7, Recover, recover, recover.

Lifting heavy places a big strain on your nervous system and if you can’t recover properly, you’ll struggle to progress

But if you are willing to aim high, even if you don’t reach those goals, you will always end up in a better place than if you aim low and succeed.

Once you’ve found a gym, message them, ask if they have a Saturday or Sunday group training session that you can come along to. Most gyms will have a group of lifters who get together at the weekend for events training and will be more than happy to have you come along.

As a promoter, I have run competitions from gym level, all the way up to a World Championships and there are a lot of things that I have learned over the years, which I want to pass on to you