{"id":190021,"date":"2025-10-10T08:26:19","date_gmt":"2025-10-10T08:26:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/190021\/"},"modified":"2025-10-10T08:26:19","modified_gmt":"2025-10-10T08:26:19","slug":"birmingham-trainer-keeping-ed-sheeran-fit-on-tour-with-pilates","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/190021\/","title":{"rendered":"Birmingham trainer keeping Ed Sheeran fit on tour with Pilates"},"content":{"rendered":"

Ed JamesBBC Radio WM and<\/p>\n

Tanya GuptaWest Midlands<\/p>\n

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Matt Kendrick said the performer’s schedule was “insane”<\/p>\n

Ed Sheeran’s personal trainer has told how the star used the machine-based fitness system Reformer Pilates to boost his health on tour.<\/p>\n

Matt Kendrick, founder of West Midlands-based MK Health Hub, has worked with artists including Demi Lovato, Little Mix and Black Eyed Peas and is currently in New York on a worldwide tour with Ed Sheeran.<\/p>\n

He said he got a call from the singer’s manager, asking him to work with Sheeran because the performer “really wanted to focus on his health and his wellness”.<\/p>\n

The trainer said: “We met Ed in Dubai, end of Jan, and from there, it was literally India, China, all over the US, Europe \u2014 it’s been a real journey, it’s been an incredible experience.” <\/p>\n

Mr Kendrick said: “I can genuinely, honestly, say he is one of the nicest people you could possibly meet.”<\/p>\n

He also described the musician’s diary as “the most insane schedule I’ve ever seen in my life”, and revealed he had “perfect” timekeeping.<\/p>\n

“I don’t know how he does it,” he said. “He’s superhuman. Literally from the start of the day to the end of the day, there is no stop.”<\/p>\n

Reformer Pilates uses a bed-like machine, spring-loaded for resistance, that includes a sliding carriage, straps, bars and pulleys.<\/p>\n

Mr Kendrick took a foldable machine with him while he toured with the Shape of You singer.<\/p>\n

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Matt Kendrick does Dynamic Pilates, a faster version of the fitness system<\/p>\n

For anyone who wanted to follow Sheeran’s example, Mr Kendrick said it was important to start with “small, simple changes”, adding: “Tiny little improvements will make a difference over time.”<\/p>\n

His advice to a healthy person is to eat well, move and be disciplined 80% of the time and for the other 20% “do whatever the hell you like”.<\/p>\n

After working as a fitness instructor, Mr Kendrick started MK Health Hub in Birmingham and Solihull with his wife in 2001.<\/p>\n

The pair focused on Dynamic Pilates, which is a faster version of Reformer Pilates, and they also have studios across Birmingham and in Stratford-on-Avon, Warwickshire.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Ed JamesBBC Radio WM and Tanya GuptaWest Midlands Getty Images Matt Kendrick said the performer’s schedule was “insane”…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":190022,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[46],"tags":[6647,102,56,54,55],"class_list":{"0":"post-190021","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-fitness","8":"tag-fitness","9":"tag-health","10":"tag-uk","11":"tag-united-kingdom","12":"tag-unitedkingdom"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/190021","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=190021"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/190021\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/190022"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=190021"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=190021"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=190021"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}