Rochdale personal trainer overcomes hurdles to open new gym

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A personal trainer has spoken of the challenges of fulfilling his long held ambition to open his own gym against the backdrop of Covid-19.Damien Ghafoor, 34, has worked as a personal trainer in Rochdale for the last three years and says he has dreamed of running his own training facility since his teenage years.But towards the end of 2019 he joined forces with friends and now business partners Leroy Robinson and Debbie Atkinson to launch a new venture.The trio are now set to open their new fitness centre, Next Level Strength and Fitness, on Monday July 27, two days after government lockdown easings allow the reopening of gyms.It hasn’t all been plain-sailing for the team, as their first premises fell through before the country went into.