Sports and fitness has been at my core since a child, Roller Skating, Swimming (a big part of my life) Rugby, Football, Cycling, Canoeing, Jet skiing, Pilates, Yoga, & general Gym use.

I started my working life at 14, helping out a sale assistant in my fathers computer retail business and helping out at exhibitions.

After leaving school at 17, I went into computer sales and spent my spare time doing some further education. After spending over 12 years in a high pressure sales job ,I was dealing with many large companies such as Dixons Stores Group (multi Million Pound Company).

I woke up one day after a night of restless sleep and realised I could hear telephone ring tones in my head. I thought I was just imaging it due to all the current work pressures I was under at the time. After about a week it just got worse. I began to think I was going mad to to lack of sleep.

I decided I need to take a weeks holiday and re-evaluate my current situation. Upon reflection I found myself on the precipice of a nervous breakdown - Wow what a revelation !

I realised that to the company I was working for at the time, I was just a bum on a seat and number on the payroll. I could be replaced tomorrow and they would not even notice I wasn't there.

I had seen many sales people suffer with burnout but I always thought "that won't happen too me!". Oh boy, was I wrong.

With my own physical & mental health in the balance I changed some of my working practices and began my recovery. so that I was around for my wife and two young children, so with that in mind I decided I need to change the direction I was going, and went back to college and studied Physical Therapies.