Ashley is an Olympic weightlifting coach, athlete, and personal trainer with his own practice. He has many years of experience within the industry. He is based in Derby and works out of semi-private personal training studios and a CrossFit box where he works with various people from the everyday person wanting to put on muscle/lose weight to part-time athletes who to improve performance.

His training philosophy is that a person should be able to enjoy a healthy lifestyle with a good fitness level so they can have fun playing with their kids and be able to live an independent life into old age. He enjoys working with people who like to challenge themselves and love the changes they see from fitness. He feels that there is nothing better than seeing a client achieve something that they once thought was impossible.

Ashley has been a part of British Weightlifting regional talent squad back which provided him with some good knowledge and experience in a high-performance environment. Although injury caused a setback in training and competition, Ashley is aiming once again to not only qualify for nationals but also to be competitive within his weight class by 2020 Nationals. He hopes to break a ton of personal bests along the way.