Growing up I played rugby to a decent level but when my parents split, things fell apart. I spent the best part of 6-7 years hooked on cannabis, depressed, and completely lost.

By my late twenties I was 21 and a half stone, living pay cheque to pay cheque, no structure, no direction.

Then I lost my dad. Before he went, he looked at me and basically told me I needed to sort my life out. That conversation never left me.

Lockdown was the turning point. I got myself a coach, did the work, and within a year I'd fallen in love with self-improvement. I left my job at Howdens after ten years and built JJ Fitness from the ground up. That was three years ago and I haven't looked back.

I work with people who are stuck in the same loop I was in. Telling themselves every Monday that this is the week. But the week never comes. I've been that person. That's why I do this.