Personal Coaching

• Enjoyment is the secret to consistency
• Don’t put life on hold; now is the time to practice
• Never force a session; participate and flow
• Drill the basics; advanced results are just the basics, repeated and progressed
• Curiosity, refinement and small discoveries every session
• Rhythm before speed, relaxation before force
• Circular movement over linear strain
• Consistency matters more than motivation or intensity
• Knowing is not understanding, you must do
• Practice with nature; train outside as much as possible
• Leave every practice calmer, more capable and wanting to return tomorrow
• Practice with purpose then finish with peace
• Love is the energy that sustains lifelong practice: a love of movement, learning, the outdoors and the journey

The part that actually produces the results is the unglamorous bit:

• Repeating the basics
• Showing up when it’s inconvenient
• Not needing novelty to stay engaged 
• Mastery isn’t one great session, it’s what happens when you keep practising. 

• Calm focus and clarity, energised and uplifted
• Greater coordination and timing
• Relaxation under load, replacing strength with skill
• Breath and movement in harmony with a deeper sense of rhythm
• Precision without force, consistency without strain
• Resilient joints and connective tissue
• Moments of effortless flow, where timing replaces effort
• Capability that extends beyond practice into everyday life
• Transcendence through movement
• The more skilfull you become, the more there is to discover

One of my favourite things about practice is when something small suddenly starts to click.

A Rope Flow pattern, the path of a meel, or the timing of a kettlebell snatch; something that has felt awkward suddenly makes sense.

Nothing dramatic has happened, just a small moment of clarity: “Ah… that’s it!”.

To someone else it might look like a tiny improvement, to the person practicing it’s a breakthrough.

This is why practice remains fresh, there is always something new to discover.

That’s one of the reasons I love coaching and personal practice, there is always something to discover, refine and understand.

The practice is the journey and those little moments of clarity are the rewards.

• England’s first IKFF Master Kettlebell Trainer, shaped through direct mentorship with the late Steve Cotter, founder of the IKFF

• IKFF Certified Kettlebell Trainer CKT; coaching kettlebells with depth and dedication since 2010

• NASM Certified Natural Fitness Trainer, with certification under NBA strength coach Jon Hinds

• English Open Kettlebell Pentathlon medalist (2017)

• Indian Club Trainer, steeped in the teachings of the Indian Club Swinging Teaching Institute

• Fifteen years of practice in Judo, as a competitor and instructor

• Fully insured