Brief Personal Story 

Despite a childhood full of sports, teenage years where I trained 5 times a week as a competitive swimmer, going into my 20s I was as I had always been – quite underweight. 

I had a brief 6 month romance with kickboxing that saw me have tiny muscles for the first time, but I could feel that my strength was holding me back – I was far too delicate. Weighing about 56kg at 1.76m I was looking to build some strength on my small frame. Lucky for me I was in the perfect environment of support when I started weight lifting – working in a gym. Before I knew it I weighed a lean 70kg and was squatting 140kg and deadlifting 180kg. 

The difference in how I felt was night and day. My body was now athletic. I could trust my body in ways I never used to be able. You might laugh, but I could actually sprint; something that my weak muscles were never able to do. 

Unfortunately, in my excitement I pushed too hard, and without guidance I started developing problems that I exasperated by training through them.

Refocusing on mobility, I am starting from scratch with the long term goal to grow stronger and injury free long into my life.  And using my experience, I want to help others do the same without such a rocky path!