How Pain Led Me to a Smarter Way to Get Fit Over 40

Back in 2006 I was a broke personal trainer, freshly returned from seven months travelling in Australia.
I borrowed a friend’s suit to land a job with a PT company and set out to build a client base so I could clear debt and start a life back home.

At first, progress was slow. Most clients wanted to lose weight and feel fitter so they could keep up with family and friends.
Weight loss was simple enough — a calorie deficit worked — but getting fit was the real challenge.

The Common Roadblock: Aches and Pains

Years of inactivity (or hard sport) had left people with weak ankles, crunchy knees, tight hips, stiff backs and creaky shoulders.
These nagging aches limited what they could do in sessions, which limited their results — and made them give up early.

Before long I started feeling the same way.
Persistent pain in my right knee and left side of my back and neck made cycling to work, running with clients and even playing with friends and family a struggle.

Physio, chiropractic work and massage helped briefly, but the pain always returned.
I worried I might need surgery and began questioning whether fitness was even a viable career.

The Breakthrough

By chance I saw an advert for a joint-mobility seminar claiming to reduce aches and pains.
Sceptical but desperate, I spent a weekend in a dingy London gym — and had my mind blown.

The exercises moved my joints and muscles through ranges I didn’t know existed.
They immediately eased the pain in my knee and back, making me feel as though I’d been sprayed with WD-40.

I realised that while some wear and tear is inevitable with age, most daily pain comes from not moving our joints and muscles through their full range.
Consistently doing so strengthens and loosens the body, restores movement, and releases energy.

From Experiment to System

I started teaching these mobility drills to clients.
They worked — but at first they took up entire sessions, leaving no time for traditional strength and fitness work.

After months of experimenting, I honed a core set of exercises that deliver maximum benefit in minimal time.
This let clients loosen up, move freely and then train effectively — so they lost weight, got fit, and stayed pain-free.

My own pain disappeared.
Cycling, running with clients and keeping up with family became easy again, and I knew I’d found my long-term path.

Today: Helping People Over 40 Move and Feel Young Again

Now I specialise in helping men and women over 40 reduce aches, build strength and stay active without the gym.
The foundation of this approach is my 6-Week Reviver, a program of simple, 10-minute, no-equipment routines that restore mobility and confidence.

Weeks 1–2 are completely free, so you can feel the difference before committing.
If you’re enjoying the results, you can unlock Weeks 3–6 with a one-time fee — no subscriptions, no hidden costs.
Beyond the Reviver, the Revive Regime offers ongoing coaching and new routines to keep you strong and pain-free for life.

This is the method that saved my own career and has helped hundreds of people move better, feel younger and stay strong well into their 40s, 50s and beyond.