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09/09/2026

I’ve had to make a pretty big decision recently, and it hasn’t been an easy one.

I’ve decided to step away from The High Performance Coach 🎯 for now.

There’s nothing dramatic behind it.

I’m just at a point where life, business and capacity are changing, and I can’t keep trying to do everything the way I have been.

But I didn’t want to move on from that chapter without saying what it’s actually meant to me.

The support, ideas, conversations, accountability and people I’ve met through HPC have had a massive impact on me.

Some I’ve met in person.

Some I’ve only ever spoken to on calls.

But all of it has helped shape how I coach, how I run my business and, probably more importantly, how I operate as a person.

I’ve learned a lot about how to grow without constantly chasing everything.

How to focus on what actually matters.

How to make better decisions.

And how to stop treating myself like I need to be operating at 100mph all the time.

The time I’ve spent on calls with Ben in particular has been massively valuable.

Plenty of conversations started with business and ended up making me think about myself, my priorities and how I actually want my life to work.

That’s something I’ll carry forward.

So this isn’t really a goodbye post.

Just a proper thank you for what’s been a really important chapter.

Now it’s time to take what I’ve learned from it and see what I can build from here.

08/09/2026

Should I be taking creatine?

07/09/2026

The longer I coach, the more I think this is what good coaching actually comes down to.

Not finding the “perfect programme”.

Knowing when to push.
Knowing when to pull back.
Knowing when the goal has changed.
Knowing when the body needs something different.
And knowing when the thing that worked six months ago is no longer the right answer.

Matthew’s a great example of that.

He’s never needed someone to convince him to train. If anything, the job has often been making sure all that effort is pointed in the right direction.

That’s the bit of coaching I enjoy most.

Not just writing sessions.

Actually paying attention to where someone is now, what they’re trying to do next, and making the plan fit that.

On to the next one.

05/09/2026

They say it comes in threes.

So I’m hoping that’s me done now 😂

It’s easily been over four weeks where training hasn’t exactly followed much of a straight line.

First my back decided it was having none of it. (trampolines fault)

Then I somehow ended up with ringworm, which I’m still blaming on the trampoline park because I genuinely have no idea where else that came from 😂 (Ew I know)

And now I can feel the beginnings of a sore throat/cold creeping in, which I’m very much hoping goes absolutely nowhere.

The funny thing is, I don’t really feel like my training has “gone off plan” either.

Because there hasn’t really been some massive plan to go off.

I’m not currently chasing one specific strength goal, comp or body composition target. I’m training, keeping myself moving and working alongside John to make sure I’m still doing enough of the things that matter.

And that’s probably made these last few weeks easier to deal with.

I know what my minimums are.

Steps have been good.

Water is always pretty easy for me.

Protein has stayed up.

Training has happened where it’s made sense.

Nutrition overall? Could definitely have been better.

And if I’m being completely transparent, the sweet tooth has been getting far too much freedom lately 😂

But there’s been no dramatic “I’ve fallen off, I need to start again.”

Just keep doing what I can control and adjust the rest.

Which is probably useful, considering I’ve somehow got an event next Saturday that I’m nowhere near as prepared for as I’d ideally like to be.

But I’m genuinely looking forward to it.

I’m treating it as a bit of fun, seeing where I’m at and going for it.

Four messy weeks don’t suddenly mean everything has disappeared.

Sometimes training just looks like keeping enough things moving until you’ve got a bit more room to push again.

04/09/2026

Second time I’ve had the gloves on this year.

And realistically, the first proper time in probably a year and a half.

Great to get back in and get a class in with Coach Romy as well. He was there through all of my kickboxing fights, so being back in that environment with him felt familiar straight away.

Technique, Timing and Cardio were all rusty.

That was a shock to the system 😂

It’s amazing how different it feels throwing combinations again when most of my recent combat training has involved trying to strangle people instead.

Some of the muscle memory is still there.

Some of the old habits are still there too… which is probably less helpful 😂

There’s definitely a lot to sharpen back up again, but it was just good to be back doing it.

Hopefully this becomes a regular thing again now.

03/09/2026

What if I told you two workouts a week could actually be enough?

02/09/2026

The goal was never to build a plan that only works when life behaves itself.

These are all real situations people inside my coaching are dealing with right now.

Injury. Illness. Surgery. No gym. Horrible weeks. Completely disrupted routines.

And in every case, the answer has been different.

Sometimes we train differently.

Sometimes we protect a couple of basic habits.

Sometimes recovery is the priority.

Sometimes the biggest win is simply getting back into the process before Monday comes around again.

Consistency isn’t life never getting in the way.

It’s knowing how to respond when it does.

31/08/2026

Why do more than half of my clients stay for over a year?

Over 50% of my current clients have now been working with me for more than 12 months.

Some for 12 months.

Some for 18 months.

Some for 2+ years.

And a few considerably longer than that.

That’s probably one of the stats I’m most proud of.

Not because I want people to need a coach forever.

But because good coaching should become more useful over time, not less.

The longer I work with someone, the more I understand them.

What usually knocks them off track.

When they need pushed.

When they need pulled back.

What injuries or limitations we need to work around.

What actually fits their life.

What they enjoy.

And what keeps them progressing.

Their goals change too.

Maybe they started because they wanted to lose weight.

Later they want to get stronger.

Do an event.

Maintain what they’ve achieved.

Recover from an injury.

Build confidence.

Or simply stop feeling like every difficult week means starting again.

And when work, family, illness, injuries or life gets in the way, the answer isn’t:

“Well, you failed the plan.”

We change the plan.

They’re still progressing.

Still hitting PBs.

Still becoming more confident and independent.

And they still have someone in their corner who already understands the bigger picture.

That, to me, is what long-term coaching should look like.

Not doing the same programme forever.

Having coaching that continues to evolve as you do.

29/08/2026

I’ve still got a lot I want to do with this.

Combat sports have genuinely been a passion of mine since I was a kid.

At one point, it was literally the dream to go as far as I possibly could with it.

Obviously life happens.

Other responsibilities come in.

You get older.

Things change.

But I don’t think I’ll ever fully let this go.

For the last year and a half, most of my focus has been on jiu-jitsu. I’ve loved it, managed to get my blue belt, and it’s given me something to properly throw myself into again.

And I still want more from it.

I still want to compete and fight.
I still want to see what I’m capable of.

The goal is hopefully to get something booked towards the end of the year for my MMA debut, although time is disappearing pretty quickly 😂

The last few weeks haven’t exactly helped either - tattoos, injury, infection, one thing after another, so training has been a bit all over the place.

But the want is still there.

And I think that’s probably why this stuff means so much to me.

It gives me something to chase.

Physically and mentally, it keeps me wanting to be better, fitter, stronger, more capable and more disciplined.

Which is slightly ironic considering one of the main ways I choose to test that is by doing something where people are actively trying to hurt me 😂

But I love it.

I love the training, the challenge, the nerves.

I love having something in front of me that I know I need to work for.

And even if life has changed what this looks like compared to when I was younger, I’m never going to fully let that part of me disappear.

I’d rather eventually find out what I was capable of than spend years wondering what might have happened if I’d actually gone for it.

I just fu***ng love this s**t!

28/08/2026

300 workouts in and still pushing.

Kele is an absolute workhorse.

Whatever workout I put in front of her, she gets on with it. She’s not afraid to challenge herself, she knows what she wants, and she’s always willing to put the work in to get there.

And just to put that 300 into perspective, that’s only counting the workouts she’s completed since moving over to online coaching with me.

It doesn’t even include all the work she put in before that when we were training together one-to-one.

So the real number? A lot higher.

Right now, one of the big goals is the pull-up.

And it’s been a journey.

Pull-ups are hard. Progress isn’t always obvious, and there have definitely been moments where it’s felt like it’s taking longer than she’d like.

But the determination hasn’t changed.

She keeps practising. Keeps getting stronger. Keeps working through the progressions. Keeps showing up.

And that’s probably the best thing about Kele.

She’s proven time and time again that when she decides she wants something, she’ll keep working until she gets there.

300 workouts down.

Plenty more progress still to come.

And that pull-up? We’re getting it. 💪

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