Since 2009, I’ve worked with a huge range of people, from elite athletes to those who have never walked into a gym before.

My Aim

After thousands of training sessions, I can confirm that all of this (the training, food, recovery), is very simple.

However what’s tricky is making our goals and habits fit our lifestyle, and not something that we always intend to start next Monday, and also doesn’t become something that takes away from other parts of our life. The latter can work for a spell, but never lasts longer term.

What we really need to create is a way you to train and eat consistently, that brings you energy and enjoyment, and makes your life better and easier. This is where I hope to come in, and just direct and nudge you into a healthier lifestyle, whilst also working out what that may look like.

Although the fundamentals are simple (2-3 strength training sessions per week, some cardio, eat plenty of protein and plants, sleep 7-9 hours most nights), it’s how we can find the best way towards that for you, and it doesn’t all need to happen in a fortnight.

I also like to vary the training a lot, although we have functional strength and good quality movement at the heart of it, I’ll take you through many different methods picked up over the years, and can tailor to a mix of what you need the most and what you really enjoy.

I’m incredibly passionate about sport, and I just hope I can help you find a way to enjoy yours a bit more, whether that’s better performance, finding activity you can enjoy, or just keeping you injury free and out there doing it!

Some beliefs that shape my training

• Yes, but are you enjoying it? (we can collect all the data, try all these crazy diets, but this one question will tell me whether you’ll stick to something longer term).

• If you get stronger, you’ll feel more confident. If you get stronger and more confident, you’ll feel and perform better

• Exercise can give you energy as well as take away. Sometimes we need to go hard, most the time we’ll go moderate, sometimes we’ll even go light. Never doubt the magic of a well timed moderate or light session to improve your mood, and the knock on to your nutrition.

• We exercise to create a stimulus, then our recovery from that stimulus is where we improve. Exercise doesn’t make us strong, the recovery from it does.

• People will push themselves 10 x harder doing something they enjoy. If you enjoy dance, and dislike running, go for a fairly sober salsa night out over a pre work run. Go to five a side rather than the treadmill. Some things I do think are essentials (some form of strength training), but outside of that it’s got to be what you enjoy.

• If we have accountability we’ll be much better at sticking to a plan. If we have genuine support we’ll be flying. I really try and centre all my training around that.

Qualifications

• Nasm Performance Enhancement Specialist, Corrective Exercise Specialist and Personal Trainer

• FC Barcelona Universitas Performance Nutrition Diploma

• Sports Yoga Diploma with Yoga Alliance Accreditation

• LTA Tennis Level 1 (Level 2 in Jan 24)

• Faster Functional Biomechanics Diploma

• Poliquin Biosignature and PIMST