Like most people, I thought that going off to university would be my real chance to reinvent myself, and I was finally going to be someone sporty. On the first day, I eagerly signed up for rowing, lacrosse and Argentine tango lessons, but never went back after the try outs.

I still didn’t feel like they fit me or that I was good enough at them. Sport and me just weren’t meant to be. I didn’t have the natural athleticism everyone else seemed to have.

Of course, I knew deep down that you have to put in the work to see progress, but I figured that I’d just be reluctantly chained to a treadmill to get me moving for the rest of my life.

“How I went from the kid who didn’t like sport to weightlifting 100kg”