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Athlete Always Helping you move past old injuries, build performance and turn back the clock on your body.

I thought I was fighting my body for so many years. If I won the fight, my body would submit to my will.This is a narrat...
12/10/2026

I thought I was fighting my body for so many years.

If I won the fight, my body would submit to my will.

This is a narrative common to athletes and the “no pain, no gain” mentality so many “tough people” pedal.

The problem with this narrative is that you are always taking something without asking what replenishes reserves.

If you fall too far down this path, you become no different from someone doing business in bad faith.

Stealing resources, duping, and then expecting a return customer.

At some point, the buck stops.

The aches and the pains graduate to more serious issues.

That little thing that used to hold you back, then pulls the emergency handbrake.

What then? 

Tell your body to surrender again?

Some people try.

I know I did many times.

But eventually it just gets much worse.

That’s when you realise that it’s a two way street between your mind and your body.

You realise that it’s time to listen, time to meet somewhere.

To compromise.

And to find a path forward where you can rebuild trust in that relationship.

Together.

Common misconception: “You must just love training and never struggle to get to the gym.”Do I love training, yes. But is...
10/10/2026

Common misconception: “You must just love training and never struggle to get to the gym.”

Do I love training, yes. But is it always easy to get to the gym, no. Today I was tired. I dragged my feet. I didn’t want to go.

It took my client messaging me that she’s at the gym, to get me out of my funk and go get it done.

I’m still not feeling it today, but I’m glad I’m here.

Getting a good pump today feels good, even if it’s an off-day. And I will feel a lot better about myself later when I go set about the rest of the day.

Happy Weekend folks! ❤️

03/10/2026

There’s a guy called Darren.

Darren is in his 40s and used to just train.

He ran. He lifted weights. He played sport. He never thought much about whether his body could handle it.

Then he hurt his knee.

He saw a physio, did his exercises and eventually got back to running.

A few years later, his back went. Another physio. Another set of exercises. Then came the hip.

Over the years, Darren collected rehab exercises like souvenirs.

Clamshells for his hip. Band exercises for his knee. Mobility drills for his back.

His Instagram saved folder was full of them too.

Whenever something hurt, he knew exactly where to look.

But every time Darren tried to get back to proper training, he’d do too much too quickly. Something would flare up and he’d retreat back to the exercises that felt safe.

Eventually, he started listening to the voices telling him maybe this was just what getting older looked like.

Stick to low impact.

Be careful with weights.

Work on your mobility.

Try yoga. Try Pilates.

So he did.

And they felt good. They felt safe.

But Darren knew something was missing.

He wasn’t as strong as he used to be, and deep down he didn’t actually want to spend the rest of his life avoiding the things that made him nervous.

He wanted to run. Lift. Hike. Move quickly. And trust his body while doing it.

Darren didn’t need another rehab exercise.

He needed to learn how to bridge the gap between the exercises that felt safe and the things he actually wanted his body to do.

A squat. A hinge. A lunge. A push. A pull.

Then a little more load. A little more speed. A little more challenge.

Baby steps.

Because the goal of rehab shouldn’t be to get really good at rehab.

It should be to get back to living.

(Darren isn’t a real person, by the way. But I’ve met a lot of Darrens.)

28/09/2026

Progress is rarely a straight line.

Whether you’re rebuilding after an injury, getting stronger, training for something specific, or simply trying to feel more capable in your body, there are going to be highs and lows.

Some weeks everything clicks. You feel strong & confident, like you’re making progress.

Then you have a bad session. Something hurts. You feel tired. An old issue pops up. Suddenly it can feel like you’re back at square one.

You’re probably not.

One of the most useful skills you can develop is learning not to overreact to either end of the rollercoaster.

Don’t assume everything is fixed because you’ve had a great week. And don’t assume everything has gone wrong because you’ve had a setback.

Zoom out.

Keep training. Make sensible adjustments when you need to. Learn from what happens. Then carry on.

Your ability to handle the inevitable ups and downs might be just as important as anything you do in the gym.

🔌 🏔️🇫🇷 what a weekend!
22/09/2026

🔌 🏔️🇫🇷 what a weekend!

15/09/2026

Yes I know. I have a long neck. 🦒 👀 But I will say that it is almost never a “stiff/tight neck”.

I would consider this a non negotiable for people who work at a desk. 💪

*Progressions and regressions apply. Don’t try the hardest version you can do. (Trust me). If you try this, start with a VERY small dose and build from there.

10/09/2026

(Part 2) Finding a good coach is like finding a good running shoe that fits.

Not some shoe with crazy features that jacks up the arch of your foot to fix a problem you didn’t even know you had with pronation or supination.

A good coach should understand your lifestyle, your injury history, your experience, and help you start making progress straight away.

Not by making you more cautious...

But by helping you build confidence in your body again.

So many people fall for videos of coaches doing advanced gait analysis or “fixing” movement issues they didn’t even know they had.

Quite often these things themselves:

a) aren’t even real problems (bodies aren’t meant to be perfectly symmetrical)
b) can often improve through sensible, progressive strength training
c) become vanity projects for the coach, who enjoys looking clever more than helping you reach your goals.

There’s definitely nothing wrong with improving movement quality and technique. I love coaching both, and helping people move with more freedom and confidence.

But at the end of the day, if strength training isn’t building strong muscles, robust connective tissue, joints and bones, it’s time to ask whether you’re being productive...

or just waiting at the starting line.

10/09/2026

We are more informed, yet more confused than ever.

If you’ve been dealing with recurring niggles or injuries and just want to train consistently again, search for a coach with these qualities:

-Educated (a forever student)
-Experienced (getting people results and walking the walk themselves)
-A simplifier (someone who distils information into something you can actually use)

99 out of 100 problems don’t require complicated solutions.

They require realistic, consistent changes in habits, lifestyle and exercise.

Seeking advice from “gurus” with complicated exercises isn’t just counterproductive for most people, it’s harmful.

It creates dependency, chips away at your confidence, and leaves you feeling like someone else is holding the keys to your body instead of teaching you how to drive it yourself.

Think of all the successful businesses out there.

Whether you love or hate Apple, they take something complicated, like a computer, and make it easy to use.

Why would you seek out a coach who makes your health feel more complicated than it needs to be?

The goal isn’t to become dependent on a coach.

It’s to become confident enough to take ownership of your own body again.

If you have a busy life, you need to consolidate and get efficient with your training. The training I did to be able to ...
26/08/2026

If you have a busy life, you need to consolidate and get efficient with your training.

The training I did to be able to do what you see here with no warm-up (from a person with who has never “felt like a flexible person”), is consistently doing squats and hinges (bilaterally and single leg.

If you find yourself deep in the vortex of mobility hacks, drills, gadgets and gizmos, remember, you’re always better off doing some basic exercises consistently.

For best results, remember to:

✅load progressively (so your nervous system starts to trust you)..
✅slowly progress your range of motion in a way that suits your body’s morphology
✅remember to breathe and use task appropriate tension in your body (not over-brace)

It’s always bittersweet when a client finishes up. On one hand, I couldn’t be happier for them that they have achieved t...
10/08/2026

It’s always bittersweet when a client finishes up. On one hand, I couldn’t be happier for them that they have achieved their goals. On the other hand I’ll dearly miss seeing them regularly and having all sorts of meaningful conversations.

In this case, I’m absolutely certain that Laura is equipped with the skill set and the knowledge to take care of her body moving forward and crush any of her goals.

She’s like a sponge when it comes to learning the “why” behind all of the training we did and, out of all of the attributes a successful client can have, I have to say that curiosity and the desire to learn are at the absolute top of the list. (That and getting the training done!)

Congrats Laura! 💪

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Need help with your training. Give me a shout. 👋

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