My goal as a boy and a young man was to fly, again inspired by the big screen this time Top Gun.  I was a real plane nerd at one point but an optician telling a 17 year old me he'll never fly because I'd be wearing glasses in a few years swiftly crushed that dream.​

Skip ahead a few years and in 2006 I qualified as a Personal Trainer and Sports Massage Therapist and began my professional journey in the world of health and fitness.  After spending time doing the PT thing in Southampton, London and then West Berks I really found "my calling", or at least something I felt good at and had a lot to offer.​

I offered to help the gym manager in Swindon with a shoulder issue he was having as he prepared for a bodybuilding show.  That proved to be successful in terms of his recovery and his ability to train and from there my treatment work blew up allowing me to work with other physique competitors, strength athletes and combat sport athletes at national and international level.​

The more time I spent around the weight lifters the more I found could be offered to specifically help them progress not just in the gym but also at competition time, and the simple rub down of a sore muscle just wasn't good enough for the serious athlete.​ I'm still not sure if I'm ever competing myself. I want everyone that I help to succeed, and to know that in some small way I have contributed towards their success.