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About ยท the founder

I built this
for my own athletes

I am Daniele Quartana. Personal trainer, powerlifting and weightlifting coach, and a qualified technical official. I wrote DQ Fitness because nothing I could buy did what I needed on a Tuesday evening with eleven athletes.

Daniele
Quartana

Daniele Quartana at deadlift lockout in training
The foundation

Trained under Brian Hamill

Started at fifteen under Brian Hamill (1937 to 2020). Forty years at Woking Weightlifting Club, a British Weight Lifting board member, and one of the sport's most influential figures here. BWL runs an award in his name.

University of Surrey

Coached, then built

Coached the university's weightlifting club, then founded the powerlifting club from scratch. Set it up, ran the sessions, kept records for every lifter.

Qualified

Certified across three disciplines

Personal training with YMCA, weightlifting with British Weight Lifting, powerlifting with British Powerlifting. Level 2 in both, and a qualified technical official.

The record

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Personal Training

YMCA Awards · Ofqual

The foundation: anatomy, physiology, programme design and coaching people safely toward a goal.

  • Advanced Diploma in Personal TrainingMarch 2016. Advanced coaching, assessment and programme design.
  • Level 3 Diploma in Personal TrainingGym-based exercise, the full PT qualification.
  • Level 2 Certificate in Fitness InstructingInstructing technique and safe delivery.

Weightlifting

British Weight Lifting · UKCC

Olympic lifting: the snatch and clean & jerk, coached and officiated to national-body standard.

  • Level 2 Coaching WeightliftingMarch 2017. Full coaching of the Olympic lifts.
  • Level 2 Technical OfficialFebruary 2018. Qualified to judge Olympic weightlifting competition.
  • Level 1 Assistant Club CoachApril 2011. Where the coaching started.

Powerlifting

British Powerlifting

The squat, bench and deadlift, coached to national-body standard.

  • Level 2 InstructorFebruary 2016. Full instruction of the three competition lifts.

Professional Development

Ongoing

Shorter courses alongside the coaching awards, and the ones a coach has to hold.

  • High Intensity Training
  • Suspension Fitness
  • Padwork for PTs
  • Exercise Nutrition
  • Emergency First Aid at Work
  • Safeguarding & Protecting Children
  • Sports Leaders UK L2