Its The Final Countdown.. Da Da Dah Daaaah

The end of October see’s two landmark moments for a couple of my current clients

For the past 6 month I have been working with Alan Mortlock in preparation for his upcoming cage fighting debut at the age of ... wait for it.... 55 ... yes I did mean to type 55... No it’s no mistake. I met Alan by chance, he had popped into Runnersworld to buy some trainers and we got chatting.
Back then the fight date seemed so far away but we set about building a foundation of strength which ultimately we would convert to power as well as ensuring he had sufficient conditioning to get through his 2 x 5 minute round bout. Alan has really applied himself to every session and I have never once tempered a session because of his age and I know he has worked just as hard in his other training. So Saturday night in Brentwood he will climb his ‘Everest’ I will of course be there to watch and support. I’ll let you know the result in my next blog.



Earlier today, I was back at Gillingham FC for the first time in nearly 5 years with Simon King.

 Simon has been unable to play since 2009 with a very serious ankle injury. Following close to 3 months of rehabilitation at Premier Physiotherapy with John Green he has been running with me for the past 8 weeks and now he is ready to return to the club and join in with football training and is now hopefully a matter of weeks from a league football return. It was nice to catch up with Andy Hessenthaler, Nicky Southall and Danny Spiller who were all there in my time with the club as well as bumping into a few others from behind the scenes and Matt Lawrence who I know from my spell at Crystal Palace. Like Alan, Simon has applied himself really well to the task of getting back and I really can’t praise the work of John highly enough. Without his initial input Simon would never have got to the point of being able to charge around the fields with me. His return to training also means the long overdue haircut; I’m sure his long bottle blonde locks will look better on the barber’s floor than they ever did on his head! I look forward to returning to the Priestfield in the coming weeks to see him return to action.

This evening I'm on Talksport with Danny Kelly and Matt Holland discussing the effects of alcohol on sporting performance so I better go off and have a few drinks to calm the nerves ;)