SF Fine Fettle

24/05/2026

It’s easy to say:

👉 “I’d die for my kids.” ❤️

👉 “I’d do anything for my family.” 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦

👉 “I’d take a bullet for my friends.” 🤝

But what about living for them?

Living with more strength 💪

More energy ⚡

More resilience 🌱

More presence ❤️

More life 🌍

Showing up as the best version of ourselves — not just in emergencies… but every single day ❤️

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As a mental health & exercise coach, I don’t believe in gimmicks, quick fixes, or “beach body” nonsense 🚫

People deserve more than that.

Exercise shouldn’t be rooted in shame, punishment, or trying to impress strangers online 📱

It should be rooted in values ❤️

For me, movement is about:

✨ Being able to play, laugh, and explore for as long as possible 🎾🌳

✨ Being physically and mentally well enough to show up for the people I love ❤️

✨ Giving myself the best chance of a healthier future after surviving a heart attack ❤️‍🩹

✨ Protecting not just lifespan… but healthspan 🧠💪❤️

Because there’s a huge difference between existing… and truly living 🌅

I don’t stop moving because I get old.
I’ll get old if I stop moving 🔥

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And there’s real science behind why movement matters:

🧠 The brain’s primary function is to coordinate movement

🏃 The human body evolved expecting movement as part of survival

⚖️ When movement disappears, mental and physical health often decline with it

Done for the right reasons — and with the right coaching — exercise can transform lives 🌱

Not because it makes us “shredded” 🚫

Because it helps us become:

💫 More confident
💫 More resilient
💫 More adaptable
💫 More connected
💫 Calmer
💫 Happier
💫 More fulfilled
💫 More aware of our own self-worth and identity ❤️

10/05/2026

Not everyone who looks okay… actually is. 💭

I’ve seen this play out in real life more times than I can count — right here in my own community 🏡

People who look absolutely fine on the outside…

🙂 smiling… chatting… getting on with their day in town, at work, at the school gates…

…but inside?

Carrying a lot more than anyone realises 😔

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You might have heard the story about the two apples.

One gets kindness 💛 encouragement 👍✨

The other gets criticised, picked apart, called names ❌💔

From the outside, they look exactly the same.

No obvious difference.

But when you cut them open…

One is fresh 🍏✨

The other is bruised and damaged inside 🍎💥

That’s people.

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And it’s happening all around us — not somewhere else… right here. 📍

Behind the “you alright?” in the street.

Behind the quick chats in the queue.

Behind the smiles we give without thinking 🙂

Most of us have had times where we just keep going.

Put a brave face on 🙂 and crack on 💪

Sometimes we deal with it later.

But sometimes… it builds up quietly in the background 🌧️

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And this is where a bit of kindness — real, genuine kindness — matters more than we think ❤️

Taking a minute ⏳

Asking twice ❓❓

Actually listening 👂

It won’t fix everything overnight.

But it might make someone feel seen 👀✨

And that can mean more than we realise 💫

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And if you’re the one having a tough time?

You don’t have to carry it all on your own 🤍

You’re not the only one feeling like that — even if it seems like you are.

Talking doesn’t make you weak.

It means you’re doing something about it 💙💪

We’re not meant to do life completely solo 🏡

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As adults, we don’t need a classroom to remind us…

but we do need moments like this.

To slow down a bit 🧘‍♂️

To check in with people 🤝

To look out for each other 🤍

And yeah… just be a bit kinder.

To others — and to ourselves ❤️

03/05/2026

I’m 60 years young and 183 days wiser 🎂, a grandfather 👴, and a mental health & exercise coach as founder of SF Fine Fettle🧠💪
I’m not a personal trainer.
A trainer teaches you something new.
A coach reminds you what you’re already capable of 🔁✨
We don’t need to be fit.
We just need to start.

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2017 changed everything for me 📍
The year I had a heart attack ❤️‍🩹
And the year my granddaughter was born 👶
That’s when I realised:
It’s not about lifespan ⏳
It’s about healthspan ❤️
Not just how long we live…
But how well we live 🙌

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The fitness world can often make us feel judged 😬
Before we’ve even started.
I’m not interested in that ❌
Exercise should feel like:
• Fun 😄
• Freedom 🕊️
• Confidence 💥
• Feeling good in your own skin 🙏
Not punishment 🚫
Not pressure 🚫
Not perfection 🚫

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We’re built to move 🏃‍♂️
Somewhere along the way, we forgot to 🤔
And started to believe we couldn’t.

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Life knocks us about 🥊
Stress leaves bruises we can’t see 🧠💥
But most of us just want to:
Laugh more 😄
Move more 🏃‍♂️
Feel like ourselves again ❤️

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After my heart attack ❤️‍🩹
The physical recovery was straightforward.
The mental side wasn’t 🧠
And that taught me that:
Sometimes it’s not about moving forward… ➡️
It’s about refusing to step backwards ⛔⬅️
And having the courage to ask for help 🤝

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We all have mental health 🧠
We all have physical health 💪
So we all owe it to ourselves to look after both 🙏
And enjoy doing it 😄

23/04/2026

MHEC, the body that provides my Mental Health and Exercise qualifications, and the amazing coaching community that I am proud to be a part of, shot a mini documentary about me in the lead up to my 60th birthday last year.

It tells the story of why/ how I do what I do now, and helps reinforce the magnitude of what I've done and continue to achieve.

Much love x

I Died Twice! Then Became an MHEC Coach

22/04/2026

Nine years ago today, on 22 April 2017… I died. ⚡💔

Kind of twice. 😳

A lot of people played a part in saving my life 🩺🚑 and putting me back together again.

They know who they are… and they will forever have mine and my family’s gratitude. 🙏💖

As my wife’s Welsh family would say:
“Yma o Hyd” — we’re still here 🙌🏴

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That day changed everything. 🌅

Because the truth hit me hard: 💥

We don’t live our best life…
we live our only life. ⏳✨

What once felt important became insignificant.

What once felt like a luxury—fun 🎈, joy 😄, health 🏋️‍♂️—became non-negotiable.
💡🔥

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I used to want to conquer the world 🌍🚀

Now? 🧐

I just want time ⏰💛

Time to be with the people I love ❤️👨‍👩‍👧‍👦
Time to support them 💪💌
Time to see who my grandchildren grow up to be 👶🌱

That’s what matters. 💖✨
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Life isn’t always sunshine ☀️🌈 and unicorns 🦄

Sometimes it’s really s**t 💩😓

We can’t change that ❌

But we can control how we respond 🔄💪—by investing in our physical 🏃‍♂️💪 and mental 🧠🧘‍♂️ wellbeing now.

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I genuinely love what I do 🥰💼

Being a Mental Health 🧠💚 and Exercise 🏋️‍♂️ Coach is the most fulfilling work I’ve ever had 🌟

The people I’ve met… the community I’ve become part of… 🤝💛
It constantly reminds me:

We’re capable of far more than we think 🌟🚀

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Never underestimate: ⚡💯

✔️ A plan 📝
✔️ A willingness to work hard 💪🔥
✔️ A refusal to give in ✊🛡️

You never know where they’ll take you 🗺️✈️

Because it really is about the journey… not the destination 🌄💫

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And finally…if you’ll indulge me 🎊🎉✨

Happy Re-Birthday to me! 🥳🎂❤️

12/04/2026

🧬🍷 AGING LIKE FINE WINE, NOT MILK... 🥛❌
🌍 The world according to Chippenham’s Mental Health and Exercise Coach 🌍

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Some people say humans have a finite number of heartbeats ❤️⏳

Maybe that’s why I spent a good chunk of my twenties avoiding anything that made mine beat faster…

🏃‍♂️ running
💔 commitment
💸 looking at my bank account 😅

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Whilst that theory might be a bit questionable 🤔, what is backed by science is this:

👉 The fitter we are, the better we live 💪✨
🫀 Cardio capacity
🏋️ Strength
⚖️ Balance
🧘 Flexibility

These aren’t just “fitness buzzwords” — they’re the foundations of a longer, healthier, more enjoyable life 🌱

Not just surviving… but thriving 🔥

Remember, there is …

🚫 No magic bullet
🚫 No holy grail
🚫 No guaranteed path to perfect health, happiness, or teenage knees

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As a 60-year-old heart attack survivor ❤️‍🩹, I know that better than most.

But if we can stack the odds in our favour… why wouldn’t we? 🎯

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Here’s the trap 👇

🪑 Being sedentary is damaging…

…but so is chasing extremes 🥵, burning out 🔥💤, or obsessing over how we look 👀

⚖️ Our sweet spot sits somewhere in the middle.

✔️ Move often 🚶‍♂️
✔️ Maintain muscle and strength 💪
✔️ Challenge our lungs 🌬️
✔️ Stay supple for balance and mobility 🤸‍♂️
✔️ Adapt as life changes 🔄

Our real goal should be …

👉 Finding a way of moving — and living — that we actually enjoy 😊
👉 Something sustainable 🔁
👉 Something meaningful 💭

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For me, exercise isn’t about chasing unrealistic ideals ❌

It is for:

🛒 Carrying my own shopping at 80
⛰️ Walking up hills with my grandchildren
🏥 Staying out of hospital
🧻 Wiping my own bum in my 90s (let’s be honest… that one matters 😄)

I put my health first so I can show up for the people I love ❤️
and grab every bit of fun life throws my way 🎉

Because this isn’t about perfection.

It’s about longevity, freedom, and living fully 🔓✨

05/04/2026

🔥 THE COST OF NOT LIVING CRISIS 🔥

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Not a day seems to go by where we hear about a cost of living crisis 💷📉

The real crisis isn’t the cost of living…

it’s the cost of not living ⏳🖤

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Right now in the UK…🇬🇧

A lot of us are struggling more than we admit…

• Around 25% of us are experiencing poor mental health 🧠⚠️
• Just 13% of us exercise regularly ✅💪

👉 I’m not saying this to scare you, but to remind you—there is still time⏰✨

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Exercise isn’t about scales, mirrors, or shrinking ourselves.
It’s about building a life that actually feels good to live.

It is about:

✨ Space for us to work towards meaningful goals
🧠 Our mental health over aesthetics
🔥 Confidence over our clothes size
🤍 Self-respect over scales
🚫 A refusal to judge self-worth by appearance

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On my left side I have a tattoo of a skeleton at prayer ☠️🙏

inspired by William Cheselden’s 1733 anatomical work
and the idea of Memento Mori📜

Memento Mori is Latin for:

“Remember you have to die.” ⏳

I don’t see it as morbid 🖤

I see it as grounding 🌍

It reminds me that when I die:

• I will have looked after the people I care about to the best of my ability and for as long as possible ❤️
• I will have, all things being equal, achieved all I wanted to 🎯
• I will offer myself up with no regrets ✨
• I will have done all these things whilst having as much fun as possible, at every opportunity 😄

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Exercise will have been the foundation of all of that 🏗️
Because it’s the most potent longevity “drug” we have 💊⏳

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We won’t care what we weighed in 2026 ⚖️❌

But we will care about:

• Our independence 🚶‍♂️💥
• Our energy⚡
• Keeping up with kids, grandkids, nieces and nephews🧒👧
• Whether our lives feel expansive or restricted 🌈🔒

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✨ We can intervene now
✨ We can make our change now
✨ We can lay the foundations of living the rest of our lives how we want to, now 🧱🌱

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I'm happy to chat with anyone about getting started —

my door (and kettle!) is always open ☕💛

I’m one of a small number of certified Mental Health & Exercise Coaches in the UK who help people build real health:

💪 Physical
🧠 Mental
❤️ Social

I provide simple, personalised 1:1 coaching.

Just you, me, in an empty gym …

with favourite music. 🎶

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A connection and a conversation that might change something.

Because the real crisis was never the cost of living…
it was always the cost of not living.

29/03/2026

I am: 👋

• 𝘚𝘵𝘦𝘷𝘦 𝘍𝘰𝘹 𝘰𝘧 𝘚𝘍 𝘍𝘪𝘯𝘦 𝘍𝘦𝘵𝘵𝘭𝘦 — Chippenham’s only mental health and exercise coach 💬💪

• 60 and have experienced both life’s joys and rubbish 🎢

• A besotted grandfather of two 👶👶 and husband (not necessarily in that order depending on who is listening! 😄)

• A heart attack survivor ❤️

• The son of three parents lost to cancer, the first when I was 15 💔
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🧠 Health is not defined by not being ill

It is physical 💪, social 🤝 and mental 🧠 wellbeing working in harmony.

That’s not my definition… it’s the World Health Organisation’s.

💭 My journey to becoming a mental health and exercise coach began the day I realised my psychological recovery from my heart attack would be far greater and harder than my physical one.

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💬 What I do

I: 👇

• 𝘬𝘯𝘰𝘸 what it feels like to lose control of the most precious thing in life — but also that it’s possible to rejuvenate 🔄

• 𝘩𝘦𝘭𝘱 people reclaim their ability to live life on their terms 🌱

• 𝘴𝘱𝘦𝘢𝘬 with empathy and understanding to improve mental 🧠 and physical 💪 fitness together

• 𝘢𝘮 someone people can turn to when tempted… but scared to exercise 😬

• 𝘸𝘰𝘯’𝘵 make anyone feel like they’re walking into a classroom for the first time again 🚫🏋️‍♂️

• don’t judge by any ridiculous societal norm — I see people for who they are 👀

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🏡 What I offer

An alternative to the mainstream.

I am one of only 450 qualified mental health AND exercise coaches in the UK 🇬🇧

I work 1:1 in a quiet, informal, professional Chippenham gym:

🎧 Just you
🎧 Me
🎧 Your favourite music
👉 No one else in the room

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🏃‍♂️ The aim of what I do

To have fun 🎉 whilst returning the body to its natural way of moving.

Building a foundation through fundamental movement patterns 🧩

Yes — there will be physical benefits 💪

But just as important…

👉 Looking after mental health too 🧠

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🌍 Life is:

• 𝘯𝘰𝘵 about destinations
• 𝘢𝘣𝘰𝘶𝘵 journeys 🚶‍♂️
• 𝘢𝘣𝘰𝘶𝘵 squeezing as much fun out of it as possible 😄
• 𝘢𝘣𝘰𝘶𝘵 never being too old to go out and just play 🎯

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🔥 Exercise is:

• 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘪𝘯𝘨 fun and creating transferable skills 🎯
• 𝘦𝘯𝘫𝘰𝘺𝘪𝘯𝘨 the journey, not focussing on the outcome 🛤️
• 𝘧𝘦𝘦𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘨 good and not caring how others see us 🙌
• 𝘢𝘱𝘱𝘳𝘦𝘤𝘪𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 our bodies for what they can do, NOT what they look like ❤️

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☕ My offer

I’d love to anyone a tea or coffee (other soft drinks are available! 😄)

📍 At a location of your choice
💬 No obligation
🤝 Just a proper conversation

Let’s get to know each other… and take things from there

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✨ Remember

Life doesn’t get better through chance; it gets better through change

22/03/2026

💬 I died twice… and it changed everything💬

Health isn’t just the absence of illness.

Real health happens when our body 💪, mind 🧠 and relationships ❤️ are all working together.
That’s what I help people rebuild.

Because we don’t start from scratch.

We reconnect with what we were always capable of. 💥

As a son 👨‍👩‍👦, husband 💍, father 👨‍👧‍👦 and grandfather 👴

I understand real life.

The pressures.
The setbacks.
The starting again.

And I walk alongside people, step by step 👣

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⛰️ From Peak… to Rock Bottom… to Purpose

In 2016 I competed at the Obstacle Course Racing World Championships. 🏁

Seven months later…

💔 I had a heart attack.

My body recovered quickly.

My mind didn’t.

That part?

No one talks about it.

Today, I help people rebuild both 💪🧠.

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🚁 The Day That Everything Changed

April 2017.

Start line.

Adrenaline ⚡
Music 🎶
Energy everywhere 🏃‍♂️

Then … nothing …

My heart stopped.

CPR.
Paramedics.
Air ambulance 🚁
Defibrillator … twice ⚡

Ten hours later… I woke.

Family around me ❤️

A stent in my heart...
And a fire in my belly. 🔥

Four months later I raced again.

1 year later I crossed another World Championship finish line.

Not because I had to.
Because I could.

Now it’s not about performance anymore.

👉 It’s about joy.
👉 Living.
👉 Showing up.

We’re never too old to play. 🎯

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🧠💪 Movement Is Medicine

During my recovery I realised something powerful.

We are designed to move.

And when we stop moving…

Our minds suffer too.

Exercise isn’t punishment.

It’s:

🎯 Freedom
🎯 Play
🎯 Confidence
🎯 Energy

Looking after ourselves isn’t selfish.

It’s one of the most selfless things we can do.

Because when we’re stronger, calmer, and healthier…

Everyone around us benefits too. ❤️

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🏋️‍♂️ Life doesn’t get better by chance - it gets better by change.

I’m one of a small number of certified Mental Health & Exercise Coaches in the UK.

I help people build real health:

💪 Physical
🧠 Mental
❤️ Social

Through simple, personalised 1:1 coaching.

My client, me, in an empty gym …

with your favourite music. 🎶

Nothing and no one else.