Football was my life until I ruptured my ACL. Three knee operations later, the career I'd planned was gone, and for a while so was my sense of who I was.
Rebuilding taught me the thing I now teach every client: with the right knowledge and patience, your body can do far more than you think. That's why I train around injuries, never through them.
After a spell DJing abroad, I realised I wanted work with real purpose. I qualified as a personal trainer, ran a busy London studio as Head of Operations, training its instructors, and then built Lewis Paris Fitness.