Carl has over 20 years’ of experience within the health and fitness industry, ranging from a fitness instructor, region’s top-selling personal trainer at the famous Bannatynes health clubs, events organiser, centre manager, training programming and during this time, Carl went on to create several successful local, national and international health and fitness businesses of his own, including:

The Athlete Program – this is a global online training program with generic and personalised plans, Carl managed a team of 12 coaches and directly coached some of the most successful athletes in the world at the CrossFit Games alongside his head coach Mike Catris. At the peak of this individual business, it saw 15+ CrossFit Games athletes following his programs across the globe.

The European Championships – this is another global platform, a fitness competition with online qualifiers that sees athletes from all over the world take part. The top qualifying athletes are then invited to the finals here in the UK. This event saw over 2,500 participants worldwide and over 4,000 attendees at the live finals.

Carl opened his first fitness facility CrossFit Colchester back in 2012, where he went on to build one of the most motivating, supportive, and passionate communities within the sport of CrossFit. Since then, Carl has gone on to open multiple successful training facilities in the UK such as CrossFit Spitfire, CrossFit Iceni, Colchester Fitness Centre, and consulted with another four.

Fun fact about Carl: Carl also works for Guinness World Records as an adjudicator, this sees him travel all around the world meeting some of the most eccentric and interesting human beings on the planet as they break all kinds of records.

Quote from Carl: “I feel extremely passionate about all elements of health and fitness, I absolutely love seeing people achieve new feats that they previously thought were impossible, or unthinkable. It’s a real privilege to witness those special moments and be a small part of that person’s journey”.