Consultants

Healthy Action is a nutrition consultancy who undertake any nutrition-related project. We are a team of knowledgeable and experienced professionals, giving us the advantage of an even wider range of expertise. In addition to the core Healthy Action team (see below) we have access to a network of other nutritionists, dietitians, personal trainers, chefs, caterers and recipe consultants who we bring on board for larger projects as required.

James Collier BSc (Hons) RNutr
James founded Healthy Action in 1999 and now heads up the team of experts. With over 16 years working in nutrition and dietetics, James is a renowned nutrition expert with clients from all over the World. He is co-owner of the popular bodybuilding discussion forum www.MuscleTalk.co.uk, and is author and co-author of a number of ebooks and information resources including The HiPaCC Diet and has a monthly column in the magazine Muscle & Fitness.

James graduated with a degree in Nutrition with Dietetics in 1995 from the University of Surry, and then worked for the National Health Service as a clinical dietitian for over 7 years covering an array of clinical areas, including specialising in tube feeding, giving him a huge amount of experience in a wide range of areas of nutrition. He has worked with people with a wide range of ailments, from the critically ill to those involved in sports at professional level, including competitive bodybuilders, strongmen, boxers and MMA. He has lectured to university students, and has travelled as far a field as Johannesburg South Africa to give talks and interviews.

He also enjoys bodybuilding at a recreational level himself for a number of years, and has promised to compete again one day.

Claire Baseley MA MMedSci RNutr
Claire Baseley is a Registered Nutritionist with a keen interest in weight training. She has been training seriously for 3 years in various gyms in and around London, where she has achieved significant results by continually changing her routine and setting new challenges and goals. Her background in nutrition has been pivotal to her training gains, enabling her to tailor her diet specifically to her training and goals.

Claire qualified with an MA (Hons) in Biological Science and a MMedSci in Human Nutrition from the Universities of Oxford and Sheffield and has been a practising nutritionist, registered with the Nutrition Society for over 4 years. Her clients have included those requiring advice for weight loss and gain, sport (football, endurance athletes) and bodybuilding (bulking and cutting) and well as general healthy eating advice. She has had remarkable success with many of her clients who have reported successful weight loss, increased performance in sport, greater body building gains and general health improvement. Her no-nonsense, food-based approach, lacking in gimmicks is appreciated by her clients, who value her advice, especially when they see the results of her recommendations.

As well as her experience with clients, Claire also has a wealth of experience in food policy and catering, having worked for three and a half years at the Food Standards Agency and for a year as Company Nutritionist for a catering company.

Drew Price BSc MASc ACSM Cert RNutr
Drew is a Registered Nutritionist and exercise advisor with 4 years clinical experience working in a variety of situations with a range of clients; from elderly patients with chronic disease to professional athletes. In addition to his clinical work, Drew also lectures to undergraduate BSc Nutritional Therapy students on subjects including physiology, anatomy, chemistry and food culture. As well as numerous articles in print and on the web, Drew has also contributed to pieces in the national press as well as giving advice on news and current affairs television programs.

Drew's interest in nutrition, physiology and health is long standing and whilst studying aspects of these he also trained in the martial arts and became a member of the renowned Muscleworks gym. After graduating with a BSc in Biochemistry, he started working in the City of London but kept up his training and reading and after a number of years undertook the American College of Sports Medicine exams.

Not long after that he moved to Australia and enrolled on a Masters degree in Nutrition. Whilst living and studying in Sydney he also worked as a Nutritionist in various clinic situations.

Drew's particular areas of interest include diet and nutrition for training recovery, dietary modification for disease, nootropics and physical performance as well as food culture and it's relation to population health. Drew also provides exercise advice for weight training and cardiovascular fitness. Drew is also a moderator on www.MuscleTalk.co.uk.

Les Willis BA (Hons) MA
Les grew up uneventfully playing rugby before leaving school and moving north where he entered the catering trade. This saw him through to Lancaster University where he obtained his first degree in History and had his first work published in Working Children in 19th Century Lancashire edited by Mike Winstanley. His university years saw two significant events: he took up American Football and met his wife.

Playing American Football was the initiator of Les' first real interest in health, training and nutrition. By the time he graduated in 1997 with his Masters and decided to drop the contact sports for lifting weights, he had turned his attention firmly to the athletic arena spending a year as strength and conditioning coach for his former team. In 2006 he took his professional development further by studying to become a State Registered Dietitian at Coventry University through a degree in Nutrition.

Les is a moderator on the bodybuilding, strength and fitness discussion forum www.MuscleTalk.co.uk, and when not involved in sports or nutrition, he likes to ride his motorcycle and spend as much time as possible with his wife and son.

Mark Barber
Mark made his first nervous steps into a gym at the tender age of 12 years old, and caught the bug so much that by the age of 14 he had become one of the youngest qualified gym instructors in the UK and commenced working at his local gym. Mark also trained as a lifeguard and with various other qualifications began to work as a lifeguard and spend more time within the growing leisure industry.

After completing his A-levels (aged 17) Mark dropped the swimming pools to follow his real passion within the fitness industry and owned his first gym in Daventry, UK which he ran successfully for 3 years whist increasing his knowledge and experience for exercise by training rugby teams, international rowers, 'Gladiators' competitors and various martial artists. At aged 21 Mark moved onto owning a larger, newer gym in Wellingborough, UK and began competing in the bodybuilding world alongside training various other athletes, including international powerlifters.

Mark now co-owns one of the largest most successful gyms in Northamptonshire, Bodyshapers Gym, Kettering and has racked up multiple bodybuilding titles alongside training many national and international competitors. His first working collaboration with James, was as a co-author of The HiPaCC Diet released in 2006. Mark has recently qualified as a teacher in the adult learning sector and uses his experience and knowledge to guide students in their chosen profession.

As a Healthy Action Exercise Consultant, Mark is available for on line tailored cardio-vascular and weight training training plans, article writing and seminars. Personal training is also available at his gym in Kettering (contact us for details). James and Mark often work together in preparing bodybuilders for competitions.

Micky McKay
Micky has been involved in training and exercise for over 25 years. He has been a personal training for 5 years, training both young and old, from complete beginners to advanced athletes. Micky has been involved in a variety of sports, including football, boxing and bodybuilding. Micky has indeed recently made a comeback to competitive bodybuilding in the last three years having competed in the Mr Britain final on two occasions and competing in the international Mr Universe event being his finest achievement.

Micky is a WABBA Senior Fitness Instructor, achieving a Diploma after passing exams in Nutrition, Flexibility, Advanced Weight Training and Kinesiology, Advanced Programme Writing and also Anatomical Studies. He is also a qualified Trainsmart Instructor having passed their exam on metabolic rate testing.

Micky has devoted most of his life to his own training but is still willing to learn; this, he hopes, will help all his current and new clients, and make him stand out as a true ambassador of personal training.

If you would like your advice to be by a specific member of the Healthy Action team, please contact us.