15/08/2024
This was hard for me to post…
Before I became a personal trainer I was going absolutely nowhere. I didn’t even want to work, I was depressed, I was basically a sorry sack of potatos.
Growing up, I was that kid who was always involved in sports. I loved every sport, especially AFL, and dreamed of making it professionally one day. But somewhere along the way, I fell out of love with it all and in the process, lost myself.
I now had no direction. I had NO idea what I was going to do with my life.
I simply cannot describe the feeling.
All of this started in grade 10 and carried on for years.
I literally went to school for 6 weeks of term 3 and didn’t go to school for the whole of term 4 in that year.
I wanted to be home schooled and considered dropping out as I didn’t want to go out in public AT ALL.
I started eating whatever food I wanted, had horrible acne and back acne stopped going to the gym.
For two years, I didn't train at all. I was at an all-time low, both mentally and physically.
My world felt like it was crumbling, and I ended up in the mental health ward at Sunshine Coast University Hospital in 2019.
I will never forget the day I arrived there. As I was shown around, the reality of my situation hit me hard.
Saying goodbye to my parents, I felt the biggest wave of embarrassment and shame.
I had always been someone who kept my emotions to myself, and now I was in a place I never imagined I'd be.
At that moment, I realised that this wasn't the life I wanted to live.
I begged my parents to let me leave, desperate to change the course I was on.
I still ended up staying there for a week and realised very quickly, I have got it better than I think, all it was, was a change of mindset.
That day was a turning point for me.
I definitely wasn’t perfect but I knew it wasn’t the life I wanted.
I got back to the gym and started playing footy again. Moved schools. Made new mates, even rearranged my room, and created a whole new environment for myself.
Little did I know, that whole time, all it took was perspective.
From that day forward, I knew I wanted to help others.
I wanted to share my passion for training and fitness, and also help people change their whole thinking patterns just like I did.
Not just mentally but physically as well and the fact that for the past 2 years I have been able to do that has been one of the most rewarding things I have ever done.
Talking to these people at the lowest points of their lives and being a part of the process that I once did on my own, there’s no better feeling.
Now, I'm in the best shape of my life, both mentally and physically, even though I'm busier than ever. I have put in the work for myself to understand why I feel certain things, why I wasn’t happy with my weight, how certain habits can affect your whole life, and most importantly how to fix it.
Because it is very possible and I understand how awful it feels to be unhappy with the way you look, to lack confidence, and to want to isolate yourself from the world. But staying in your room and avoiding life wasn’t going to get me anywhere.
I became a personal trainer because I want to help people overcome these physical hurdles and draining feelings.
I want to help you get into shape and feel better about yourself, inside and out. No matter how hard it gets, remember that change is possible.
My goal in my life is to keep doing what I am doing and be a part of the process of people turning their life the right way around, I simply could not imagine it any other way.
I work to change peoples lives, that is what I call success.
I love coaching people who want to turn their life around, whether it’s only losing 10kgs or losing 5kgs but getting your mind right at the same time.
Whether it’s a simple focus of getting leaner, fitter or stronger. I love it and cannot imagine doing anything else.
The fact I have already been able to do this for the past 2 years is a dream come true and can confirm.
I’m not stopping.
