I’ve never been nervous before a sporting event before. I played football from age 4 until I was 21. I fought Thai boxing once. MMA four times. Competed in a submissions grappling tournament. And ran two half-marathons. For all of those events, I was excited. I looked at them as an opportunity to go out […]

Two years ago today I got the keys for what is now Improve Glasgow. At the time of opening, we were predominantly a 1-to-1 Personal Training business, with two coaches (one being myself) and an intern. We decided to open our own place because we simply felt that we could no longer deliver the level […]

“I don’t know what I’m doing.” This is the most common answer to my question: “What do you do when you go to the gym?” Most people tell me they do some cardio, some people tell me they play around in the weights room. But no one I speak to seems to know exactly how […]

I remember when I first started working for myself, my old man created a spreadsheet for me so as I could track my income and expenses. He thought it was simple to use, and it was for him. But, for me, it was a physical representation of a headache. I told him I’d use it, […]

The single hardest physical endeavour I have ever endured was the Glasgow Half Marathon. I finished it in 1 hour 27 mins and it was pure hell from mile 3 onwards. Despite my own internal advice/self talk and the advice of the experts around me who I both respected and admired (mainly my good friend […]