28/01/2026
Consistency isnât a straight line and thatâs okay.
2025 was a fickle one for me.
From New Yearâs Day, Coach Rascal đŸ started getting poorly. We lost him in April, and grief flattened me. I was numb, tired all the time, sad in ways I hadnât expected. The passion I usually have for training just vanished for a while.
I still showed up for clients, but my own sessions took a back seat. Fewer days, lighter weights, just moving through the motions to keep going. Training didnât stop, it became the quiet thing that held me together when nothing else could. But I wasnât making huge strides, just moving.
Then slowly things shifted. Routine came back a bit, holidays with my wife, gigs, some laughs again. A random cat decided our place was home đ±, and in autumn we adopted Sonny - our unhinged rescue pup from Romania who needed all my time to settle in. Long walks in every weather filled my days. Training was still there ticking over, keeping the foundation, but it wasnât the main thing last year.
What Iâve learned (and what I want you to hear if youâre in a similar season) is that consistency doesnât mean constant goal-chasing. It doesnât have to be perfect, every-day, full-effort sessions.
It can mean lighter weights when grief is heavy, shorter workouts when life pulls you elsewhere, or just keeping the habit alive while other things take priority.
Those quieter phases arenât failure - theyâre protection. They give your body and mind space to heal so you can come back stronger when ready.
Now life feels a bit more settled, the spark is returning. Goals are forming again. Energyâs building. Those long, muddy walks with Sonny remind me how movement keeps us steady - even when itâs not in the studio.
If your trainingâs felt inconsistent lately because life asked you to put other things first - youâre not failing. And training will still be waiting when youâre ready to lean back in.
Give yourself grace. Show up in whatever small way feels possible right now. The foundation youâve built doesnât vanish - it just sits quietly until you need it.