20/10/2026
This year, I have only been training in the gym twice a week.
The aim with every workout is to hit the full body hard on those two days, and I split my workouts with a push day and a pull day, including legs. I train through the ranges of strength, hypertrophy and endurance.
Ultimately, I train at the gym as it gives me a place of focus. It helps with my own martial arts training as strength and mobility are often crucial elements of the martial arts, going back into the beginnings of Karate, they used strength and conditioning tools like a gym, to increase tendon and muscle strength, endurance, bone density, which is why I train these elements also and recommend students to do so also.
I believe strongly in leading by example. I don't drink alcohol, smoke, v**e, order in or eat out (at least, less than five times a year).
My entire routine of exercise, training, karate, fitness, nutrition, skin care, everything is a whole part of karate. I live it, as it not only benefits my physical health internally and externally, but also mentally, psychologically, the principles, concepts and philosophies, are all entwined within. And I do my best to instruct and give guidance.
