Tom Broad Training

Tom Broad Training Mental health and exercise coach based at S40 personal training. Offering 1:1 2:1 sessions and online programmes.

Helping you achieve you goals along your fitness journey. From getting ready for the big day or sporting challenges.

Exercise isn’t just about losing weight, building muscle or getting fitter.Regular physical activity can also play an im...
09/09/2026

Exercise isn’t just about losing weight, building muscle or getting fitter.

Regular physical activity can also play an important role in supporting your heart health and helping to manage blood pressure.

And that doesn’t mean you need to hammer yourself in the gym every day. Walking more, strength training, cycling, swimming, running or simply moving more across the week can all contribute to better overall health.

As a Mental Health and Exercise Coach, this is why I always try to bring the conversation back to the benefits of exercise rather than just the appearance side of it.

The physique and performance might be the side effects.

Better health, more energy, improved confidence, stronger habits and looking after your future self are the bigger wins.

Train for more than how you look.

SHOW UPYou don’t need to feel motivated.You don’t need the perfect plan.You don’t need Monday, January or some magical m...
09/09/2026

SHOW UP

You don’t need to feel motivated.

You don’t need the perfect plan.

You don’t need Monday, January or some magical moment where life suddenly becomes easier.

You just need to show up.

Some days that might mean a brilliant training session. Other days it might mean a walk, 20 minutes in the gym or simply doing something rather than nothing.

Progress rarely comes from one massive effort.

It comes from repeatedly showing up for yourself.

We hear blood pressure talked about a lot, but plenty of people still don’t actually know what the two numbers mean. So ...
08/09/2026

We hear blood pressure talked about a lot, but plenty of people still don’t actually know what the two numbers mean. So for post 2 of Know Your Numbers Week, here’s a simple breakdown.

You’ll usually see blood pressure written as two numbers, for example 120/80.

The top number is your systolic blood pressure. That’s the pressure in your arteries when your heart contracts and pumps blood around the body.

The bottom number is your diastolic blood pressure. That’s the pressure in your arteries when your heart relaxes between beats.

Both numbers matter, and one reading on its own doesn’t always tell the full story. Blood pressure can change depending on stress, caffeine, exercise, sleep and even how you’re feeling at the time.

That’s why regular checks can be useful, especially if you’ve been told your blood pressure is raised before.

Knowing the number is one thing. Understanding what it means is the bit that helps you take action.

It’s Know Your Numbers Week, and the question is a simple one,You know your age, but do you know your blood pressure?Hig...
07/09/2026

It’s Know Your Numbers Week, and the question is a simple one,

You know your age, but do you know your blood pressure?

High blood pressure can often have no obvious symptoms, which is why checking it matters. You can feel fit, train regularly and generally feel well, but that doesn’t always tell you what’s happening underneath.

As a Mental Health and Exercise Coach, I talk a lot about looking at health as a whole. Exercise, stress, sleep, nutrition, recovery and lifestyle all play a part, and blood pressure is another important piece of that picture.

This week I’m going to share a little more around what your numbers mean, how lifestyle can affect them and why looking after your health should always be about more than just what you weigh or how you look.

So this week, if you haven’t checked yours for a while, make it one of the things you get done.

Know your numbers. Understand your health. Then use that knowledge to make better choices.

Still in holiday mode for a little longer, then back in the gym and back to work on Wednesday.It’s been a brilliant summ...
06/09/2026

Still in holiday mode for a little longer, then back in the gym and back to work on Wednesday.

It’s been a brilliant summer with the kids and family, full of adventures, memories and proper family time. From Turkey at the start, to finishing off in Italy, with plenty of hometown adventures thrown in between.

I’m looking forward to getting back though, because there’s so much coming up this month alone.

The The British Fitness Awards with the lads from GBHQ, prep and planning for our first men’s mental health workout and workshop with Resilience Mansfield, a trip to the National Memorial Arboretum to see my uncle’s name added to the NHS memorial, more work towards the Peak Mentality hybrid and online launch, plus plenty more community building with the run club.

Rest is important. The body, mind and soul need it.

But when you’re working towards something bigger, building a legacy, helping people and creating a community you truly believe in, it’s hard not to be excited to get back to work.

Especially when this is what you get to call your job.

10,000 steps is probably one of the most recognised numbers in fitness, but it wasn’t created because researchers discov...
03/09/2026

10,000 steps is probably one of the most recognised numbers in fitness, but it wasn’t created because researchers discovered that 10,000 was the perfect amount of movement for health.

The number became popular in Japan in the 1960s through the Manpo-kei pedometer, essentially a “10,000-step meter”. It was simple, memorable and easy to market, and over time it became the benchmark many of us still see on watches, phones and fitness apps today.

That doesn’t mean 10,000 steps is a bad target. Far from it. If it gets you moving more and you enjoy chasing it, brilliant.

The issue is when we start treating it like a pass-or-fail test.

Modern research shows that health benefits can happen well below 10,000 steps, with meaningful improvements seen as people simply increase their daily movement.

So if you average 3,000 steps, getting to 4,000 matters.

If you hit 7,500 instead of 10,000, that still counts.

Your body doesn’t wait for step number 10,000 before deciding the walk was worthwhile.

Use 10,000 as a target if it works for you.

Just don’t let it become another number that makes you feel like you’ve failed.

More movement. Less pressure.

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