04/09/2026
I think a lot of the time, we can put a lot of pressure on ourselves.
I definitely feel that was the case with Rob.
High pressure job, man of the house, not long off having a new addition to the family.
Trying to be the best dad, partner, friend, colleague.
Everything else was first. "Let's get this right first, then I'll work on myself."
It's easy to put ourself to the back of the list.
The odd gym session, some "pretty good" nutrition, and that "new dad sleep"... you know the one:
Broken, walking round like a zombie in the morning so we load up on coffee through the day.
With Rob, the main things that worked for us was:
✅ Regular comms to stay accountable and engaged with the process.
✅ Nutrition structure set. Meal by meal planned out to take away the thinking when his brain was elsewhere.
✅ Supplement around sleep because saying "get more sleep bro" doesn't work for Dads of young kids.
✅ Training had to be HARD. We prioritised machines so that failing on a rep was recommended, but also so that it was safe.
✅ He didn't pretend to know better. Sure, a pretty advanced trainer was Rob, but historically those who try to dictate their own programme and weekends/nights out etc are the ones who fail the quickest.
A steady approach was important for Rob l, where first we found his baseline, and then we pushed.
Now he's 10kg down in around seven months of working together 🤯👊🏻
So proud of this guy. A couple months downtime before we get back to work.
