Back in early 2020, I noticed my dystonic seizures, caused by a combination of my postural hypotension and dystonia were becoming exponentially worse. To the point where I would suffer a seizure if I got too animated when playing a video-game. I became aware that I needed to break the unhealthy habits I’d built up, and take responsibility for my own health and situation. Now, I hope I can help other people make those same changes.

There are people far more experienced than myself, there are people stronger, fitter, faster. That will never not be true, and I will, consciously learn from these people, and my own training successes and failures in order to enrich my training pedigree, and enhance my skills as a fitness communicator. So why should you listen to me? Because I know I can be wrong, I know I can make mistakes, I know I have a lot still to learn. My methodology, plans, knowledge is not perfect or above reproach, it’s constantly tested, adapted and challenged such that I can be confident in it.

We all deserve healthy bodies. We all deserve to be able to walk, run and live well into our later years and enjoy a quality of life as life itself concludes. Not only has fitness improved my quality of life in terms of my disabilities, but I find myself more mentally able to commit to challenging but rewarding things, my conviction is stronger, likewise my personality and confidence. Looking good helps you feel good, and visa versa. Before committing to exercise I didn’t quite appreciate just how solid the link between physical and mental health is. It’s real, and if you’ve ever thought ‘I need to work on my mind right now not my body,’ then you’re making the same mistake I did. Mind, and body go hand in hand, you should work them both together.

In early 2020, I was incredibly unfit, so passing judgement on people for that would be woefully misguided. I understand the difficulties people have with fitness, however I also understand the excuses people make to both themselves and others to avoid holding themselves accountable for poor, unhealthy habits. I simply hope that I can remove a barrier between people and their health, so that those who want to improve, have a better chance of doing so.

I found that when I actually started looking into how to get fit, it was very hard to get started, hard to know what to believe. Now, looking back with experience I can see how much snake-oil and downright mis-information is peddled in a somewhat predatory manner aimed at people who don’t know any better. I felt I wanted to share accurate, helpful information to assist those people, lest they fall for the ‘six pack in 30 days’ style scams. This is why I encourage all people to watch my ‘essentials‘ playlist either by scrolling down on the Workout Ways homepage, or on the Workout Ways YouTube channel. These videos will give you enough knowledge to avoid falling victim to exploitative fitness media.

Every single thing presented within my programs, is an exercise/training method/principle that I have tried and tested myself. I do not present, nor stand by workouts/plans that I would not happily perform myself, nor do I present myself or my programs to be the ‘next big thing’, ‘the new way’, it is the basics, concisely packaged, simply, clearly presented, lovingly communicated. The basics, work. Always will, and they’re perfect for those of us who want to take care of our physical health, without it consuming our life.