I add years to your life and life to your years.
Health, fitness and hybrid training coaching from a former international strongman who had to learn all of it for himself.
- 20+ years coaching
- Level 4 Strength & Conditioning
- Seen on Netflix and Channel 4
You've done what you can on your own
Most people who come to me have been going to the gym for years. Some got big and strong and never looked after their health. Some have been overweight and unfit for longer than they'd like to admit. Nearly all of them have stopped getting results.
They want the same things:
- Lower blood pressure and better cholesterol
- Less body fat and more lean muscle
- To be fit enough to keep up with their kids, and their kids' kids
- To still be training at 70
If that sounds like you, you don't need to try harder. You need a plan built for you by someone who has done it.
I was 147kg. Now I run marathons.
- 147kg at my heaviest
- 50+kg lost
- 20+years coaching
I spent years as an international strongman and was Eddie Hall's training partner for about 10 of them. I pushed size and strength as far as my body would go.
Then I looked ahead. You don't see many 70-year-olds walking around at 147 kilos. So I lost more than 50kg and rebuilt my fitness from the ground up. Since then I've raced HYROX Open and Pro, run the Edinburgh and Manchester marathons, ran 70 miles in a 24-hour ultra, and finished a backyard ultra.
I'd been one of the strongest people on the planet. Now I want to be one of the fittest.
Read my storyCoaching that is built around you
I've been a personal trainer for more than 20 years and coached thousands of people. I'm not a rep counter. I teach as I coach, so you always know why we're doing what we're doing.
Nothing I write is one-size-fits-all. Your programme is built around your goals, your age, your injuries and your life.
- Level 3 Personal Trainer
- Level 4 Strength & Conditioning
- Level 4 Nutrition
- Seen in a Netflix documentary and a Channel 4 series
Ways to work with me
The community
The free Starter Kit, a place to ask questions, and me answering them
FreeCommunity membership
A new session every week, a monthly Q&A call and form checks
$25/monthThe Heavy Engine
My 13-week programme for men 35–60 who want to be strong and fit
£297 one-offOnline Training
A fresh programme written for you every week
EnquireOnline Nutrition
A full meal plan built around you, reviewed every 2 weeks
EnquireComplete
Online training and nutrition together
EnquireHybrid Local
One session a week with me in Stoke-on-Trent, plus your programme and nutrition
Enquire1-to-1 Personal Training
In-person sessions at Strength Asylum
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What my clients have done
My clients have brought their blood pressure and cholesterol down, lost the weight they'd carried for years, and prepared for strongman, rugby, MMA and boxing. Some came with 12 weeks until a holiday. Some came because their doctor told them something had to change.
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