A great man once told me: The harder you work, the luckier you get. This year has been my most successful and rewarding year to date — professionally and personally — and without doubt, the most exhausting. I’m four years into running and operating The Workshop CrossFit, and eleven years deep into gym ownership overall. It’s been incredibly rewarding… and incredibly tough. Building something from scratch demands everything you’ve got,  mentally, physically, and emotionally. I’m lucky to have...

This week I turn 35. And I’ll be honest… I hate  getting older. It scares the sh*t out of me. I always feel this urge to rewind the clock, relive certain moments, and experience life again, but this time with all the lessons I’ve learned along the way. I think the reason ageing bothers me so much is simple: I love  life. I feel unbelievably lucky with the life I’ve been given, and I’m fully aware that I’ve hit the jackpot. I don’t want it to end. I want to hold onto this feeling for as long...

Training is great for our physical health, sure—but for most of us, the real gold is in what it does for our brains. For me, training gives me mental clarity, helps me organise all the mad thoughts bouncing around my head, and lets me make sense of whatever feelings or situations I’m dealing with. If I didn’t train, all that stress would just sit inside me, quietly simmering away like a pressure cooker ready to blow. And then there’s the other side of training—the dark place. I love  going...