Personal Training
Rebuild and Recover Programme
What is the Rebuild and Recover programme?
Personal Training for individuals recovering from surgery and managing auto-immune conditions and/or injuries.
Offering customised programmes to:
- Help recover post surgery
- Regain strength and confidence
- Manage autoimmmune conditions
- Ease autoimmune sumptoms (fatigue, pain, mobility limitations etc)
Recovery Training
Every body heals differently. Norm creates personalised programmes tailored to your post-surgery recovery, autoimmune conditions or injuries. Allowing you to progress at your own speed.
Strength and Mobility
Training that improves strength, mobility, flexibility and endurance. Whether you’re looking to recover from post-operation or new / old injury that never quiet healed correctly.
Food Plan (optional)
Relating to individuals with autoimmune conditions, we can create a food plan to help ease your symptoms. Dietary needs / allergies to be discussed prior to this.
Adaptable
Whether you’re new to exercise, returning after surgery, or need a better approach due to an autoimmune condition, we ensure your programs fits your needs, capabilities and goals.
Run by Head Coach and Owner of Zen Combat Academy
Norm Willis
The Rebuild & Recover program is designed and led by Norm Willis, Head Coach of Zen Combat Academy.
With over 25 years of experience in personal training and 40 years in martial arts, Norm has trained and helped people from all walks of life. Including individuals overcoming injuries, surgeries, and chronic conditions.
His passion lies in helping people through training that promotes long-term strength and resilience.
Whether you’re post-surgery, managing an autoimmune condition or injured, and need a training program designed for your unique needs, Norm is here to help.
Norm himself has experienced some serious injuries, including a torn rotator cuff so he understands how tough it can be healing and is here to help you.

Client Testimonials
John’s Story
In late September / early October 2024, I developed a sudden and severe infection that spread along my entire spine. Leaving me with a spinal cord injury. Both the infection and injury led to an urgent need for three major back operations.
Operations aftercare
I spent a month in the Intensive Care Unit fighting through the worst of it, followed by three months in a rehabilitation facility learning to adapt and re learning to walk again.
When I finally left the hospital, I could barely walk and couldn’t drive for a long time. Everyday tasks felt exhausting.

Andrea’s Story
For over a decade, I’ve lived with rheumatoid arthritis (RA). Some days were manageable; others were awful. The pain, the stiffness, the tiredness, not being able to walk, lift a cup of coffee, or simply do daily tasks —it all became part of me, a constant reminder that my body wasn’t on my side.
This was the worst flare up I have had in my 10 years of being diagnosed. Norm has always known about my condition, always understood and has always advised in the best way.
This time was no different. He knew when I needed a break, and he knew when a push was needed in order to feel better, less stiff and more flexible.

Contact us!
If you have any questions or you are ready to start your journey with Zen Combat Academy, contact us on 07720651200 or e-mail us here.
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