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The Gym Starter Nothing bad can come from getting stronger, can it?

Your gentle heart, your kind soul, my sweet angel…
28/01/2026

Your gentle heart, your kind soul, my sweet angel…

This year I underwent a new redesign of my website…I have spent many many many hours through the decades life of my busi...
22/12/2025

This year I underwent a new redesign of my website…

I have spent many many many hours through the decades life of my business building this website, and without doubt, still one of my most favourite aspects of being The Gym Starter comes from writing on my blog.

Alas, I just don’t do it much these days.

Nor do I really post on social media anymore.

But in the process of redesigning my website, I spent a long time trying to conceptualise what I stood for in the most simple way.

And I came up with my formula for fitness.

Consistency + Strength = Confidence

I have dedicated my entire career to helping people build confidence, because once you are confident you are a true weapon in this world.

If you can be consistent with whichever plan you have for yourself, and if you can build strength both physically and mentally, my life’s work has taught me that’s what helps build your confidence.

So if you are reading this, and feeling a little lost at the moment, please remember my formula.

I truly hope and truly believe it will help.

Thanks so much for being here,

And if you want to peruse my new websites just hit the link in my bio.

Miss you all….

There’s been some changes to life recently and I just wanted to say how much I have enjoyed my first week .health as a P...
04/07/2025

There’s been some changes to life recently and I just wanted to say
how much I have enjoyed my first week .health as a Personal Trainer.

Everything else is the same:

👉 No lock in contracts
👉 No minimum terms
👉 No cancellation forfeits
👉 No Gym Membership needed
👉 No start up costs

And as always…

👉 No burpees - EVER!

If you fancy a free month working with me, as Toowoomba’s Best Rated Personal Trainer then please hit the link in my Bio and apply to work with me!

Thanks for having me .health

And thanks for being here everyone!

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I haven’t posted in a while. For many reasons, but the main one being, I just grew tired of doom scrolling and killing t...
16/10/2024

I haven’t posted in a while. For many reasons, but the main one being, I just grew tired of doom scrolling and killing time. It was draining.

But, I always knew there would be something that comes along that I just think needed fleshing out from my perspective. So here I am.

And this is it: Weight Loss jabs for the obese to get them back to work.

It’s a mighty complex issue because public health is complex, as is obesity.

I can’t speak much to public health, but I do have some knowledge on the world of obesity.

So much of what I have listened to (, newscast etc) and read about around this topic has focussed on the following:

- Will it make people lose weight?
- Are the jabs safe?
- Will it make them go back to work?

Many people have discussed the need for “wrap around care” and the fact that it’s not a magic solution, and that you “still need to do the work”

Basically every cliche that you can imagine has been said.

And everything I have heard, from personal trainers to the very best medical doctors in the world have all seemed to miss the point.

The crucial issue here is not the weight of the person - if weight was the only element of this, there would be no need for the policy because we know how to reduce bodyweight.

From there many of the arguments have gone to food advertising, food environments and motivation of individuals.

From where I stand, no one has really looked at why someone may not be going to work due to their weight, other than just pointing at someone’s BMI.

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What a fantastic morning we had learning all about how to look after Bees! 🐝 The course was amazing, and Alicia was so ...
14/09/2024

What a fantastic morning we had learning all about how to look after Bees! 🐝

The course was amazing, and Alicia was so welcoming to us all!

I’m a little scared about getting some Bees into our hive, but now at least I feel a little more confident about it when we do get some!

Step 1 of Humphreys Hives: ✅

I’ve heard this is how the cool kids take their selfies now. Well I feel pretty cool these days. Not only can I take a d...
12/08/2024

I’ve heard this is how the cool kids take their selfies now.

Well I feel pretty cool these days. Not only can I take a dope photo.

But I have a beautiful wife too. Feeling very grateful today…❤️

“I do love nothing in the world so well as you” Happy One Year Wedding Anniversary to me most beautiful and wonderful wi...
12/08/2024

“I do love nothing in the world so well as you”

Happy One Year Wedding Anniversary to me most beautiful and wonderful wife

Life is fun. But you make it funner.

I hope this year has meant as much to you as it has to me.

❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️

Kind words from very kind people! Thank you so much for the beautiful review! Another five stars! I honestly don’t know ...
09/08/2024

Kind words from very kind people!

Thank you so much for the beautiful review!

Another five stars! I honestly don’t know what I have done to get to work with such beautiful people!

Bloody well done Blighty ❤️
07/08/2024

Bloody well done Blighty ❤️

Well I am incredibly proud to have been nominated by in the Best Of Category for Gyms in the my local community. Sadly ...
10/07/2024

Well I am incredibly proud to have been nominated by in the Best Of Category for Gyms in the my local community.

Sadly I didn’t win, but apparently I did get quite a few votes, which warms my hearts and thank you to everyone who voted for me.

I love my job and don’t require the plaudits in any way, but it’s always lovely to be recognised and considered.

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“Every revolutionary ends by becoming either an oppressor or a heretic” - Albert CamusAlthough I am deeply heartened by ...
05/07/2024

“Every revolutionary ends by becoming either an oppressor or a heretic” - Albert Camus

Although I am deeply heartened by the result last night, I am also acutely aware, regards this election more than ever of the more subtle workings behind it all and the cost attached to all that happened.

One of my dear friends was a key feature of the Clacton Campaign. The moral weight of the consequences of opening that door for Reform was eye opening and my friend is now unemployed.

Politicians of all colours lay it all on the line every five years, and it does have very real world consequences.

One of the things that worries me the most, is the fact that people were more willing to vote in spite of themselves.

4million people voted to stop immigration.

1.9million people voted to stop climate change.

Just think about that for a minute.

A world where after 34 years where there still has only been 2 Green MPs, yet a racist and overtly offensive party to the disabled, to openness and to reason gained 5 seats in three years is truly terrifying.

Brexit made me feel like an outsider to reason. As did the Reform vote from yesterday.

It’s all good and well being reformative. But as Camus says, and he would know, whenever you take revolution to the nth degree you end up in places that democracies look upon aghast.

That being said, 9million people voted for change, and stood up against so much of this rhetoric.

I would hope that Labour can unite against divisiveness, govern with reason and create the change they have promised.

One would wish that put love first. Not oppression.

Juno is the Roman God of love and marriage. To me it’s my beautiful puppy. But it’s a daily reminder that humanity should always come first. That if we ask ourselves is this a loving approach or an oppressive approach then it may make understanding the approach so much easier.

If in doubt. Juno.

Always.

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I NEVER do this. But today I genuinely think I wrote the best workout I have ever written. And if you would like me to s...
30/06/2024

I NEVER do this.

But today I genuinely think I wrote the best workout I have ever written.

And if you would like me to send it to you, then please comment below or DM me “Fallen Angel”

The story behind this workout is hilarious.

Today I entered a new training block with a client, and this particular client likes us to craft the workout during the session, as opposed to it being pre-written.

In my mind, I knew the first exercise and the last exercise I wanted to have in the program, but we made the middle up as we went along.

There we were, working through the second round of the mid workout tri-set. There my client was finishing off the constant tension RDLs at which point I said, helpfully, to keep the conversation flowing…

“Guess what I did yesterday - you will be really proud of me…”

At which point my client looked directly at me, and produced a sound, that should only be heard in the ninth circle of hell, from the depths of her being simply replied:

“WHAT?”

It was a sound I will hear in my nightmares for a very long time and it even surprised my client.

I was shocked. Stunned. Astounded that someone could produce a noise so haunting just because of a workout.

And I was so taken aback, I had no choice but to fall about into a fit of giggles.

My poor client.

I am not endorsing trying to slaughter clients in their workouts, and it goes without saying she absolutely NAILED the session.

But, if you ever want to experience a workout that might produce a reaction so visceral because of how wonderfully written it is…then please DM me “Fallen Angel”

Or comment below.

Or if you just fancy a dynamic change in your routine or something fun the next time you go to the gym…let me know.

See what this workout might do to you…

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