25/05/2026
Everyone talks about community.
This weekend actually showed me what it looks like.Saturday 11-a-side football, 30 lads on the pitch and another 10–12 who just came down to watch and be part of it. Sunday morning, run club in Morpeth. Lads completing the Edinburgh marathon and the boys celebrating every single one of them. And one of the boys opening a new business with the lads showing up to support him on day one.
Four different things. One group of people. One weekend.
I say CTP is a community all the time, but this weekend genuinely made me stop and think about how powerful that actually is.
Yes we will get you stronger, fitter, healthier and to your goals, that’s a given. But the connections you build along the way? That’s the bit nobody talks about enough.
And I genuinely think that real connection, new friendships, showing up for each other outside of the gym, is something that is massively missing from a lot of men’s everyday lives right now. People are busy, heads down, and that side of life just gets pushed to the back, And somewhere along the way, fitness became the vehicle for finding it.
When we say you become part of a team when you join CTP, this weekend is exactly what we mean.