THE FINISH LINE DOESN'T HAVE AN EXPIRATION DATE.

Ikigai - finding joy in life through purpose.

My name is Brad and I'm in my late 40's and have come to Personal Training late in life but I am grateful that I made that leap. My journey began as an uncoordinated teenager that had no skills with ball sports so I landed at a rowing club and found my tribe there. After spending around 10 years rowing and being physically strong and fit, I then proceeded to spend a long time bouncing backwards and forwards between being morbidly obese and in constant pain, then back to being fit enough to run half marathons in an hour and a half. The thing that held me back from consistency was mental health. I had a constant need to prove to myself that I didn't deserve success, so whenever I got there, my mind sabotaged me. When I finally met a coach and mentor who could tie the physical and the mental resilience together, that was when I was able to acheive my goals and be fitter and stronger in my mid-40's than I was as a young adult. Just through finding my purpose. Now I want to help people with their own journey, showing you what you are capable of by ensuring you are not only physically resilient, but also mentally. I don't look like an Instagram model, and never intend to. For me fitness is not a six pack on social media, fitness is being able to get myself out of bed and off a toilet when I'm 100. It's being able to do my first handstand ever at 46. It's being able to row a sub 7 minute 2000m. It's about achieving things I thought I was too old to achieve. After working as a geologist for 25 years I made the transition into health, wellness and fitness at quite a late stage of my working life. But the great thing is that it doesn't matter when you start a journey, you just have to start.