About me

Hi, my name is Manny and I want to help you become the strongest and fittest version of yourself. Strength can mean a lot of different things - whether you want to hit that triple body-weight dead lift or just be able to lift up your grandchildren I will show you the path to reaching that goal. You will just need to show up and put in the hard work!

My journey into the world of strength and fitness began when I started self defence training at London Krav Maga, the UK's first official Krav Maga school. I'd been pretty inactive (unless you count lifting pints and moshing at punk/metal gigs!) since leaving school but I took to the training well. Soon I was one of the club's highest graded students, and I later passed a Krav Maga instructor's course.

A desire to test my fighting skills led me to try kick boxing and Muay Thai, thenI joined a local boxing club, Double Jab. After participating in some White Collar bouts I took the England Boxing level 1 coaching course. I still teach group classes at Double Jab and it was one of the boxers there who introduced me to the Commando Temple.

I've always liked watching Strongman and wanted to be strong, but the gym atmosphere had never appealed to me. However owners Rob and Mayyah have created such a welcoming space that The Commando Temple soon became like a second home to me and I realised I'd found my "thing" in strength training. I have reached a level of strength I never imagined would be possible for me (and the numbers are still going up!) and even participated in some in-house and national Strongman competitions.

At last I realised I needed to make a career out of this thing that I am so passionate about so I decided to take early retirement from my career in the Civil Service. I am now ready to share my passion for strength training with you! Get in touch and let's start building that stronger, more resilient you!