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About Luke

International strongman turned hybrid athlete.

I've been one of the strongest people on the planet. This is why I stopped, and what I do now.

International strongmanEddie Hall's training partner147kg50kg+ lostHYROX Open & ProEdinburgh & Manchester marathons24-hour ultraBackyard ultra
My story

From the strongest to one of the fittest

  1. Where it started

    Before strongman

    I started out like a lot of people: a recreational gym-goer, training because I enjoyed it. Strength sports came later, and they took over.

  2. 147kg

    The strongman years

    I competed as an international strongman and took part in every major strongman competition except World's Strongest Man. For about 10 years I was Eddie Hall's training partner. I still coach his family today.

    At my heaviest I weighed 147kg.

  3. The turn

    Why I changed

    I'd gone as far as I could. I'd pushed my body to its limits of size and strength, and I knew what the next 30 years would look like if I carried on. You don't see many 70-year-olds walking around at 147 kilos.

    I wanted to be fitter and healthier, and I wanted to be here for my kids and their kids. So I started again.

Since then

What I've done since

  • 50+kg lost
  • 70miles in a 24-hour ultra
  • 2marathons run
Then · 147kg

380kg deadlift

Now · 90–95kg

19:28 5k

  • Lost more than 50kg, down to 90–95kg
  • Raced HYROX Open and HYROX Pro
  • Ran the Edinburgh and Manchester marathons
  • Ran 70 miles in a 24-hour ultra, and finished a backyard ultra
  • Ran a 19:28 5k. My best deadlift was 380kg
  • Came first in my age group in my heat at a Midlands driathlon
  • Qualified for the Deadly Dozen World Championships

I'm not the fastest man on any start line. I'm proof that a big man with a strength background can build real fitness without giving up his strength.

How I coach

20 years, thousands of clients

I've been a personal trainer for more than 20 years, including 12 months as head coach at Spartan Fitness in Bahrain, and I've coached thousands of clients.

  1. I educate as I coach

    I'm not a rep counter. You'll know why every session is there.

  2. Everything is bespoke

    Your goals, your age, your injuries, your week. I don't hand out the same plan twice.

  3. Health comes first

    I add years to your life and life to your years.

Credentials

Qualifications and credits

  • Level 3 Personal Trainer
  • Level 4 Strength & Conditioning
  • Level 4 Nutrition
  • 12 months as head coach at Spartan Fitness, Bahrain
  • Appeared in a Netflix documentary and a Channel 4 series
  • Based at Strength Asylum, Stoke-on-Trent
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