Back in 2017, I went on holiday with the family in May and when I returned I remember a huge dip in my motivation, my training and enthusiasm were substandard for months but no matter what I tried or copied from the internet and other coaches I couldn’t improve. I found nobody was offering anything that presented the goals, method or programming that made me hungry for success.

I sat quietly and really thought about what I was I wanted, what would I be hungry for and what ultimately would find my training appetite. On a scruffy little note pad I wrote down some of my favourite exercises and I decided if I was to grow, what I lifted needed to grow first! My skill set and my knowledge finally had a purpose, forging the periodised programming capabilities of strength and conditioning and my knowledge of the aesthetics and bodybuilding industry, I was creating something that had real purpose and direction.

This was to be a programme that presented challenge and variety, a fully customisable performance programme that would improve strength and function through fun and engaging training…… it just so happened body transformations are just a very reliable byproduct of consistency! My results at this point were obvious, my maximum deadlifts, bench press and squat numbers were skyrocketing like I had never seen before. All aspects of my training were increasing, the numbers, the fitness, the strength and my appetite.

My hunger and enthusiasm were back and bigger than ever, I was always itching to get back in the gym after my shift to attack those numbers, to be a bigger, better, faster and stronger. My mindset and focus had returned and my attitude and mental clarity were better by miles. 21 weeks from the end of that holiday and to when I had summarised the first set of results and I couldn’t believe what I had achieved! My big lifts had all increased by at least 40%, my physique was something else! My shoulders looked like boulders and my chest and arms would stretch every t-shirt I owned, my legs never felt strength like it. Not only had I transformed visually but mentally I was ready to take anything on, I felt powerful and probably the fittest I had ever been. I wanted to do it all over again! 21 weeks! I had it all down on paper! I had made the very first ever SYSTEM21…….