About me

I moved to Portsmouth in 2017 with my now wife. I looked around for a gym and CrossFit Portsea Island - the CrossFit box in Portsmouth - was offering free trials. I booked myself on and saw the workout: a gymnastics movement coupled with some light dumbbells. I thought I had this in the bag. It floored me.

I stuck with it for another 2 years, and then in 2019 I decided to get my CrossFit Level 1 Trainer certificate so that I could coach some classes as well. I coached alongside normal jobs for a few years, with waking up to coach being the highlight of what I did professionally; coaching was better than being an Open Space Manager or Statistician.

In 2020 my daughter was born, and I started to realise then that I wanted my job to be something I enjoy; I wanted my daughter to see that it was okay to follow something you enjoy. Eventually, in 2023 (age 34 and a half), I enrolled in a package of courses in Personal Training and Nutrition.