Welcome to Razor Performance, I hope you have had a look around the website and it answers any questions that you might have. I wanted to just tell you a little about my story, so you know who you will be working with if you choose too.
Born and raised in West London, all I was interested in as a youngster was sport, and the human body. My dad introduced me to rugby when I was seven, and during the first few seasons I wasn't particularly good, but that was fine, as I played every other sport under the sun anyway so I had other options. At the age of 11 I briefly considered crossing to the dark side (football), but didn't have the heart to tell my dad, so rugby it was.
I realised at secondary school that I was getting reasonably good at rugby, but didn't really ever think it would take me anywhere. I made it into the county squad when I was 14, then eventually made it into the U-18's South-West divisional team a year early at 17.
I made it into the England U18 squad a year later, and got called into the Harlequins academy from there. During this time I finished my A levels, in which I did dreadfully in Biology and Chemistry, but got a A in PE (the only subject I ever truly had a passion for).
I was very fortunate to play for Harlequins second team when I was 18, and after injuries struck in the first team I got a debut when I was 19. The first touch I had that day a monster of a man called Andrew Blowers nearly took my head off, welcome to premiership rugby.
I played a total of 13 times for Harlequins, something I feel very fortunate for. Whilst dipping my toe into premiership level rugby, I was selected for the England U21's team, winning a grand slam and playing in two world cups, two huge highlights for me in life.
Following this amazing season, I started the next season terribly, having a huge dip in confidence and not playing well at all. Unfortunately this did not improve, and my contract was not renewed at the end of the year.
The next year I moved to Bristol rugby, one of the biggest learning experiences I have ever had. At Quins, it didn't matter if you were fit at the start of preseason, as long as you were fit at the end of it. At Bristol, this was NOT the case, and when I turned up post holiday in bad shape it didn't go down so well.
It took me a full year to pull myself back from this mistake, and prove to the coaches that I could perform at this level. I trained my ass off, got in the best shape of my life, and learned more about nutrition, training, and my body that I ever had by studying. A couple of injuries later and I was starting the first game of the season against Worcester. I had a really good game, but I got a little overexcited when trying to tackle my opposite number, and tackled him so hard that he had to go off injured, but I also busted up my shoulder pretty badly, and I was out for 3 months.
That was my final year at the top of rugby, but Bristol taught me life lessons that have driven me to keep in excellent physical health ever since, and something that has led me to years of discovery about mine and other peoples physical ability.
For the rest of my career I played in the Championship, with a long stint at Moseley, where we won the EDF cup and I captained the team, London Scottish, and Ealing Trailfinders, where I coached for a year to helped to get them promoted to the Championship.
Alongside playing in the Championship, I had rediscovered my passion for the human body and I decided to take my Personal training qualification. Following this I worked in Bristol for a great company called MyLife PT, as well as some private work to cut my teeth in the industry.
I realised this was my calling, but wanted to go to a deeper level, it and was time to take this further, so I completed my degree in Sports Science when I was late 20's receiving first class honours. I put this to practise initially at Ealing, where I programmed for the injured players, and a year later I headed up the Strength and Conditioning at Rosslyn Park. There I was responsible for the whole Strength and Conditioning Programme, the players rehab, nutrition, and everything else in between on a shoestring budget.
I loved my time at Rosslyn Park and we had some good success, but I had just a little boy with additional needs, and wanted to be at home in the evening and at weekends, which led me to apply at Pure Sports Medicine.
I had never really considered the rehab side of Strength and Conditioning, as previously it had been all about speed, fitness and gym numbers. Turns out I LOVED it.
Injury rehabilitation forces you to solve problems that strength training alone does not solve, you need to look deeper, investigate harder, and be so specific. Since then I have learned from multiple courses and practitioners, at Pure Sports Medicine and a long way beyond.
I was then appointed Head of Strength and Conditioning, overseeing the whole Strength and Conditioning department, recruitment, development and best practise.
During this time I had two more wonderful children, which has been amazing and exhausting in equal measure. For those reading this who have kids, I get it, and I understand the time difficulties, something which is a huge consideration when training parents.
Once again, I loved my time at Pure Sports Medicine, and I continue to work here on a consultancy basis three days a week, as I love to see people and solve their problems.
As a practitioner I have developed here hugely, as have worked with the top Consultants, physio's, nutritionists, and Massage therapists in London, sharing knowledge and problem solving my way to a hugely successful list of clients.
As time progressed however, I started to meet more and more clients who did not need me on a 'personal training basis'. These clients already knew their way around the gym, were hugely motivated, but also time poor, and getting to the gym to see me was not their best use of time. They did however, want access to my programmes and my knowledge, as well as have the opportunity ask questions about best practise, and what to believe in the minefield that is fitness advice. I see this minefield as 'noise', and noise that takes a long time to cut through, which is where I come in.
My mission with Razor Performance is to cut through the noise, and offer an alternative way of training, removing a lot of the cost, time commitment and guesswork, and create a bespoke training programme to fit exactly into a clients life, which can be adjusted as necessary to achieve their targets.
The training is programmed (with sets, reps, rest and videos), adapted and monitored through the fantastic Teambuildr app, where clients can access a messaging service with me, keep a journal, track their improvements and access the monthly educational content added by yours truly.
I believe this will be a game changer, and I am having huge success with the clients I now see online.
If you have reached this point, I hope you have enjoyed this quick overview of where Razor Performance stems from. If you are interested in training with me don't hesitate to fill in the form and we can book a conversation. Hopefully hear from you soon.
Andy
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