Transform Your Strength, Transform Your Life

Spinal Strength Academy is a year-long fitness coaching and education program designed to  men in their 30s-40s overcome back pain, rebuild their body and reclaim their strength.

I know it works because I was like you. At 19years old, I was out on a 50-mile bike ride when all of a sudden I heard a screech, a horn and the next thing I know I wake up in hospital, my parents crying and I am being told i was close to being paralysed from the neck down...

Nothing seemed to bad, except 5 years later, starting in the gym with my PT career and BANG my back went. I went through multiple therapists (physio, osteo and chiro), I spent £000's on various forms of physical therapy, all to be told that surgery was the only option and I would need a lot more therapy and ongoing consistent work (all out of my own pocket) at the grand old age of 24... 

Yeah fuck that!!

This was when I really decided to commit to learning about strength training, seperate fact from fiction, understand what does and doesn't work and break it down into siple teachable principles.

Well at time of writing I am 42 years old, I am still lifting, I’ve faced multiple health challenges (bowel cancer surgery, type 1 diabetes and ADHD) and each time I have come back to the basics of getting strong.

I simply refuse to let limitations define me, and I want to help instill that mindset and the physical strength in you too.

 I believe in simple solutions and that pain doesn’t have to control your life."

With a no-nonsense approach, we focus on proven mindset, nutrition, and functional strength training strategies to help clients return to the gym, excel in combat sports, and thrive as active, fit fathers. Our mission is to empower men to break free from limitations and live with unstoppable strength and confidence. 

 

I get it, you've seen al the exercises, tried the stretches, worked all the special rehab exercises that either your Physio, Chiro or Osteo gave you.

You've Yoga'd the crap out of your mobility and Pilates'ed the hell out of your core and yeah, you likely have even tried some strength training too.

You see, there are a few things that stand out here, first off trigger warning, this is going to be blunt and ruffle a few feathers. So, if you are going to read on, buckle up Alice, you've been warned, we're going down the Rabbit hole!

You see, the first common denominator between all of these things is well, YOU!!!!!

Yeah, sorry I'm not sorry!

Yep YOU! So, if they all haven't worked and you are the common thing, what that does that suggest?

No stop it! Not you dont work, slap that vicitm mindset out of yourself, right now (literally if you have too). Nope, the common thing is it is likely your commitment towards them or lack of, that is the issue.

You see you've 'tried' them all...

Yeah like when I tried doing my business first time, I put in half arsed efforts into learning sales and marketing, I got half arsed results back too, funny that...

To borrow from the Grandaddy of Life coaching (Master Yoda) "Do or do not, there is no try!" See Yoda was a genius in both sentence structure and meaning, try is a monopoly get out of jail free card, especially in this context. It allows us to put in half arsed effort and wen it doesn't work, we use "well I tried".

I get it, change can b scary, especially when you are in pain, my question to you is this how would any of those approaches have been different had you gone all in with your commitment to them?

I am not saying go nuts and do 20 classes per week, what if you had been consistent daily, started small, built your ability over time, allowed for both good and bad days (we all have them) and then committed over a real time period, something like a year.

Do you think your results and pain would be different right now?

The coached structured process is a programming term called periodisation, it tends to be what most fitness and rehab set ups are missing. effectivly it is a road map, to start at A and take you on the journey to Z.

So, are you ready to take the first step toward a stronger, pain-free life? I’ve seen men just like you break through limitations they thought were permanent. The path isn’t always easy, but nothing worth achieving ever is. You’re not alone in this journey—I’ll guide you every step of the way.