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L2 fitness instructor & L3 Personal trainer
Optimum Performance Training Certified

30/09/2026

Your training plan has to fit your life.

If you work full time, have a busy schedule and already have enough going on, the answer probably isn’t adding a ridiculously complicated training routine on top of everything else.

You need something you can actually repeat.
Not an early riser? Train after work.

Know that once you get home you won’t leave again? Go straight from work to the gym.

Only have 45 minutes on your lunch break? That’s still plenty of time to get a productive session done.

You don’t need the “perfect” programme.

You need a programme that works around your schedule, your responsibilities and the time you genuinely have available.

Because the best training plan in the world is useless if you can’t consistently follow it.

It doesn’t need to be complicated.

It just needs to work.

If you’re struggling to make training fit around a busy life and want some help building a plan that actually works for you, send me “PLAN” and we’ll have a chat.

29/09/2026

The biggest mistake people make when getting back into training?

Trying to pick up where you left off.

Maybe five years ago you were training 4–5 times a week. Maybe you were stronger, fitter, leaner, running regularly or playing a sport.

Then work got busier.
Family happened.
Life changed. And training slowly disappeared.

The answer isn’t to walk back into the gym and expect your body to perform like nothing changed.

Start with where you are now.
Look at your current activity, Your mobility, Your fitness, Your strength, Your recovery.

Then build from there.

You haven’t lost everything. But you do need to respect the gap between where you were and where you are now.

The fastest way back isn’t trying to prove what you used to be capable of.

It’s rebuilding properly.

If you're trying to get back into training and want help building back up in a sensible way, DM the word 'RESTART'.

This is my sister.These photos are roughly three years apart.At her heaviest she was around 95kg.Today she sits somewher...
28/09/2026

This is my sister.

These photos are roughly three years apart.

At her heaviest she was around 95kg.
Today she sits somewhere around 70–73kg.

But the part of this transformation that I think is actually worth talking about isn’t the number on the scales.

After having her daughter, she realised she didn’t want to feel unfit anymore.
She wanted to be fitter for Hazeleigh, but also for herself.

And she didn’t do anything particularly extreme.
She started becoming more aware of what she was eating.

She learnt more about calories and portion sizes.
She stopped feeling like she had to eat everything just because it was there.

She made walking part of her normal life and now makes sure she gets at least 10,000 steps every day.
Then she started running.
At first, even 10 minutes of jogging was progress.
That became longer runs.
Then 5Ks.
And earlier this year she completed the Reading Half Marathon.

That’s the bit I think gets missed when people look at transformation photos.

You see two pictures.
You don't see the thousands of small decisions between them.

There wasn't one magic diet.
There wasn't one brutal six-week challenge.
She simply became more active, learnt how to manage her food better and kept doing it long enough for those behaviours to become normal.

And one thing she said to me really summed up how much her mindset had changed:
“I don’t have to eat it all at once. The food is always going to be there.”

Simple.

But that change in thinking matters.
Because maintaining a result is very different from temporarily forcing yourself through a diet.

All of the credit for this belongs to her.
She did the work.

I'm just incredibly proud of what she's achieved ❤️

If you're in a similar position and want to lose fat, get stronger and build something you can actually maintain around a normal life, send me START and we'll have a chat.

27/09/2026

You’re not starting from zero.

If you used to train, run, play sport or generally be pretty fit, but work, family and life slowly pushed it out of your routine, you haven’t suddenly lost everything you built.
You might feel rusty.

You might not move quite like you used to.
Your strength and fitness might have taken a hit.
But you’ve done this before.

The mistake is trying to jump straight back into the version of training you were doing 5, 10 or 15 years ago.
Start with where you are now.

Rebuild the routine.
Get moving consistently again.
Build your strength and fitness back gradually.

You don’t need to punish yourself for falling out of shape.
You just need a sensible way back in.

I’ve currently got a few spaces available for 1 to 1 PT in Reading going into October.

If you used to be fit and want help getting back into it, send me “RESTART” and we’ll have a chat.

27/08/2026

I thought I’d simulate a HYROX for my client Phil today so I could understand what he’s getting himself into in December.

Turns out I needed the assessment more than he did. 😂

I attempted roughly half the event:

🏃 1km run
⛷️ 1km SkiErg — 4:30
🏃 1km run
🛷 155kg sled push — 50m
🏃 Questionable amount of running 😅
🛷 105kg sled pull — 50m
💀 Burpee broad jumps
🚣 1km row — 4:17

And that was enough.

HYROX is horrendous.

Not “hard workout” horrendous.
Not “my legs are a bit tired” horrendous.

It’s the horrible combination of getting your heart rate through the roof, then immediately asking you to produce strength, then RUN AGAIN.

And the worst part?

I didn't even do the full thing. I barely did half of the running. 😂

Phil… we’ve got some work to do before December.

And apparently so do I.

First HYROX simulation: humbling.

Anyone who has actually completed a full HYROX — I have significantly more respect for you now. 🫡

21/08/2026

Fat loss food does not have to be chicken, rice and sadness 😂

One of the easiest meals I've been making during this cut:

🌯 High-protein burger wraps

Per wrap: 577 calories 53g protein 59g carbs 13g fat

And because most of the ingredients were already prepped, I put four of these together in about 5 minutes.

That's the bit people often overcomplicate.

You don't need a completely different diet when you're trying to lose fat.

You need meals you actually enjoy, enough protein, sensible portions and a system that's easy enough to repeat when you're busy.

Simple works.

Save this one for the next time you're staring at another bowl of dry chicken and rice wondering where it all went wrong 😂

19/08/2026

Day 10/50.

95.7kg this morning, up from 95.3kg yesterday.

And I’m changing absolutely nothing.

One weigh-in doesn’t tell you whether a diet is working. One meal doesn’t ruin a diet. One “good” day doesn’t make a successful fat-loss phase either.

The pattern does.

When you collect enough data, it starts to paint a picture and sometimes that picture tells you exactly where the problem is.

Calories. Training. Steps. Meal prep. Consistency.

Keep doing the boring things long enough for the evidence to become clear.

Then adjust if the evidence actually gives you a reason to.

40 days to go.

17/08/2026

Day 07/50

80 kg → 60.5 kg.One Proud Coach.Nearly 20 kg down, but the bigger achievement is that Simone stopped starting over.When ...
13/08/2026

80 kg → 60.5 kg.

One Proud Coach.

Nearly 20 kg down, but the bigger achievement is that Simone stopped starting over.

When we began working together in July 2024, the goal was not a quick transformation. It was to build a training and nutrition routine he could actually sustain.

We kept the process straightforward:
Structured strength training.
Clear nutrition targets.
Daily movement.
Regular accountability.
Adjustments around real life.

By May this year, Simone had reached 69 kg. He then committed fully to one final focused phase, tracked accurately and followed the plan all the way to 60.5 kg, leaner, stronger and visibly more muscular.

The original goal was to arrive at Boomtown feeling confident in his body.

He achieved that and more.

My role was to provide the plan, accountability and course corrections.

Simone did the difficult part: showing up week after week, including when progress felt slow.

He did not just lose weight. He proved to himself that he can remain consistent long enough to finish what he started.

Massive credit, mate. Properly earned.

I’m opening two online-coaching spaces this month for busy professionals who want to lose fat, build strength and stop starting over.

Tap “Apply Now” through the link in my bio to book a 20-minute consultation.

10/08/2026

Day 1 of 50.

4:30am weigh-in.
Morning check-in.
Two clients.
Incline walk.
Breakfast done before 8:30am.

The goal for the next 50 days is simple: execute the plan every day and document what actually happens.

Just training, nutrition, work and consistency.

Day 1: done.

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