, five years on the pads.
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Strength
Tess
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Conditioning
Sam
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12:30
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Mobility
Ines
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18:00
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Foundations
Dan
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19:15
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Boxing Fit
Kofi
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Conditioning
Sam
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07:30
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Strength
Tess
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Strength
Dan
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18:00
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Barbell Club
Tess
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Engine
Marta
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Strength
Dan
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Mobility
Ines
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Boxing Fit
Kofi
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Strength
Tess
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Conditioning
Sam
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07:15
Conditioning
Marta
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Foundations
Dan
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Strength
Tess
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Barbell Club
Tess
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Mobility
Ines
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Strength
Dan
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07:45
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Conditioning
Sam
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12:30
13:15
Mobility
Ines
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18:15
Boxing Fit
Kofi
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08:30
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Strength
Tess
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09:45
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Engine
Marta
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Foundations
Dan
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6
12:15
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Boxing Fit
Kofi
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7
09:30
10:15
Conditioning
Sam
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10:30
11:15
Mobility
Ines
6
7
11:30
12:30
Strength
Dan
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