The Iron Playground Story
About Us
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Our Story
I started training at 18 and what began as a personal mission to build a body I was proud of became a career.
After a business degree (and realising office life wasn't for me), I became a Personal Trainer and went on to upskill as a Strength Coach. For years I helped people build muscle, get stronger, and transform their physiques.
Over the coming years I started naturally working with clients dealing with current or long-standing injuries — and this is where everything shifted. They didn't just want to look better or lift more. They wanted to hike with their families, ski, play with their kids, get back to sport they loved, and feel confident and capable in their own bodies again.
That sent me back to university to study physiotherapy so I could combine over 10 years of strength and hypertrophy coaching with a heightened understanding of biomechanics, injury, and rehab.
That's what Iron Playground is built on, blending strength, hypertrophy, physiotherapy, and longevity into one evidence-based training approach. Because you shouldn't have to choose between building an incredible physique, getting stronger, recovering from injury, or building a body that lasts.
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What Is an Iron Playground?
The name goes back to 2015 and is inspired by my experience finding the gym and how it made me feel. It was a place where everyone was equal — the same goal, the same drive, everyone just having fun. It truly reminded me of when I was younger, losing myself for hours on the playground with not a care in the world.
That idea has grown bigger since. An Iron Playground doesn't need to just be a gym like it is for me — it could be the ocean, a mountain, a hiking trail; anywhere that makes you feel strong, pushes you, and reminds you what you're capable of.
For me, this is the personal meaning behind the name. But Iron Playground itself is the brand built to help you get there. Giving you the training, tools, and guidance to build the strength and confidence to find your place and keep showing up for it.
The Iron Playground App
The Iron Playground app brings together more than a decade of experience in training, coaching and physiotherapy, along with everything I’ve learned from working with people with different goals, injuries, abilities and lifestyles.
It’s built around the same approach I use with my in-person clients: structured, evidence-based training that develops strength and muscle while still giving attention to movement quality, resilience and long-term physical capacity.
The goal isn’t just to help you perform better in the gym. It’s to help you build a body that gives you more freedom outside of it — more confidence, more capability and more opportunities to do the things you enjoy.
That's what Iron Playground is about.
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