18/06/2026
I didn’t grow up around fitness as a phase.
I grew up around it as a standard.
This is my dad in his bodybuilding days, next to me in mine.
Different eras.
Different stages.
Same obsession with the work.
And the older I get, the more I realise how much that shaped me.
Not just the training.
Not just the physique.
Not just the discipline.
But the idea that looking after your body is something you do for life.
Not for a holiday.
Not for a transformation photo.
Not because January came around again.
For life.
That’s why I find it hard to sell fitness as a quick fix.
Because I’ve seen what it looks like when a man keeps the standard for decades.
He’s 83 now.
Still training.
Still lifting.
Still doing pull-ups.
Still proving that the body gives back what you keep investing into it.
That’s the real legacy.