Why I Do What I Do: It’s Never Been About the Gym - It’s About the People
- GB1
- Dec 1, 2025
- 2 min read
If you’ve been around GB1fitness for more than five minutes, you’ve probably realised something.
I’m not here to build a bootcamp.
I’m not here to shout at people.
I’m not here to turn fitness into punishment or a chore.
I’m here because of people. Real people. People like you.
I didn’t build GB1fitness around equipment, or perfect routines, or 87 variations of the plank.
I built it around humans, people with lives, pressures, families, jobs, stress, time limits, and everything in between.
Because fitness doesn’t start in a gym.
It starts with a person deciding “I want to feel better than I do right now.”
That’s the moment that matters.
That’s the moment I care about.
People First, Always
The outdoor classes, the workouts, the programming, that’s the easy bit.
Anyone can write a workout.
What makes GB1fitness different is the people who show up to it.
People who laugh.
People who support each other.
People who feel nervous, but turn up anyway.
People who don’t need to be the fittest, just the most consistent.
Over the years, I’ve seen people walk in shy, doubtful, overwhelmed yet leave an hour later like a different version of themselves.
Not because of the exercises.
Not because of me.
But because of the people standing next to them.
That’s why I do this.
Fitness Should Feel Like Belonging
If you’ve ever walked into a gym and felt judged, confused, self-conscious, or like you don’t “fit the mould”, I get it.
A lot of people think being fit means being perfect.
No. Being fit means being human and still choosing to show up.
So I built GB1fitness to be the kind of place where people feel:
✔ Welcomed
✔ Accepted
✔ Encouraged
✔ Understood
✔ Part of something
Not a place where people feel watched, measured, or compared.
We don’t compete here.
We get better together.
The Best Part of My Job
The best part isn’t seeing someone hit a PB.
It’s seeing someone smile for the first time in months.
It’s someone telling me they’ve slept better.
It’s someone who dreaded exercise suddenly looking forward to it.
It’s watching friendships form that would never have existed otherwise.
It’s watching people feel like themselves again.
That’s why I do what I do.
GB1fitness Isn’t About the Workout - It’s About the Person Walking Into It
Some days you’ll be flying.
Some days you’ll be hanging on.
Some days you’ll be celebrating.
Some days you’ll turn up because you need space to breathe.
And that’s the whole point.
Fitness isn’t about smashing every session.
Fitness is about having somewhere you feel safe to keep trying and people around you who won’t let you quit on yourself.
That’s the heart of GB1fitness.
That’s why I show up.
That’s why we’re outside in the summer heat, winter cold, autumn rain, and everything in between.
Because it’s never been about the gym.
It’s always been about the people.
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