There is so much I could write here but to fully understand who I am and why I do what I do its best to start from when I was much younger. Growing up in a very sporty family I was playing all sports from football to hockey to cricket to tennis and more. I found myself in the gym from 13 years old where I was trying to get stronger for football as I found being one of the shorter kids on the team, strength could help improve my game. I was playing with the U17 team at the age of 13 so strength was something I needed to ensure I wasn’t being bullied on the pitch and letting my team down.

In the gym I had very little guidance and probably wasted the first year and a bit doing random movements (with incredibly bad form most likely). I then swallowed my pride and asked for help from my eldest sister who is a personal trainer and then I started following a basic program which put me on the right track of seeing progress and that became incredibly addicting.

When I was 17, Playing football started to feel like a chore and I knew the level I got to was my limit and even if I had the desire to try push past it I genuinely don’t think I could have. I remember looking around the changing room at the boys during my days playing for England School Boys U18 team and thinking I am not going to go any further and once I finally accepted it I felt happy with what I did and how far I got. I decided to hang up my boots after my international debut against Australia (won 5-1) and from there I began to pursue bodybuilding.