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About me

I love building a picture of the goal and creating a route towards it.

 

I have developed expertise in how the body functions, it's movement patterns, training styles, use of certain tools, and the different states the body can enter.

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​My journey started with basketball, then gymnastics, followed by trampolining alongside martial arts, then rugby which became the platform for strength and conditioning training.

 

This inspired me to Study Sport in University. From here, I continued Rugby and started to understand strength and conditioning further, which continued into my PT career.

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Interestingly, the journey into the body eventually led into the mind. 

 

Initially through yoga and meditation, I became aware fundamentally, that the mind is the body and the body is the mind. Affect one and you effect both.

 

I started journaling to understand motivations and experiences, delving deeper into my own psychology and creating a stronger connection with my body. 

 

This process made Personal Training ever more fascinating.

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This connection was also the reason why I got a Thai Massage qualification.

 

When I realised movement patterns are affected by muscular tension, massage gave me the ability to directly affect this and restore range of motion.

 

Equally, massage brings you immediately into the body and creates balance in the system; it offsets the active, stressful environment of work and everyday life.

 

It induced a form of meditation in my clients.

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Through all this, my journey has taught me that intention is paramount.

 

What is the intention with everything we do?

 

Run a marathon, or develop the discipline and focus to adhere to something hard for that length of time?

 

Lose body fat, or gain control over habits?

 

Bench 100kg, or acquire the skills and determination necessary to move that weight competently? 

 

The external result is the bi-product of the internal drivers, and I have noticed it most acutely in myself.

 

Rugby was aggressive and perceived a certain way. I believed I would be seen that way if I played it too, but underneath it was the fear that I wasn't.

 

Playing it compounded the problem, not conquer it. The people I looked up to, were playing for the love of it and to improve their technicality.

 

The same in weightlifting. I became fixated on the numbers and defined my success by how much I could lift.

 

Now, I focus on the lift itself, the feel, the technique, the tempo, and the skill development. Everything else becomes secondary.

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Same with diet, I don't fixate calories, I create healthy choices and flexible dieting.

 

The numbers in either case are more a reference point for the work done, not the focus.

 

Are the motivations behind decisions positive or negative? 

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Time and consistency are also cornerstones. Stick at something, commit to progress, and there are step like improvements along the way, each gaining in magnitude.

 

It is the case that if you do something physically challenging each day, the rest of your day improves, or at least it is better than if you had not done the hard thing!​ 

 

I have been grateful to benefit from a lot of mentors and guides through my journey, and I see it as a blessing to be able provide the same space for others.

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