Richard Kerr-Phillips

Founder of Razor's Edge Personal Training
Strength trainee with over 17 years experience
REP’s Certified Personal Trainer through NZIHF
Bayesian Bodybuilding Certified Personal Trainer
Nominated for Personal Trainer of the year for the Snap Fitness Franchise, nation-wide, 2016
Awarded Personal Trainer of the year for the Snap Fitness Franchise in Auckland City, 2014
Master of Science degree in Sports, Exercise and Human Performance, University of Muenster, Germany, 2021
Represented New Zealand at the IPF World Bench Press Championships, 2022 & 2023
Represented New Zealand in the IPF Powerlifting Commonwealth Championships, 2022
National Bench Press Champion in the 83kg Class, 2020

Based in Snap Fitness, Albany
Completed a six-month solitary silent meditation retreat in Tharpaland International Retreat Centre, Germany 2017/2018

Managing Director and Personal Trainer

For us, physical training and inner development go hand in hand and are mutually supportive. Training hard begins with a strong mindset, to be able to endure physical difficulty in order to reap physical reward; this ability is transferable. This same mindset taken toward inner development leads to the strengthening of one's own personal values, and the ability to live by them.

It is from our wish to share the riches that come from inner development and physical training, that the idea ‘The Razor’s Edge’ was born. The trick to training hard, physically and mentally, is to find the effort applied toward bettering yourself, enjoyable - to delight in the work you are doing, knowing you are closing the gap between you and your goals. Then the ‘hard work’ becomes something you look forward to and love doing. When you love the work you do, the journey becomes the destination, and you are already there.

Perceiving effort, in itself, as enjoyable, takes practice. The difference in quality of life experienced by those who succeed in this is massive, but the difference in their approach to the world is fine, as fine as the razor’s edge.

Read on below to meet the team!

Kuan Lee

Head Personal Trainer

4 years industry experience
Placed 3rd in the Auckland Powerlifting Novice Champs 2021
Placed 1st in Men's Physique at the NABBA Whanganui Regional Bodybuilding Championships in 2021, as well as winning the overall Physique category
Ran 2 X half marathons in 2020 and 2022
Ran the full Auckland Marathon in 2021
Studied exercise programing for bodybuilding and advanced strength athletes

In his spare time, he has a passion for all things adventurous - catch him on the mountains snow boarding or mountain biking!
Kuan operates out of Jetts Birkenhead

Carmen Ashcroft

Bachelor of Sports Science and Nutrition from AUT
Based in Snap Fitness, Albany
Placed 1st at the North Shore Snap Powerlifting Meet 2023
Experience working in multiple sectors of sport, from youth athletes to differently abled athletes, to the elderly
Reps Certified

Personal Trainer

Tim Dean

Bachelor of Sports Science and Nutrition from AUT
Based in Snap Fitness, Birkenhead
Experience working with clients of all abilities, including those who are differently abled
Reps Certified
"Strive for progression not perfection!"

Personal Trainer

Ruby Cain

Passion for health, fitness and weight training
Primary recipe developer for Razors Edge PT
Handler in Powerlifting: Commonwealths 2022, Worlds 2023, Auckland Championships 2023
Ran 5 half marathons in 5 years
Master of Arts in Sociology, Massey University
Bachelor of Arts in Sociology, Massey University

Consultant